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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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Even though the D300s is still very much a capable workhorse, it's starting to show its age around these high iso bodies being pumped out. With the current rumor of Nikon releasing yet another full frame during Photokina (a D750) aimed towards sports photos, I think we can kiss any update to the pro crop body line goodbye.
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I don't see that happening since thunderbolt is something you can daisy chain.
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My wish list is upgradeability. At least a small chance of being able to swap out two drives and the ram with my chubby and clumsy fingers.
Just noticed: 3279th post on a thread that was started because some time in 2013 two Italian resellers ran out of MacMinis... I sure hope they got some new supplies in the last year...
If you can show me where I said abandon Desktops then I will hold my hand up. It's bad form to embroider or misquote what someone else has written simply to embellish your own post.
Except not all ThunderBolt devices do daisy-chain, If part of the Thunderbolt standard required at least 2 Thunderbolt ports on every device (including new display port devices) it would different.
Personally I'd rather lose a USB3 port or two and gain another Thunderbolt Port as it is more versatile.
No, but I have a laserdisc of "A boy and his dog". Don't ask why because I don't have a player...I think I liked the cover because it fits with all my old vinyl.
No.
several mac line ups went the same +2 years cycles including Mac Pro and if i'm not mistaken the white Mac Book and didn't get any updates.
It makes sense they release a new smaller mini with SSD and new display at an event in Oct when Yosmite is released. If not, then i think it will be released next year with the new iMacs.
I think the mac mini is just a victim of last year poor iMac sales and the slow release of the Mac Pro, Apple just don't want to release it now.
Mac Nano
Looking at the way things are going with the entry level iMac I would guess the next Mini will have all soldered RAM and SSD and not be upgradable.
Personally that would suit me fine, but for many it will leave a hole in the lineup of headless Macs. Perhaps they will split the Mini line into an entry level Mac Nano and a new mid level Mac Mini - with a dedicated GPU.
I'm still hoping they will officially allow external GPUs through the Thunderbolt ports - this could make any TB mac a more capable gaming machine.
Looking at the way things are going with the entry level iMac I would guess the next Mini will have all soldered RAM and SSD and not be upgradable.
Personally that would suit me fine, but for many it will leave a hole in the lineup of headless Macs. Perhaps they will split the Mini line into an entry level Mac Nano and a new mid level Mac Mini - with a dedicated GPU.
I'm still hoping they will officially allow external GPUs through the Thunderbolt ports - this could make any TB mac a more capable gaming machine.
Last Working Day of Mid 2014
Well Ladies and Gentlemen, today is the last working day of the Mid2014 release time frame. I'm looking forward to seeing the new Mini around 10:00am Pacific...
(is the Apple Store site down yet?) Have a Great Friday everyone!
Well Ladies and Gentlemen, today is the last working day of the Mid2014 release time frame. I'm looking forward to seeing the new Mini around 10:00am Pacific...
(is the Apple Store site down yet?) Have a Great Friday everyone!
No new Mac Mini before new iMacs for sure. I would think Apple would release new iMacs in October for holiday sales if possible but if not then you're probably looking at about second quarter 2015.
This was part of my decision to pull the trigger yesterday. I'm upgrading from a mid-2010, in which I've bumped the memory *and* bumped the hard drive -- and, yeah, that surgery was the first time I've ever seen a screw that was meant to screw into the head of another screw.
If there's a Mini redesign, there's a good chance that it joins the everything-soldered-down brigade. I'd rather have a box that is not quite the newest but which has at least *some* user modifiability than a slightly faster one that's locked down like a prison wing after a riot.
In particular, I bought it with a spinner, and will eventually go SSD. User modifiability lets me spread out the dollars spent over a longer period.
I did the same thing in december last year, totally certain that the new one would be released in a few weeks.. Well, still no new mini yet so I would have been stuck with a much worse computer for a whole year longer If I waited and that would have been a lot worse than buying just before an update.
It´s a great machine and looking att geekbech scores it´t still the most value for money
I have been waiting for so long and the decided to pull the trigger on a new mac mini. I am going with the Refurb route to protect myself alittle in case a new one does drop soon. (Pay less for that model, and a refurb 2014 mac mini will be atleast 6 months after a new model drops)
I have been looking on the apple site for the refurb for the past 4 days, and nothing has been listed. All the other stock of other Macs appear to be cycling through, but no listing period for the Mac mini. Is this normal? Or the sign of something else?
I have been looking on the apple site for the refurb for the past 4 days, and nothing has been listed. All the other stock of other Macs appear to be cycling through, but no listing period for the Mac mini. Is this normal? Or the sign of something else?
Keep looking is my advice. Minis tend to pop up in refurb on daily basis.
Btw; If we get the "new" mini, it will definitely forgo FireWire port
Can't you use the refurb.me app to send you an alert once the model of choice shows up?
It was useless for me because in my country, AFAIK no refurb Mini shows up in the official store. Ever.
I found a decently priced one at an auction-site.
Had I known about the site prior to right now, I could have instead of reloading that damn page 10 times a day! Thanks for the tip.
Where I am (Singapore) the refurbs aren't that much of a great deal when they do come along, and that's rarely.
For instance there's one there now, 2.3GHz quad i7, 4GB RAM, 256GB SSD, nothing else special about it; S$1,288.
Price that up new and you get S$1,368 so the refurb represents a 5.8% discount over new. A quick check of a couple of other refurb stores around the world I can't find more than an 8% discount.
I have a feeling we have a corporate discount (have to log into work and check the current offers and link) and I thought that was 6% and I never thought that was huge. When an ordinary corporate discount beats the refurb store that seems slightly wrong to me.
I'm still playing with the models, trying to decide whether to go for the base 2.3GHz quad or upgrade it to 2.6 for the extra 10%, and whether to get the 256GB SSD installed or run off the spinner until it dies. Either way I'll upgrade the RAM myself, they're really just charging over the odds for that, annoys me to end up wasting the 4Gb that does go in it.
So, is today the last day a Mid-2014 Mac Mini could be released?
Not that there's much to look forward to. New models this year have been lower performance & lower price. MBA is 30% slower - hence the advertising about how much we LOVE our MBA's, because there's nothing else to recommend them this year.
I bought a Mini recently and I'd love Apple to release the new model within my return-period, if there is anything desirable. In the meantime, I'm happy the Apple Store matched the 10% discount other retailers were offering, with the possibility of return
So, is today the last day for a Mid-2014 Mac Mini?
Not that there's much to look forward to. New models this year have been lower performance & lower price. MBA is 30% slower - hence the advertising about how much we LOVE our MBA's, because there's nothing else to recommend them this year.
I bought a Mini recently and I'd love Apple to release the new model within my return-period, if there is anything desirable. In the meantime, I'm happy the Apple Store matched the 10% discount other retailers were offering, with the possibility of return
So, is today the last day for a Mid-2014 Mac Mini?