The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming

[goatghost]

OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! A new Mac Mini!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[scottsjack]

Finally I can eat crow!

 

[mcarling]

Of course, no discrete GPU. Which was obvious a priori.

 

[DanCorleone]

OK, can someone explain me, why Apple couldn't update the Mac mini in the previous months?

Could have and should have, but I'll take this!

 

[barkmonster]

Exactly what I've been waiting for! Seriously. I suggested they would literally make a Mac Mini out of the Retina MacBook Pro, PCIe SSD included but was expecting them to compromise with HDDs but retain the CPU, GPU and I/O improvements but this is better than I ever expected and cheaper too.

Of course those dual core i5s better have some serious muscle compared with the previous quad i7 options or they're actually worse :-(

 

[garbage-barge]

so... soldered ram? or not?

 

[Eadfrith]

Here's to the next 723 days !!

 

[SuprUsrStan]

Could have and should have, but I'll take this!

Pretty much this. I'm sure they were waiting for broadwell but after it was pushed back time and again, they bit the bullet and decided to jump on haswell. We might see a silent broadwell update next year but the important things are already here. M.2 SSD, Wireless AC, Thunderbolt 2.

 

[ElectronGuru]

Does the PCI ssd storage option mean I could install my old mac mini SSD? Or is this a propreitary thing?

PCI is the fancy (read: fast) type that you can't generally get aftermarket. Like putting two of yours together in a raid.

 

[873089]

YEEEEEEEEEES!

No soldered ram-thingy and even 100 bucks cheaper!

gonna buy one soon ;-)

 

[Larry-K]

Finally! and they devoted all of 30 seconds to it!

 

[gregorsamsa]

Pretty much as expected here, nothing too impressive with the Mini's updates, but most welcome thing is Apple continuing a great small form-factor computer, including nice price drop.

 

[Crosscreek]

I hope this will hold me until Skylake.

 

[squirrrl]

Did they get rid of the quad core mac mini's? that'd be disappointing.

 

[kinezu]

http://www.apple.com/uk/mac-mini/specs/

 

[blairh]

Wait. It's still an HDD??????

 

[Crosscreek]

Did they get rid of the quad core mac mini's? that'd be disappointing.

Sounds like it.

 

[rrl]

"Apple will be offering customization options that include 4th-generation Intel Core processors (aka Haswell) and Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000."

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/16/apple-new-mac-mini/

 

[kinezu]

No Quad Core

 

[BJonson]

You have got to be kidding me. No quad core, and they actually raised the price to $699 because nobody buying the 1.4ghz model.

 

[NinjaDuck]

Wait. Does this mean that the Mac mini will come with Yosemite?

I freaking hate the UI design. I want it to run Mavericks.

 

[cfedu]

They kind of zipped past what the new display works with. Probably iMac only.



PCI is the fancy (read: fast) type that you can't generally get aftermarket. Like putting two of yours together in a raid.

So they price has really gone up, since any upgrade in hard drive will be at Apple prices. I was happy until I saw the PCI SSD/

I hope they have left one sata connector.

 

[Mago]

This thread oficially is closed, Admin please...

 

[tuc]

OK, can someone explain me, why Apple couldn't update the Mac mini in the previous months?

evidently waiting for Yosemite

Wait. Does this mean that the Mac mini will come with Yosemite?

I freaking hate the UI design. I want it to run Mavericks.

too early to tell, but likely not compatible with Mavericks

 

[kinezu]

It seems that the second drive, the SSD, is PCI. So here goes our homemade fusion drive.