I am willing to wait as I am not quite ready to replace my windows desktop yet but the new mini should be out soon but I am looking more at next year for upgrading.
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Where is the New Mini, Apple!
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God people, the current Mac mini is not "outdated" as far as pc's are concerned. If you look at equally priced pc's, other than the amount of ram they have they are pieces of crap. I just got my mac mini and also looked at similarly priced pc's and they are not better! They may look a little better on paper and yeah they do come with more ram but with a mac you are getting so much more and most processors in the pc's are lower end i5's or even i3's. And your also getting windows 8.1, which is complete crap. I'm an IT that works on computers day in and day out, I sleep, eat, and pee computers. If you want nothing but problems than go ahead, get windows 8.1 and a crappy plastic mini-tower pc. But if your looking to get a mac and don't already have a late 2012 mac mini, meaning you have an older one, there is no reason why you shouldn't upgrade to the late 2012 model, add some ram to it and they are extremely extremely fast computers. Yes it's surprising that there hasn't been an update yet, and as far as mac's are concerned its due for one. But the late 2012 mac mini is still a great choice, and beats any similarly priced windows pc out there.
You work in IT yet you write a post that contains no balance or thought whatsoever.
God help us is all I can say.
I knew an IT person once. He couldn't configure or fix a computer even if someone was telling him what to do.
Nope.
However, you haven't mentioned what mini you have, what makes it obsolete or what you feel you need. Ssd's and ram are cheap these days. Certainly far cheaper than any video capable computer.
I'm not particularly patient either. That's why I batch my video renders and do them overnight.
Sounds like whining rather than seeking guidance.
Yes I'm whining because I didn't get a new Mac mini from Apple yet.
I'm currently using an old PC, at least now it's starting to feel old. I've tried a Mac mini 2012 from a friend of mine and it's not much better than my current PC in rendering times etc.
Since I want to upgrade to something better than what I have right now I don't see wise wasting more than 800 euro to get a marginally better machine (Mac mini 2012).
Also: yes SSD and ram might be cheap but if you are already spending a bomb for old hardware, spending any extra pennies to transform it into a reasonable machine seems stupid and wasteful.
I'm currently using an old PC, at least now it's starting to feel old. I've tried a Mac mini 2012 from a friend of mine and it's not much better than my current PC in rendering times etc.
Since I want to upgrade to something better than what I have right now I don't see wise wasting more than 800 euro to get a marginally better machine (Mac mini 2012).
Also: yes SSD and ram might be cheap but if you are already spending a bomb for old hardware, spending any extra pennies to transform it into a reasonable machine seems stupid and wasteful.
What about the NUC, great little machine and 8.1 is pretty good in my experience.
Only people in this forum will complain about a quad core i7 computer with 16gb of ram and an ssd being slow.
LOL... although I'm complaining that there's no new mini, I'm complaining more about price than speed. I could get a i7 with 16GB RAM and a 256 SSD but I don't want to pay what apple is charging for it when the chipset is old (esp the integrated GPU) and they should have a higher than 256GB option for the hard drive. Furthermore, SSD or Fusion drive should be standard at this point, not to mention TB2 and 802.11ac to make my home network backups faster.
I'm not asking for much, just some updated hardware that's been available for over a year.
Yeah, I'm not here to say it's a perfect machine at this point....but still give it some credit. Nothing Apple sells is "slow". I'm working on a windows 7 pc with 8 gigs of ram and a Phenom x4 processor, now that is slow. My stock mac mini core i5 late 2012 runs circles around these windows machines that I work on day in and day out.
Sol
Ladies (if there are any) and gentlemen....
I think we're SOL on a new Mini. I think the product is EOL'd. It's been "Steve'd" from beyond the grave.
I think what's more likely is a more full-featured Apple TV that runs apps. I just think they're done with the Mac Mini. The sales probably just aren't there.
Ladies (if there are any) and gentlemen....
