I am one of the people that have watched this topic for a long time, to look for a replacement of my 2009 mac mini. Well I do not think that I will replace it again with a new mac mini. For two reasons. The first one is that it took them so long to release an other mac mini, that my situation will change in the near future (graduation from university). Right now my iPad is good enough to take with me to classes, but I cannot be sure that an iPad will be good enough when (if) I find work in the near future. Secondly, I am not wanting to go to this hell of waiting and disappointment again. So instead of a mac mini, I will probably go for a macbook (which one, I am not yet sure of), when I do actually have money (life as a student does not pay). I still hope for you guys that there will be a new mac mini... but it does not look like there will be one anytime soon...