1 Type-C portthey will probably just be removing the headphone/toslink jack?
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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I can't believe that Apple would attempt to push upon us a Mini as a "basic desktop computer" with but a single port.
Doesn't make sense.
Even the NUC's have more than one.
This would be a travesty -- the penultimate of "style over substance" -- a desktop computer that for all practical purposes would be "neutered" to the point of non-functionality.
My opinion only.
Doesn't make sense.
Even the NUC's have more than one.
This would be a travesty -- the penultimate of "style over substance" -- a desktop computer that for all practical purposes would be "neutered" to the point of non-functionality.
My opinion only.
Cool beans. The Mini will get them in 3 years.
I hope they also come out with a new wireless keyboard in the fall with a Touch ID sensor as well as a built-in relay for the unlocking by Apple Watch (my mini's about 10 feet away from my wireless keyboard). The range for unlocking via Apple Watch in Sierra (at least with my MBP) seems to be about 4 feet.
After the 2014 disaster, i wouldn't be surprised if the next mini has a G4 processor and 256 meg of soldered ram.
And the entire box filled with potting compound.
And the entire box filled with potting compound.
I've been wondering if there are any parts left that they can solder in and announce that as the 2016 update?
Case will be welded shut, using some fancy new welding technique developed by amazing Apple engineers.
There are those who desire a Mac Maxi, but for most a new Mac Mini would be amply sufficient.
The 2016 Mac mini will get the same treatment as the rumored 2016 MacBook Air: a refresh.
It deserves a redesign like all other Macs have gotten since 2012. But at least we're almost at 300 pages!
It deserves a redesign like all other Macs have gotten since 2012. But at least we're almost at 300 pages!
OK, now I am preparing to be disappointed. Assuming nothing is different, just a newer processor. So if the mini gets a simple refresh is that enough to buy one? I've got a 2011 i5 so I probably would buy a new one just so as to have something current. My 2009 is still running as a Windows 10 box with Boot Camp without issue.
New MacBook Pros, new MacBook Air with USB-C, faster iMacs, new stand alone 5k monitor.
Almost certainly something missing from that list. Can't quite put my finger on it.
Almost certainly something missing from that list. Can't quite put my finger on it.
Emoji's! Lots and lots of new Emoji's....because, that's why we buy Apple products, right?
I think it's time to look a little further into the future here. Ten years ago, the Mac was the hottest property around; Apple had moved to a Unix-based OS, switched to Intel CPUs, was experimenting with new form factors and wonder of wonders, was actually keeping up with the state-of-the-art in desktop computing technology.
Today, Apple is all about phones and tablets. Forget refreshes, even when they "redesign" a Mac they simply try to cram their existing hardware into something that looks like a phone or a tablet. Their most significant updates to OS X have been to make it work seamlessly with their phones and tablets.
I just don't see Apple doing the work to keep OS X a going concern over the next ten years. A refreshed Mini may allow you to keep running the apps you've got now, but I'm seeing a world where future desktop applications may be targeted to Windows (and even Linux!) first, and OS X second (if ever) -- Apple just isn't doing the work any more to make OS X devices the first choice for a desktop computer purchase.
Remember, that single port is also the power port.
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But iOS and OS X come from the same software repo. There isn't a dedicated OS X branch. The build process is just different. That means anything done for iOS is applied to OS X build too.
I do hope you're wrong, but I fear you may be right. Many of us have a lot of money and experience invested in Macs.
It all started in 1991 for me with the Quadra and building FM-Pro Databases. I joined the entrepreneur community and my world got a lot bigger. Now with approaching retirement my needs focus on the connected home and improvement on the quality of life which the Mac was always a part of.
I don't see major additions to quality anymore because you can simply expand on the exiting capabilities and see the answer doesn't come in another Upgrade, update or revision to form-factor or even speed. You watch what you watch and you do what you do!
It is truly time for a different interface and protocol for the interaction with technology (think hologram) where upon distraction is minimized and functionality is independent of platform.
From the technology angle , kids are dumbed down by it - business is propped up by it and society in general has become distracted by it.
Seems like the timing is right for revamp of my priorities and while I'll miss the brillaint ideas that came with new tech - I won't miss the redirection away from those who create, compose, disassemble, hack and such.
When you think about Apple's first commercial the message, capability and "FREEDOM" has somehow gotten lost with "thinking differently" to the point of resembling another stoic giant.
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