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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming

The previous i7-3720QM has a passmark score of 8326. Comparing Intel and Apple specs it looks like the new top of the line Mini has a i7-4578U processor. That one has a passmark score of 5204. Loos like we went backwards. :eek:
 
Osamede said:
The current i7 model is the high water mark for this product - it's very fast, very quiet and the parts are user replaceable.

I would not make the mistake of waiting for the next model. Looking at the way Apple is going, it will be designed to maximize profits....at the cost of user-friendliness. The next model will be barely faster, it will use a lot less power and all the bits will be soldered in so that you pay through the nose if you want it with more RAM or more hard drive capacity. You'll get your AC, but it is really not going to help increase your experienced wifi speed much in real life. And you'll get an intro offer to become a cloud storage junkie - yippee.

I can understand people's desire to get an updated Mac Mini but, really there is such a thing as being too clever. Buy the current model while you can.
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Just want to remind you all that I told you so. If you were sitting on the fence, better find one of those i7 quad cores while you still can from a 3rd party seller.... :)
 
That's it!

DCLB4X4 said:
The previous i7-3720QM has a passmark score of 8326. Comparing Intel and Apple specs it looks like the new top of the line Mini has a i7-4578U processor. That one has a passmark score of 5204. Loos like we went backwards. :eek:
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And you need your two hands to use the iPhone 6+ (and forget the shirt's pocket).

Where is the "better world"?
 
yep perfectly happy with my i7 quad :D

would be using this little baby as a home server for a long time still :D

and as for a separate HTPC.... well :D broad well with better gfx is just around the corner :D
 
DCLB4X4 said:
The previous i7-3720QM has a passmark score of 8326. Comparing Intel and Apple specs it looks like the new top of the line Mini has a i7-4578U processor. That one has a passmark score of 5204. Loos like we went backwards. :eek:
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Geekbench shows the 2012 Mini i7-3820QM at 3300 single core and 13000 multi core.

An i7-4578U is around 3500 single core and 7500 multi core on a MBP.

45W v. 28W power. No surprise. At least the single core performance is a tad bit higher.

Edit: Passmark GPU is 455 for HD 4000 v. 756 for Iris 5100. 3DMark is 600 v. 1140.
 
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So happy I didn't wait for this...I'm very happy with my late 2012 Mac mini with SSD and 16 GB Memory, its been perfect for me and I love it since leaving windows. This was my first Mac and I see myself keeping this for a few more years at least. Now if only they sold a 27" Retina 5K display stand alone (just the display not mac inside) I'd be all over it.
 
mdgm said:
I hope Apple brings back quad core with the next refresh.

I was planning to consider the new quad-core and now there isn't one.
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I think the new title of this thread should be: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here!"
 
Cassady said:
Hola... hate to be that guy, but could someone please explain (in simple terms) what the real-life difference would be between a dual-core and a quad-core?

Sincere question, btw. I presume that in more arduous tasks (VM's; video-editing(??) etc.) it would be felt - but is that it?
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No, the whole OS uses Grand Central Dispatch since OS X 10.6. That means the whole OS is faster on 4 core (or more) machines. Hyper-threading is meaningless because this is thread management in hardware and uses only the AVAILABLE execution resources, which is useless if for example a VM-software or Handbrake uses already both cores and their execution resources.
 
Looks like the i5 processors are: 4260U (15W), 4278U (28W), and 4308U (28W).

Passmark CPU is 3610 for the 4260U. The i5-4278U is 4256. No score for the 4308U.
 
Well Apple didn't give me a bad feeling having bought the previous version in the beginning of the year. Man, I am truly glad I bought the 2012. Some places it is still being sold, so ...
 
Oracle1729 said:
This was just a bad joke. The real new mini is almost certainly coming on Tuesday.
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You're right. I didn't even see the joke coming! The alleged new mini with it's crappy low-voltage dual core CPU is just a way of really psyching us out. Man they totally got me.

Looking forward to to next Tuesday when the real 2014 mini will hit the Apple Store. Quad-core 2.8 Haswell, Iris Pro and replaceable RAM. I AM READY!
 
I feel like they just tossed the mini users a bone to give us something to gnaw on. I mean they took all of 35 seconds to mention it!!! Hey mini users here's a bone!!! woof .Like they figured they better at least do something. And what is with how those guys dress?? I can't stand it. Wear some decent looking clothes!!
 
Well, I woke up to discover that a new range of Minis have been unleashed, and nearly 300 posts were added to the thread since I nodded off in the evening of 16 October, where I am at.

However that changes nothing. There is now a range of 2014 Mac Minis, but I think you can be sure that a new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming, sooner or later.

I got a new monitor yesterday, replacing the one I got with my original 2005 Mini.

I doubt that I will be getting a 2014 Mini any time soon. With Yosemite, an SSD and maybe bit more RAM, I reckon my 2009 Mini will soldier on for another generation or so.
 
Micky Do said:
Well, I woke up to discover that a new range of Minis have been unleashed, and nearly 300 posts were added to the thread since I nodded off in the evening of 16 October, where I am at.

However that changes nothing. There is now a range of 2014 Mac Minis, but I think you can be sure that a new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming, sooner or later.

I got a new monitor yesterday, replacing the one I got with my original 2005 Mini.

I doubt that I will be getting a 2014 Mini any time soon. With Yosemite, an SSD and maybe bit more RAM, I reckon my 2009 Mini will soldier on for another generation or so.
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Good morning :)
 
BeatCrazy said:
The Haswell CPU in the new mini does not support fanless, AFAIK.
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Sure it does. Here's one, it's a slightly different CPU but the same TDP as the one in the 2014 mini:
http://www.logicsupply.eu/systems/nuc-computers/core-ml320/

The issue is that Apple does not want it to be fanless. A fan accumulates dust and causes noise and performance problems over time. Yes, it can be cleaned, but Apple knows that a lot of people will just attribute these issues to the age of the computer and get a new one.
 
scottsjack said:
You're right. I didn't even see the joke coming! The alleged new mini with it's crappy low-voltage dual core CPU is just a way of really psyching us out. Man they totally got me.

Looking forward to to next Tuesday when the real 2014 mini will hit the Apple Store. Quad-core 2.8 Haswell, Iris Pro and replaceable RAM. I AM READY!
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until that happens, I'm keeping my 8GB/320M 2010 core 2 duo.....
 
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