There's no new mini today.
"iPad Pro is the future of computing." - Tim Cook
Well that's depressing.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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Well that's depressing.
An amazing new - watch band. New iPhone 5S. iPad Air 3 for $100 more. I do fear Apple is losing the magic.
I think I speak for all of us in the thread when I say "don't buy the old Mac mini"! Join us! Join ussss!
When I joined macrumors in the summer of 2014 only to post in this thread I was a macrumors newbie just like you. And look at me now, a 6502! You have every possibility to eventually become what I am today.
Not for me. I detest the iPad.
Relatively speaking, I think the iPad Pro will fail in the marketplace. There's nothing really compelling about it.
Besides, weren't iPad sales down in the last quarter? That was the xmas quarter, too.
I have the iPad Pro but pretending that it's a pc replacement is ridiculous.
My work MS surface has at least a full size USB port and runs an actual desktop operating system
My work MS surface has at least a full size USB port and runs an actual desktop operating system
There's no new mini today.
"iPad Pro is the future of computing." - Tim Cook
Seems unlikely that the iPad Pro is the replacement for a Mac Mini. Since its inception iOS has complemented OS X. People I know who bought an iOS device, but don't have Mac have suggested the same, saying that, to get the best out of it they really need a Mac.
Microsoft has gone for a one system fits all, whereas Apple has complementary systems for different uses.
The iPad Pro may be the future of computing, it may do some things better, and may be all that some folks need, but it is not a replacement for a Mac.
Rest assured, the new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming, sooner or later.
Looks like Apple is really pushing to get everybody on an iPad. Apple is now a mobile maufacturer and has neglected desktop users for years. A side from 5K iMacs it has done little.
I see no real push any longer for the desktop market and more of a push to mobile.
The new Mac Mini may certainly coming but it may be invisible along with what happened to the iPod.
I see no real push any longer for the desktop market and more of a push to mobile.
The new Mac Mini may certainly coming but it may be invisible along with what happened to the iPod.
^hey but at least the new iPod touch was nice. Still I am hoping an upgrade this year... still waiting to upgrade my 2009 mac. Was planning to do that a few years ago, but waited for them to update their mac mini, now I wish I didn't and bought the 2012 mini back then... to late for that now.
You can get those things and more in exactly 8 weeks, without waiting for Kaby Lake, if you pick up a NUC6i7KYK.
Also don't forget that Apple's current trend is to remove useful ports and solder in low spec chips, giving them a much shorter usable life. So don't get your hopes up.
Intel is going to have an even bigger hit on their hands because of no mini update.
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I know what you mean. I'm tempted to move back to Linux and a custom PC build. Screw Apple!
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I know what you mean. I'm tempted to move back to Linux and a custom PC build. Screw Apple!
Yeah. I had a 2009 iMac, sold it and bought a new very kick-ass HP Envy. But I still needed a Mac because of xcode, all the OSX-only 3D apps and dev tools I had (for building games for iPad). So with the 500 bucks I got for the iMac I bought a used late-2011 Mac Mini from a reputable dealer. 3 weeks after the 1-month warranty ran out the damn Mini died. But now I don't want to go for another ridiculously over-priced used one and I don't want to buy a new one if it is going to be replaced by better hardware in the next few months. So I am thinking of completely forgetting about iPad and anything that has to do with Apple and build my mobile games for Android tablets instead. And I could buy Windows versions of all the OSX-only apps I had for less money than buying a new or even used Mini.
Yeah, that's my plan too. I originally switched to the Mac from Linux, because it offered both Unix functionality and a top-class UI. But without any decent hardware for OS X to run on, it's time to go back to Linux again...
Linux plus the new Intel "skull" NUC computer will be a very interesting combo.
I don't know about Linux. In some ways they seem to want to out-Apple Apple. Two new versions a years since at least 2007 (except for 2012 and 2014 when only one new version was released). I was dumb and upgraded, version-by-version from 10 to 20 a couple of years ago and like Apple, stuff would break and I'd have to find out the reason and fix it. The GUI had cutesy animations that seemed to have no purpose, the GUI would regularly freeze at the login screen. Yeah, it's open source and some of the software (typically the cross-platform stuff) is pretty good but other software isn't - although I haven't looked at the software situation in a while. I wouldn't recommend it for the non-expert Mac user.
I do agree that it takes some basic Linux smarts although very basic skills. The past couple of years have improved the OSs.
I use it as a privacy system for securing what has to remain secure and away from prying eyes(Windows 10) but I dual boot Windows 10 for working high power demanding apps and fun stuff like games.
It's a trade off for a cheaper high power system as opposed to Apple although I prefer OS Xs simple, secure and mature OS.
Life is a compromise.
March 2016: More developers now use OS X than Linux, says ‘most comprehensive survey ever conducted’
Language wise Swift, at 72%, is near as popular as Rust 79%.
Python is down at 62%.
Apple is not going to kill the geese that lays golden eggs. They've been slow in the past, but never so stupid as to kill their development platforms.
Language wise Swift, at 72%, is near as popular as Rust 79%.
Python is down at 62%.
Apple is not going to kill the geese that lays golden eggs. They've been slow in the past, but never so stupid as to kill their development platforms.
ipad pro blahbalh. The thing about the macmini is i dont need it because i need to do computing. I need it for me to do computing. Id take an ipad pro for the screen any day but the number one reason id want a new fast macmin is because its not having a display. Its supposed to do things for me in a wardrobe which i can control/access from my ipad pro or whatever.
OSX and XCode update were both released yesterday. For XCode you need to search it in the app store and download the new version.
Maybe Tim Cook should demote himself back to world wide operations and find a CEO who can manage the entire company. There is no excuse for not having an updated Mac Mini and and updated MacBook, both with Skylake, yesterday. The chips are out. It is a simple update. Financial news sources are saying the keynote underwhelmed, and they are more than correct. For a company like Apple to have such a thin keynote was disgraceful.
They prefer adding new products instead of upgrading them. Hoping everyone replace their PC with an iPad.
Mini,mac pro,thunderbolt display, airport express will still be left out of the equation. They may eventually put their own AXX cpu in the mini and drop Intel.