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No Quads in the 15/28 w Broadwells !!!

It's a shame Apple doesn't have a ton of money, or a supply chain wiz, to help figure out how to profitably cram a quad core into a mini.

If only.

:rolleyes:
 
QuietGamer said:
http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/CES-2015-Intel-Launches-Broadwell-U-15W-and-28W

Let the Flaming begin.......

Maybe Broadwell-H ?? Would the TDP to high for a Mini?
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The max TDP Apple has used was 45w in the Mid-2012's.

Of course the real issue is that the Mini is due for a complete revamp. This is the fourth iteration of the Mini using this exact Chassis. It's possible that they could redo it entirely (smaller and thinner is most likely) and thus may only end up using the 15w CPU's....

Purely speculation on my part though....
 
paulrbeers said:
Of course the real issue is that the Mini is due for a complete revamp. This is the fourth iteration of the Mini using this exact Chassis. It's possible that they could redo it entirely (smaller and thinner is most likely) and thus may only end up using the 15w CPU's....

Purely speculation on my part though....
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I speculate that the Mac Mini might eventually be replaced by the Mac Venti. A sightly bigger chassis for 20% higher cost.
 
Count Blah said:
It's a shame Apple doesn't have a ton of money, or a supply chain wiz, to help figure out how to profitably cram a quad core into a mini.

If only.

:rolleyes:
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If only somebody had done in the past, we'd know it wasn't impossible.
 
Larry-K said:
According to you it would only affect 1%, what's wrong with that?
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Nothing. But I think they should give people the option.
I also think that more of the people buying iMacs might utilize 4 cores
 
Larry-K said:
I would challenge you to submit empirical evidence to support that.

Good business is meeting your customer's needs.
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Good business is making money and selling the cheapest item you can for the most amount of money and limiting the options to reduce inventory and overhead. Customer needs is generally secondary since most customers will "make do" with products on the market that mostly meet their needs.
 
Larry-K said:
I would challenge you to submit empirical evidence to support that.

Good business is meeting your customer's needs.
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99% of mac mini customers have 0 use for a quadcore.
Those who do are forced to buy a higher end mac (MP, iMac).
It's not rocket science.
 
paulrbeers said:
Good business is making money and selling the cheapest item you can for the most amount of money and limiting the options to reduce inventory and overhead. Customer needs is generally secondary since most customers will "make do" with products on the market that mostly meet their needs.
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Boy, it's sad to see what business has devolved to these days.
 
Larry-K said:
I would challenge you to submit empirical evidence to support that.

Good business is meeting your customer's needs.
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That works both ways, though - can you produce empirical evidence to support significant market demand for the quads? Only Apple really knows, and they aren't telling anyone...
 
newellj said:
That works both ways, though - can you produce empirical evidence to support significant market demand for the quads? Only Apple really knows, and they aren't telling anyone...
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The burden of proof is on the positive.

Try and buy a Quad online.
 
Larry-K said:
Boy, it's sad to see what business has devolved to these days.
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But it's true for all industries. Just the other day I was in the market for adjustable Dumbbells. I wanted fairly quick swaps with a certain amount of weight options and they just didn't exist. As a consumer I had my choice, spend more and get more than I wanted or spend less and give up features. As a consumer we make these compromises all the time because manufacturers can't make every iteration of every good to make us all happy can they? If they did, they wouldn't make money with all the options and overhead and to be honest with too many choices, it becomes hard as a consumer to even make a decision.

And by he way business is here to make SHAREHOLDERS happy not customers. You may not like it, but that IS the world we live in. Do you think Cook would have a job if he told Apple shareholders that profits weren't important but making customers happy was?!?
 
Meister said:
99% of mac mini customers have 0 use for a quadcore.
Those who do are forced to buy a higher end mac (MP, iMac).
It's not rocket science.
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You keep contradicting yourself with the insistence than the iMac keep quad cores.

It's good for business to remove quad options for everything except the Mac Pro.
 
Gym Hellwig said:
You keep contradicting yourself with the insistence than the iMac keep quad cores.

It's good for business to remove quad options for everything except the Mac Pro.
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I am not contradicting myself. I am stating the facts.
 
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