Let's see you the almighty produce a 14nm chip with that many circuits inside a small package. Perhaps you don't realize they are innovating newer more powerful chips utilizing components so small you can't even see them with your eyes.
So they're a little delayed because implementing such a thing and getting it perfect takes time, and they don't want to release garbage.
The only thing they did wrong apparently was let you know they were prototyping and not ready to mass produce as early as their first guesses.
Apple on the other hand develops in secrecy and doesn't let the cat out of the bag until they believe it's ready for mass consumption, and then after the product is in consumers hands suddenly realizes they didn't have it right yet.
I'll take Intel's approach any day. Get it right the first time, then launch it.
In the mean time, Intel has tons of quad core chips to pick from. It's Apple's choice to shaft the mini and decrease its specs.
