The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming

[Crosscreek]

Well Jim Dalrymple has posted a 'nope' against the rumour of an Oct 21st iPad and OSX event. So either there is no Oct 21st event or it's not about iPads and OSX. I'm going with, there isn't anything going on that day at all.

I wouldn't pin any hopes on a mac mini that day except by usual silent refresh.

I don't trust that guys opinion any more than anyone else. I heard him a month before IPhone 6 was announced and he said no way for Apple to get NFC.

Now with that said, I really don't see a reason for a special event for the IPad because it's the same basic design and machine and Yosemite has already been shown off.

Macs won't get anything until Broadwell so no reason for that.

We will see shortly.

 

[fastlanephil]

It looks like several Apple news sites are saying last half of October or the 21st for new iPads and the release of Yosemite.

 

[Kentuckienne]

More seriously, splitting the current Mini family into two distinct lines seems a real possibility.

Yeah, there's the Mac Mini line that actually exists and then there's the Mac Mini line that exists only in our fevered imaginations. And that one is so pretty, and so fast, and so tiny, and so upgradeable, and so .... almost here ... almost .... here .....

 

[Mago]

Yezzz Oct 21 is the Yosemite / Mac / iPad / Apple TV keynote.

Rumors on : updated nMac Pro, iPads, ATV (almost confirmed), new iMacs (4K or 5K) as well new Thundebolt Display 2, maybe new Mac mini (or silent dead of the mini line), another maybe are the Mac Nano and the x99 based Mac "semi"Pro or xMac.

Possible *one more thing*: ARM based headless/dedicated Mac OS/X Server (something like a Synology NAS).

 

[Crosscreek]

Yezzz Oct 21 is the Yosemite / Mac / iPad / Apple TV keynote.

Rumors on : updated nMac Pro, iPads, ATV (almost confirmed), new iMacs (4K or 5K) as well new Thundebolt Display 2, maybe new Mac mini (or silent dead of the mini line), another maybe are the Mac Nano and the x99 based Mac "semi"Pro or xMac.

Possible *one more thing*: ARM based headless/dedicated Mac OS/X Server (something like a Synology NAS).

Source?

 

[iFitzgerald]

Can we still post the "It's happening" gif every tuesday?

Well, I'm not the boss here, but I think that will also please the Mac Mini God xD

 

[cypriot]

silent dead of the mini line.

We the wariors of this thread cannot be silenced. Who is with me? !!

 

[Mago]

Source?

Blomberg, while seems Oct 21 was dismissed and maybe sooner.

We the wariors of this thread cannot be silenced. Who is with me? !!

- [Leonidas turns back shouting] SPARTANS! What is YOUR profession?
- Spartans: WAR! WAR! WAR!

 

[jeremysteele]

Spoiler alert: The new mac mini will simply be a miniature mcintosh apple.... which they will claim is the first general-purpose DNA computer, so advanced it doesn't even need any outputs! Another amazing Jony Ive design that is 100% biodegradable!

But seriously... this is getting kind of sad now.

 

[philipma1957]

Spoiler alert: The new mac mini will simply be a miniature mcintosh apple.... which they will claim is the first general-purpose DNA computer, so advanced it doesn't even need any outputs! Another amazing Jony Ive design that is 100% biodegradable!

But seriously... this is getting kind of sad now.

Disagree it has been sad since May or June.

 

[kwijbo]

Disagree it has been sad since May or June.

Agreed. At this point the Mini is dead to me, if it is resurrected next month I'll be surprised and will take a look but my hopes aren't high.

Apple's become so complacent with their computers and they're relegated to permanent back burner status compared to the iStuff, watch, Pay, Beats, (broken)Healthkit, leeching onto celebrities, etc. playing the waiting game is just old at this point.

Personally I'm leaning towards waiting (sounds familiar, doesn't it?) for the nMP refresh, getting a couple 4k (or 5k if they're out) monitors and forgetting about Apple for the next 3-5 years. I enjoy annually upgrading less expensive products like the Mini, MBA, MBP and staying on the edge of what's new rather than holding onto an expensive machine but with releases becoming so unpredictable and neglected its just not fun anymore.

 

[Crosscreek]

Disagree it has been sad since May or June.

Disagree it has been sad since October 2013.

 

[rols]

I don't trust that guys opinion any more than anyone else. I heard him a month before IPhone 6 was announced and he said no way for Apple to get NFC.

