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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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The Mini refab section of the Japan Apple store keeps changing what's displayed, usually three models, then every few days up to 7 or 8 models. The thing is it is usually the same 7 or 8 models. I think the as*hol*s at apple are just churning what's displayed to give the appearance that the refabs are selling like hotcakes to con people into buying them.
Seeing similar on the Canadian site. Same identical models are appearing for 4 or 5 days, disappearing for a couple of days, then are back again. I swear they must be the same damn machines. This has happened several times, for the same models, over the past several weeks.
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The Australian Apple refurb page still only has Macbooks of various types. Lots of them. Been like that pretty much all year. I think they had a Mini and a nMP once, which didn't last long, plus an iMac here and there. But nearly always just lots of laptops.
Don't know what that says about Aussies' Apple laptop buying habits. We will pay more for refurb versions than other countries?
Don't know what that says about Aussies' Apple laptop buying habits. We will pay more for refurb versions than other countries?
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Now this has got to mean something. On the Japanese online store, when clicking the 'buy' button for MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro and MAC MINI!. the following is displayed: "The page you are looking for can't be found."
The same is almost true for the USA store. For the MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, & MAC MINI various errors are displayed like "Oops! An error has occurred during your session. Please return to the Store Menu to continue shopping.". The MacBook Air Buy button takes you to the model selection page then when you click on the Buy button for a specific model this is displayed: "The page you are looking for can't be found."
The same is almost true for the USA store. For the MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, & MAC MINI various errors are displayed like "Oops! An error has occurred during your session. Please return to the Store Menu to continue shopping.". The MacBook Air Buy button takes you to the model selection page then when you click on the Buy button for a specific model this is displayed: "The page you are looking for can't be found."
Everything works in the NL, sorry.
Last night all links I clicked redirected me to the Back To School promotional prices, today it's "fixed".
Last night all links I clicked redirected me to the Back To School promotional prices, today it's "fixed".
Yeah, NZ site too. Still makes me wonder if they were updating something in the back end in preparation, and made a mistake. Guess we will have to wait for the keynote.
If the Mini 2016 headlines WWDC tomorrow then does that still mean the new Mini is coming, or do we close this thread?
This thread should, I think, remain relevant until the time that we are no longer almost certain that a new Mini is coming. Which would only be the case if the WWDC headline proclaimed the end of the Mini line...
What does this mean? These words make no sense. How can there be no Mini? Inconceivable!
Lalalalalalala... I can't hear you.
Oh look, a unicorn farting quad-core rainbows into a tiny little box.
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Oh look, a unicorn farting quad-core rainbows into a tiny little box.[/QUOTE]
So the new mini will silent but deadly?
Oh look, a unicorn farting quad-core rainbows into a tiny little box.
[/QUOTE]So the new mini will silent but deadly?
I hope so.
But seriously. Passive venting. It's a thing.
The nMP form makes a lot of sense from the passive thermal management angle. Vertically rising air flow works.
No reason the same basic form couldn't be used for the much lower power (i.e. much lower heat generating) nMini, without a fan. Add in that current chips have a much lower thermal footprint than when the current Mini form was introduced. No reason it can't be done.
nMini. It should be a thing. Tomorrow.
But seriously. Passive venting. It's a thing.
The nMP form makes a lot of sense from the passive thermal management angle. Vertically rising air flow works.
No reason the same basic form couldn't be used for the much lower power (i.e. much lower heat generating) nMini, without a fan. Add in that current chips have a much lower thermal footprint than when the current Mini form was introduced. No reason it can't be done.
nMini. It should be a thing. Tomorrow.
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Actually, it makes a heck of a lot more sense. The nMP completely gave up on expansion slots, internal drive space, and a large power supply, which severely constrains what you can do with the machine; if the hardware doesn't exactly match the purpose you have for it, well, you're out of luck.
But in the small-form-factor world, there's already no space for expansion slots or full-sized drives (and consumers already accept this), so clever case designs here involve much less sacrifice. Heck, I'd think that keeping the whisper-quiet nMP fan would support interesting designs that involve greater amounts of heat generation; for example, if they could pack Intel's Skull Canyon hardware into a case that remained quiet even as the CPU & GPU near peak usage, I think that'd be a head-turner...
