How much profit do you think Apple are making from the sale of each Mini these days?? , must be pretty high considering the age of the hardware and selling them for the same price that they were introduced at.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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Good choice. I thinki I may pick one up during the holiday season later this year for a media hub and Plex server.
I could build one cheaper and about the size of a Mini but I like how small those NUCs are.
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Coming real soon folks... http://www.simplynuc.com/core-i5-gen-7-tall-h-nuc-system-nuc7i5bnh/ I am gonna seriously consider the i7 version. I'll throw a Samsung M.2 960 PRO in there and have a kick ass machine.
This is probably too complicated for most, but if we were still looking for a new Mac, I'd set this up.
(How to turn Intel Skylake NUC6 into a Hackintosh)
(How to turn Intel Skylake NUC6 into a Hackintosh)
Really Hacking a NUC is involved and there are problems. If the goal is a Hackintosh SFF then the best option for ease would be a mi MITX build.
If you follow the tonymac buyers guide you can get a pretty easy to implement hackintosh going with your machine. If you go X99 you can still do it but get a Board that someone had a successful result from. As much as I like my MSI X99A board it doesn't seem to work well for a hackintosh.
I have a nice BitFenix mini-ATX (if I remember correctly) Hac, yeah. But this is purrrrdy (obviously not Ive purdy) and small
Quite the opposite. People buy new mini from apple, because 5 year old used mini costs the same.
My used 2012 quad was $150 cheaper than the same configuration of the top spec 2014 mini and it is 50% faster. I got it from OWC and it included a 3 month warranty and 15 day return/exchange period. For me, it was a no-brainer.
I just wish OWC would open a shop in EU...My used 2012 quad was $150 cheaper than the same configuration of the top spec 2014 mini and it is 50% faster. I got it from OWC and it included a 3 month warranty and 15 day return/exchange period. For me, it was a no-brainer.
Price difference is understandable since both are so old.
What will happen to prices IF there's new model this year?
I'd guess that 2014 is suddenly cheaper than 2012...
From DaringFireball todays big scoop:
At least that does bring some hope to people here. Maybe their modular Mac Pro is actually also seen as a Mac mini replacement (I doubt it, but you never know).
At least that does bring some hope to people here. Maybe their modular Mac Pro is actually also seen as a Mac mini replacement (I doubt it, but you never know).
Wow, too bad the dynamic duo of Cook & Ive are completely incapable of coming up with something like that. Ive in particular would probably suffer seizures upon being told the device has (gasp!) removable/upgradable storage and RAM.
Along with what would be, to him, an alien concept - ports on the back!
They did mention the Mini...still in the pipeline
It took 3 years and 4 months since the start of this thread till we finally got an Apple confirmation! @GabrieleR
And it is such a weak confirmation one could argue that it was not even a confirmation.
Reading the quotes on Mac Rumors about the promise of a new Mac Pro, but not this year, I definitely get the sense that Apple felt the heat. That talented team working on the new Mac Pro may have been assembled very recently. The team working on the new Mac Mini may not yet exist. BUT, Apple has felt the heat, you know that when they announce something that doesn't yet exist a year in advance. Good work, all you people who consistently and persistently applied the pressure. Keep it on!
Well at least he threw us a couple of bones… that that Mini is "important" and there are "some pro" users.
Here's the exact quote from DF:
http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives
Important product? Ok. How about an update after 3 years ;-)
Fingers crossed...
PS: Ooops. Just noticed somebody already posted this but since it's so important I will leave the quote from Schiller up. Better twice than never, Apple.
http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives
Important product? Ok. How about an update after 3 years ;-)
Fingers crossed...
PS: Ooops. Just noticed somebody already posted this but since it's so important I will leave the quote from Schiller up. Better twice than never, Apple.
It would be nice to see a Kaby Lake update but being realistic if there is an update the processor in a Mini seems to always run a generation behind the MacBooks.
To me, the bigger news of the day is that Apple acknowledged that a "modular" design was important and something they are working on. Ideally, some of these fruits will also appear in the Mac Mini.