I didn't see that, just tried searching 'nfc' on LoopInsight and came up with nothing. Do you have a link where he said NFC was a no-way on the 6? If he did that will certainly shade his credibility with me in the future, generally I've found his 'nope's to be spot on.

I hope Apple hasn't shot its wad for the year, because thus far it's an underpowered iMac, a new phone which was highly telegraphed and a watch which nobody is entirely sure they need, announced probably 6 months or more before it actually ships. But everyone likes the watch band.

 

[Crosscreek]

I didn't see that, just tried searching 'nfc' on LoopInsight and came up with nothing. Do you have a link where he said NFC was a no-way on the 6? If he did that will certainly shade his credibility with me in the future, generally I've found his 'nope's to be spot on.

I hope Apple hasn't shot its wad for the year, because thus far it's an underpowered iMac, a new phone which was highly telegraphed and a watch which nobody is entirely sure they need, announced probably 6 months or more before it actually ships. But everyone likes the watch band.

He was on a podcast and I don't remember which one but I think I seen his twitter with a link to the podcast and he was filling in for the other co-host and it was a Canadian Mac talk podcast and they were talking about what to expect in the up coming IPhone 6.

I think they will have a big Mac year with Broadwell and probably displays and the whole nine yards.

The blame lies with Intel and the delays. I think Apple was ready to pull the trigger as soon as the chips were ready.

 

[Cape Dave]

Everyone in this thread almost certainly needs an iWatch

 

[Crosscreek]

Everyone in this thread almost certainly needs an iWatch

I almost got crucified making comments about the Watch saying I wished Tim Cook luck with selling those to everybody.

 

[MarkusL]

This thread is so epic, I registered just to post here.

Me too, a few months ago. But I have also diversified into trolling the various iToy discussions.

 

[hugodrax]

hearing now that the Mac Mini line is discontinued.**










**Tip According to one of the guys working at the Dr. Shine shoe shine parlor in Manhattan.

 

[fastlanephil]

I just did a search for MacMini 2014 release and the Christain Today is reporting that KDramaStars is citing that Cyberland is certain that a 2014 Mac Mini will be released November 20th. It will come with Mavericks not Yosemite.

That's bucking the trend!

 

[Acorn]

I just did a search for MacMini 2014 release and the Christain Today is reporting that KDramaStars is citing that Cyberland is certain that a 2014 Mac Mini will be released November 20th. It will come with Mavericks not Yosemite.

That's bucking the trend!

It wont be this year. It will be next year because intel wants to pinch a load for every dollar on haswell.

 

[scottsjack]

It wont be this year. It will be next year because intel wants to pinch a load for every dollar on haswell.

Intel ought to have learned something from Apple, the master of pinching loads.

 

[goatghost]

I've been using Macs since 1995. I'm on an ancient 2005 PowerMac G5 dual processor 2.0 with Panther. I've been waiting for the Mac Mini update since summer 2013. I'm not going to buy a computer with crap HD4000 graphics.

I don't care about soldered RAM. I'm going with 16GB, either way and I don't care if I get stiffed an extra $300 for it. Not sure about SSD. I'd probably be okay with a 256GB SSD, if it's standard or not much more. I don't care about 4K. I don't care about extra Thunderbolt ports.

As much as I hate Windows (I fix Windows issues all day long), if Apple discontinues the Mini, I'm gone. If they go ARM, I'm gone. If they come up with a low end iMac to replace the Mini, I'm gone.

I've seen no credible rumors about the Mini being updated in October. It's not looking good.

 

[janitor3]

If Apple discontinues the Mini, I will run my present one until it gives up, then maybe go over to the dark side.
Or I could try Linux.

 

[Vanilla Face]

If they come up with a low end iMac

They already did

 

[haravikk]

Source?

"Wish-listing" sounds like Mago's source to me; we've had an AppleTV update "almost confirmed" for practically every Apple event in the past couple of years, and talk of a Mac Nano and xMac sounds like manure.

Personally I don't now expect anything for the October 21st event; I've kind of run out of time for waiting anyway, and now need to move forward with my Hack Mini plans since my Mac Pro's back to hard-resetting at least once a day again and shows no sign of stopping. Of course it could be wishful thinking as I hope to avoid having my Hack Mini seem obsolete a few weeks after I build it, but I think that if Apple had an intention of releasing an updated Mini before Broadwell that they'd have done it by now, as Broadwell has been delayed for a long time now. Unless they're planning to go for mobile Broadwell, since it's available a bit sooner, and got some kind of a deal to get them early, then I doubt we're going to see anything.