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The new Mac mini is almost certainly NOT coming

Boyd01 said:
Apple has discontinued their standalone displays, now they are discontinuing the Airport and Time Capsule products. Makes me wonder if the Mini will be next in their quest to "sharpen the company’s focus on consumer products that generate the bulk of (their) revenue"? https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/21/apple-ceases-airport-wireless/
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It seems the Mac platform is a dead end. Cook has no interest in this platform whatsoever. 5 years from now all that will be in the Mac lineup is the MacBook and Macbook Pro. Maybe the iMac, but that seems like a stretch from where things stand now.

I guess the only miracle we can hope for is if Cook outsources the desktop Macs to a competent third party (like they did with the displays).
 
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Wouldn't surprise me to find out that Apple have tried to sell macOS.

In the olden days Apple made the HUGE mistake by trying to license Mac OS 7.6 to Mac-clone manufacturers. That turned out to be a disaster as the Mac-clones simply shrank the already limited-original Apple-Mac sales instead of expanding the use of Mac OS.

Nowadays it seems Apple find macOS too much trouble. It's all about iOS... all about iPhone really.

Apple is trying to market iPhone to the non-consumer: Mobile Device Management, Device Enrollment Program, Cisco FastTrack, 802.11r/k protocols, etc. seem to have Apple's focus. Alle these terms are non-consumer tech.

macOS seems "in the way". No love for real new technologies in macOS except stuff that compliments iOS.

Apple cannot abandon macOS just yet. But quietly dropping one Mac after another.... first Mac Pro, then Mac mini after some time... then iMac..?
Then sell macOS to HP or so.
 
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Boyd01 said:
You know, a lot of people predicted the death of the Macintosh before. And it didn't happen. :D
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We all hope you are right. However, this seems very different from what happened in the 1990s. This time the Mac seems to be dying not from lack of success (it's actually more popular than ever), but from neglect or even intent by the company, and perhaps partly by some bizarre design decisions recently.
 
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AlliePallie said:
The end of the Mini, the Pro, the iMac and, eventually, the MacBook line.
Apple is run by MBAs who know only profits. The MBAs say that all of the relatively minor "profit centers" need to be cut to maximize profits.
The Apple ecosystem will be severely damaged and Apple will go under in another 5 years (these predictions from a close friend - and an MBA).
I will get a couple of the 2014 Mini refurbs to carry me for another 5 years. At 91 years old, another 5 years should be enough.
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I can order a new Mini from a reward program at work, I have enough points to buy a Mini and Macbook Pro. I'm thinking of getting the macbook and selling it on ebay then like you said keeping the Mini for 5 years or so.
If Apple surprises us and releases a Mini update I'll sell the Mini as well and get the new one.
I really want an SSD in the Mini but I can't order a configured machine so will end up with the combo drive
 
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If Apple thinks it can continue to discontinue products and receive no backlash, it's gravely mistaken. The ecosystem is hurting, and it's only a matter of time before people get fed-up and look elsewhere.

I hope that time is sooner rather than later, because the sooner things go wrong for Apple, the sooner they can start to innovate again.
 
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Andres Cantu said:
If Apple thinks it can continue to discontinue products and receive no backlash, it's gravely mistaken.
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You will Leap at Apple elbow-pads, grow ecstatic at the miracle of iScarves, and literally float away on Apple's revolutionary smart-socks.

The age of electronic revolution is over. Apple needs to learn the art of profitable retrenchment, but shows little sign of doing so.
 
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macmikerw said:
Please please if we get one at least make it at least as good performance as the computer bit inside a 27' iMac
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But the mini has always been tied to the current Macbook of the time. Hopefully if they do make a new mini, it will have more than a single USB-C port for power, I/O, and display.
 
Currently I own two macs, 2012 13" i5 MBP and 2012 2.6 i7 quad core Mini with ssd. For my photography I use Adobe CC (used to use Aperture) and consider my needs fairly straight forward. However Apple is making no machines that appeal to me or even make sense. The latest versions of the Mini are slower than mine, even though the 2012 is hobbled by mediocre graphics even by the standards of the day. In the past I've owned Power Macs, Power Books, iMacs and MacBooks. The Mini has always been something of an after thought but the time has come for me to stop trying to squeeze my needs into increasingly uncompromising designs that don't cater well for anything other than the incredibly narrow view of how people should use Macs today. I want upgradeable ram, drive and ideally upgradeable discreet graphics, my choice of screens and Apple has no interest in this. Why do I want control of components? To change the configuration of the machine so I can react to increasingly sophisticated software requirements without having to dispose of the computer I own and buy again. This flies in the face of Apples philosophy, but I no longer see them as innovators rather opportunists with Microsoft making all the smart moves. It's a sad day but the future for me looks like HP Z series workstations for a third of the price of of a Mac Pro and no Mini even being able to compete with the 4 year old machine I already own. I'm running Windows 10 using Parallels and it's good enough so Apple can concentrate on watches and phones and I'll leave them to it.
 
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jzuena said:
But the mini has always been tied to the current Macbook of the time. Hopefully if they do make a new mini, it will have more than a single USB-C port for power, I/O, and display.
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Which is EXACTLY what the Apple of today will do. "Here's a new mini with a single USB-C port for power, keyboard, mouse, monitor, and any other peripherals you want. Includes a USB-C power adapter that will NOT double as a hub!"
 
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I don't see the death of Mac OS, but I see the death of some of their computer lineups.
Their phones vary slightly in size except for the SE.
Their tablets - well there are a few, mainly just varying in size and some capability.
This is the vast majority of their market, these two little products.
Now there is the desktop computer - iMac, totally distinct. Large desktop AIO. Mac Mini, distinct form factor and market. Mac Pro - there's an anomaly there - totally different. No update for ages. Then the laptop offerings - so far a few different specs.
I think Apple is reducing the diversity of their product line rather than killing MacOS entirely, and the mini and Pro are the likely casualties.
 
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