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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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I think it's a great portable, if you have monitors everywhere you go, which I do. I've got a fast SSD and a 1TB drive in mine.
As for "mid-tier power", that's only a distant dream at this point.
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That's true, Sadly, I've no time for the HTPC experience, so it's not a consideration for me.
Hey folks, it's Tuesday.
For the first time in a long time there seems to be no sense of anticipation.
Still, it has been an active week for the Mini's mightiest thread. Some reckoned was in its last throes a few weeks back, but it has passed the 2,000 milestone, and added 9 pages since a week ago.
For the first time in a long time there seems to be no sense of anticipation.
Still, it has been an active week for the Mini's mightiest thread. Some reckoned was in its last throes a few weeks back, but it has passed the 2,000 milestone, and added 9 pages since a week ago.
Pah. It's Tuesday, 3.50am, and I'm sitting here refreshing the UK Apple Store every ten minutes.
Well with the imac bump passed the wait will be a real long time.
I would be stunned if it comes as early as OCT. 2014
Looks like they will just skip haswell and go to Broadwell.
And I think they weld it up tight if they do that. (all new gear) Hope not.
Maybe what we need is the Colbert bump. Any chance we could get Stephen to ask Apple to send him the new Mini?
Just goes to show what a bunch of dreamers we all are. Spend more creative thought on what might be, could be ... I don't want to buy a new Mini any more because it's 14 days tomorrow .. no, today, man I stay up too late .... and I'm not going to rip out all these upgrades to return it. But I still want it to come, I want to see it rise again, and not in some sorry old soldered way either. I want the pure, the beautiful, the beloved Volkswagon Beetle of desktop computers ...
I use my Mini as a portable solution, it moves regularly between different properties. I don't like laptops as I prefer to sit further away from the screen, so the MBA, for example, and Mini are not equivalent for me. My truly portable solution is my iPad.
People have been waiting here every Tuesday since October 2013.
The Mac Mini is ALMOST certainly coming. In several months.
The Mac Mini is ALMOST certainly coming. In several months.
It's Tuesday and the new Mac mini is almost certainly here, at last! Our patience and persistence has been vindicated! Yay! Or something!
This is a true statement. I don't think a new mini is coming for a while. Maybe fall refresh? But then again, I am just leading people on to wait every tuesday for another few months.
Grab a mini now and enjoy it!
I think the new Mac mini is not coming, ever.
You better prepare yourselves for the Mac nano.
Whoever is still waiting for a "headless iMac" in terms of CPU and GPU is probably going to be disappointed.
Unless Apple surprises us with both a Mac nano (think new iMac specs, Broadwell, in an Apple TV-sized unit) and a Mac Pro mini (high-end iMac specs in a smaller Mac Pro design).
You better prepare yourselves for the Mac nano.
Whoever is still waiting for a "headless iMac" in terms of CPU and GPU is probably going to be disappointed.
Unless Apple surprises us with both a Mac nano (think new iMac specs, Broadwell, in an Apple TV-sized unit) and a Mac Pro mini (high-end iMac specs in a smaller Mac Pro design).
using Migration Assistant (Snow Leopard direct to Mavericks?)
Hi,
I am buying the current spec 2012 model to replace my late 2009 running Snow Leopard. After April passed, I stopped hoping for a refresh and just waited out my money situation.
Anyway, I was told by a co-worker that I probably want to update from Snow Leopard on my 2009 machine before I start the migration process. I didn't know this, of course the last time I migrated it was from a 2006 running Tiger to this 2009.
Any advice would be appreciated.
There may well be a more relevant tag on the site with information and if so I will hie myself on off and delete this one.
Hi,
I am buying the current spec 2012 model to replace my late 2009 running Snow Leopard. After April passed, I stopped hoping for a refresh and just waited out my money situation.
Anyway, I was told by a co-worker that I probably want to update from Snow Leopard on my 2009 machine before I start the migration process. I didn't know this, of course the last time I migrated it was from a 2006 running Tiger to this 2009.
Any advice would be appreciated.
There may well be a more relevant tag on the site with information and if so I will hie myself on off and delete this one.
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Personally I'd say leave your 2009 machine alone and don't update from Snow Leopard. It might work just fine, but what if it doesn't?
My other thought is to suggest just migrating your files over and don't carry your applications or settings. While Macs are generally less burdened with crap than Windows systems, it's probably worthwhile to start fresh. Yes, more work, but also good to know you don't have anything piggybacking from eight years ago.
Note the following post is based on you keeping the 2009 Mini, you don't really need to upgrade to a new machine and a few additions to your current machine (RAM and SSD) will arguably give you a better Mini than a 2012 stock machine. If all you want to do is migrate your data from old to new then no need to upgrade the OS IMO
What RAM do you have ?
My late 2009 (now with 8GB RAM) runs very well with Mavericks and I will update to Yoesemti when it's released. It was a base machine with 2GB ram and it ran Lion (upgraded from Snow Leopard) just about with frequent beachballs until I upgraded the RAM. The only feature I have noticed that it doesn't support is full AirPlay multi-screen to Apple TV (eg additional desktop window on the ATV doesn't work, AirPlay from iTunes etc runs fine).
There was firmware update some time ago which you should check you have, you will need that for the RAM upgrade (Apple website says 4gb max I think but the machine will take more with firmware upgrade)
I would say upgrade to Mavericks/Yosemiti with extra RAM if necessary. You may decide to upgrade to an SSD/more modern HDD at the same time, the machine is worth it.
Unless you have a specific need for a more powerful, more recent model, I would say that Jambalaya's advice is worth taking.
We have been told that anything from the early 2009 Core 2 Duo Mini on will run Yosemite, as well as most apps, so you would gain little there. Aperture is one that there might be some benefit; it will run on Core 2 Duo, but i3 or above is recommended. (iPhoto is adequate for my needs) If you are not pushing your 2009 to the limit frequently, you would probably see little significant gain in day to day use.
My base model early 2009 Mini came with just 1 Gb of RAM, It ams with Leopard, which I updated to Snow Leopard soon after.
After three years it began running very slowly, so I got the shop to install an extra 4 GB of RAM and update the OS to Mountain Lion. (with no facilities, a very slow internet connection, and no credit card, DIY was not a goer) It was like getting a new computer. No doubt cleaning three and a bit years of accumulated dust from the interior helped.
My early 2009 Mini is still running fine (except for the optical drive; i now use an external one), and still serves my needs. I am not in any hurry to replace it.
In the short to medium term, swapping the HDD out for a SSD, upgrading to Yosemite, and maybe going up to 8 GB of RAM are more likely than replacing a computer that is doing the job for me.
If there are significant benefits to be gained from the next generation of Mini (or the one after that) then replacement would be the way to go…..
As it was with my original 2005 Mini, which had become obsolete when it was in need of repair…. Then replacement was a more cost effective option.
At this stage the 2009 Mini is certainly not obsolete.
I ran migrate utility from a 2004 PPC laptop running leopard - can't do snow on ppc - to mavericks on the new mini and it worked fine. It did bring over a bunch of programs that won't run on the new os, but otherwise no trouble. Maybe there is some hidden thing that isn't obvious, but I've done a second migration since then to a new drive, and no problems.
Thank god for these last couple of posts. I was afraid a day might go by without one
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Yes, and so are the Tokyo summer Olympics.
Which will arrive first is the real question.