Mac Mini new configs i want

[rondon600]

With the introduction of the Mac Air and the ability to share ROM drives over the network I would love to see a new Mac Mini without a ROM drive. It would bring the cost down and could make room for other hardware or smaller form factor. I am thinking about putting one behind my flat screen at my bar as a another source for the flat screen. The new wireless keybds and mouse are no clutter for the bar top.

The second config I am interested in is a mac mini w/ blue ray dvd player. I would pay for that machine but if its not available I would just buy another PS3.

 

[elcid]

With the introduction of the Mac Air and the ability to share ROM drives over the network I would love to see a new Mac Mini without a ROM drive.

Maybe but very doubtful. The MBair is supposed to be a backup computer for someone who already has another. Mac Mini is a standalone desktop.

The second config I am interested in is a mac mini w/ blue ray dvd player. I would pay for that machine but if its not available I would just buy another PS3.

Not going to happen til the Mac Pro gets it, then the iMac. Not for another year or two, if the Mini lasts that long.

 

[Noobish]

With the introduction of the Mac Air and the ability to share ROM drives over the network I would love to see a new Mac Mini without a ROM drive. It would bring the cost down and could make room for other hardware or smaller form factor. I am thinking about putting one behind my flat screen at my bar as a another source for the flat screen. The new wireless keybds and mouse are no clutter for the bar top.

The second config I am interested in is a mac mini w/ blue ray dvd player. I would pay for that machine but if its not available I would just buy another PS3.

So you want all or nothing? I don't see the mini surviving without an optical drive and Blu-Ray is still very far off... especially for the mini.

The next update is still going to have a combo drive for the base model. I don't know why they just don't do away with the base model and drop the price of the top-spec mini. If they had one mini, costs would be lower.