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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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I guess they could release a Macintosh that's basically a headless iMac with all the power therein but it would be a shift in Apple's target demographic - they want people to buy their iMacs and buy new ones every few years rather than buy third party screens.
Personally, I've 'almost' bought a Mac Mini to replace my Hackintosh (that replaced a Mac Pro) several times. All I've wanted is a quad core i7 and a dedicated graphics chip. Alas, we've seen dedicated graphics and quad core i7s but never together so I haven't made the jump. Ideally I'd want the ability to drive three screens but I could potentially live with dual head graphics and a USB3 to DVI adapter.
Personally, I've 'almost' bought a Mac Mini to replace my Hackintosh (that replaced a Mac Pro) several times. All I've wanted is a quad core i7 and a dedicated graphics chip. Alas, we've seen dedicated graphics and quad core i7s but never together so I haven't made the jump. Ideally I'd want the ability to drive three screens but I could potentially live with dual head graphics and a USB3 to DVI adapter.
I'm (cautiously) hopeful that some of the exciting ideas in many recent posts come true next week.
I looked at this graphic, and the word "stylus" comes to mind. I hope that's wrong.
If I remember right, in iOS 7 when you typed "it's been" it changed it to "it' stylus". I could be wrong though.
It has been a long time ... to get an upgrade to the Quadra in the basement. Or a new retro 68k mac would be entertaining 
When was the last update to the Newton or QuickTake cameras done?
When was the last update to the Newton or QuickTake cameras done?
The original Macintosh was an all in one like the iMac!
The Iris pro is pretty good with opencl performance!
I'm not sure the Mini could add discrete graphics unless enlarging the case.
Been too long? Could be the Mac lineup... but might have to do with Apple TV.
The Apple TV has been more of a mainstream fascination... Coming up in a lot of interviews. I think Apple has been waiting on a chip that can handle h.265... So they could halve the bandwidth they would use...
The Iris pro is pretty good with opencl performance!
I'm not sure the Mini could add discrete graphics unless enlarging the case.
Been too long? Could be the Mac lineup... but might have to do with Apple TV.
The Apple TV has been more of a mainstream fascination... Coming up in a lot of interviews. I think Apple has been waiting on a chip that can handle h.265... So they could halve the bandwidth they would use...
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Well, I have my iMac for 5,5 years and the model itself is 6,5 years old and my Super Drive still works. In fact the whole machine works just fine and the only problem I had was a fried power supply and even that only happened because of a power surge!
Maybe I'm lucky hehe
Sometimes you get lucky with an optical drive, sometimes you don't. Likewise with HDD's.
The superdrive on my early 2009 Mini has failed, so I use an external drive the odd time I need one. The original HDD is still soldiering on.
With my first Mini, the 2005 original, the power supply gave up the ghost after four years. I suspect it had a hard time dealing with the widely fluctuating mains at the time. I used a UPS, but it was a basic model without automatic voltage regulation (AVR). Eventually that got cooked by a huge surge that knocked out power to half of Thailand's Southern Region.
My apartment is at the end of the line and at times there was often not enough power available to kick the fluorescent lights into action.
Since then they have upgraded the power supply to the neighbourhood, with bigger wires and a larger transformer. I have installed an earth system for the sockets in my apartment, so everything is properly grounded now. And I bought a better UPC with AVR. I have not had any power supply problems since….. other than relatively frequent power outages.
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Whoops, maybe i spoke to soon about the five and a bit year-old HDD….. as I sent the post there was an ominous sound from the Mini.
I was a bit slow to get my 17 year-old motorcycle to a mechanic when an ominous sound developed last Saturday evening. I got home OK, and thought I could get away with a 30 km round trip on Sunday….. I didn't get 2 km. The bike is in a repair shop getting a complete engine overhaul right now.
Perhaps I should pop the Mini in to get a SSD installed sooner rather than later!
Love the idea! Would like a silver aluminum 'nMP' with specs closer to MacBook Pro with dedicated graphics. Mac mini is too underpowered out of date at the moment and 3k on a student income is a tough justification, but a 1-2k machine would be a little easier. Especially when paired with a thunderbolt display already on hand.
That is a horrible idea... A machine like that would cost at least $2000+
How bout instead desktop Haswell chips used in the new Mini?... They are efficient enough and cost less then the mobile chips they use in the Mini...
Also be on the lookout for the GTX 980M/GTX 970M... They may end up powering the new retina iMac and look like very good performers.
I'm just saying the TUAW idea is stupid... Those specs are the same as the baseline New Mac Pro($2500 in the refurb store by the way)... Shrinking the case wouldn't lower the price.
All I want is a headless IMac with a desktop I7 processor and dedicated graphics. It's not too much to ask.
You would think with ex compaq guys Tim Cook and Dan Riccio this would be not a problem! Ive needs to stay away from the desktops!
Same here. While I love having a Mac these days, I miss my old PC days with dedicated graphics and lots of CPU power.
I didn't think I was going to feel it that much but my 2013 MBA i5 is just way too slow compared to my previous PC with a quad-core i7 2600k overclocked to 4.5GHz.
And I'm not even talking about video processing or anything like that, just simple activities like browsing the web and working with spreadsheets. The lack of power is perceptible.
One of the things I really like about the current mac mini is it's extremely low power consumption. At maximum, it draws 85w. At idle, it draws 11w. At those levels, I wouldn't worry about leaving it on 24/7.
Most PC Desktops have at least a 200w power supply, many have much higher. Which makes sense, because a desktop class Intel CPU draws at least 65w. Some of the higher end CPUs draw 85w. A single component in a desktop draws as much power as an entire Mac Mini running at full blast.
I want the Mac Mini to remain super efficient with low power consumption.
and I can appreciate that. I would like a mid tier headless IMac though and I think there are plenty of PC people that would like that also . It's a hole between the Mini and Pro.
People have been wanting this for many years. A search for "Mac Pro mini" brought up posts going back to 2006 here
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/206175/
And there is wishing for the return of the Mac Cube as far back as 2002:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/7018/
So this wish has not been fulfilled for over a decade and probably will never be. (Hey, I'd buy it too!)
A way too long, just refer to this 30th anniversary of the original Apple pride the Mac launched by Steve Jobs at 1985.
So this really don't gives us cues on the new products, but an Mac centered keynote.
So this really don't gives us cues on the new products, but an Mac centered keynote.
If they do that, they lose the majority of Mac mini users who were buying the Mac mini because of its low price and end up with a new Cube fail that will never sell half as many units as the Mac mini.
And since it's been too long maybe they realize it's time to get rid of the old Mac line and become a Windows PC manufacturer.
And since it's been too long maybe they realize it's time to get rid of the old Mac line and become a Windows PC manufacturer.
Dude, you keep talking like that and somebody WILL expect the Spanish Inquisition!