I think we're SOL on a new Mini. I think the product is EOL'd. It's been "Steve'd" from beyond the grave.
I think what's more likely is a more full-featured Apple TV that runs apps. I just think they're done with the Mac Mini. The sales probably just aren't there.
My PC is slow , quad core i7 with 8gb of ram. Then of course I do open up 83 tabs at once in chrome..(don't ask)...
I have no right to complain about a slow PC...
I have no right to complain about a slow PC...
There are other things to complain about regarding the current Mini (if I allow myself to abuse the word "current"). How about no SSD option for the i5 Mini? Yes, I know I can install one myself, and throw the spinner in my junk pile of old IDE cables and 5.25"-to-3.5" mounting brackets. But I'm just not into buying intentionally crippled computers.
Do you mean slow as compared to other small computers costing the same or slow with respect to running applications?
For me, I would like the modest bump in speed but more importantly, better video and possibly the option for more RAM. To get into a Mac Pro is a huge jump in price. Apple may want to force or continue the marketing position of the Mini as an entry computer but Apple is also aware that it works as a "mini" server and could be potentially a junior graphics system if they would stop making us compromise and get stuck in the iMac world because there is no Mac Mini to do the job. This Ford paint mentality (sorry to say) sucks.
I'm waiting for 1.1.2015 to replace my early 2009 MacMini, apple updates or not, it's the maximum I can wait.
Possibly, but two things to consider:
1. I don't think Apple would have released a new Mini until the new Pro was well established. If you actually *need* Xeon & 2xFirePro then a Mini wouldn't be a contender, but lots of people who barely need an i7 will buy Pros because they're the newest shiny thing, and you wouldn't want to distract those people by offering them a new shiny Mini at the same time - especially if it was easier to get hold of than a Pro.
2. Any substantially re-designed Mini intended for launch around now would probably have been built around Broadwell chips and, consequently, will have been delayed.
I wouldn't hold the funeral until, say, next June.
Of course the sales are there. It's the least expensive Mac and there are plenty of people who don't want an iMac or Mac Pro, but want a desktop, server, or htcp.
You must move in rich circles.
I don't know many people who could blow an extra 2 grand on a computer way beyond their needs, just because it is the newest shiny thing.
I was saving up for a new Mini to replace my dual core 2011 one. I wanted better graphics than the 2012 mini. After 2 years of saving money I found I had enough saved up to (somewhat) afford a used 2013 6c Mac Pro. Excessive for my needs, definitely, but I really enjoy the quiet when running handbrake encodes and running Diablo 3 at full resolution on my Thunderbolt display; and it sure is pretty. I'm happy.
The way video editing is heading, it will be the graphics card rather than the CPU that boosts performance. I wonder if Apple are working on a low power GPU that plays nicely with FCPX to shorten render times significantly. I suspect they'll go for PCIe storage for the next generation Mini which will speed things up more.
Oh, they exist - and we're not talking about the one-percenters who'd blow $2k on a bottle of booze. Pretty much anybody who got into personal computing as a hobby in the 1980s blew thousands of dollars (once you adjust for inflation) on devices beyond their needs. Choosing a Mac Pro over a Mini today is probably about equivalent to choosing a Commodore 64 over a Sinclair Spectrum...
How many of you complaining about how slow mac mini's are have one, or have actually used one enough to know? Why I ask I don't even know because any tom dick or harry can say they have but my guess is its probably 30 percent if that. You guys make this forum really old to look at because it's the same people saying the same thing. Go to the powerpc forum if you want to talk about slow computers.
If you really do need a new Mac Mini, go ahead and buy one. The current model should see most folks right for a good few years.
Update or not, I'm gonna replace the HDD in my base model early 2009 Mini. It should see me right for a while longer. The Mini may even evolve a generation or two before I replace what I have now…. it works just fine, and is still good for most current or anticipated software.
I know one or two who love to have bragging rights to the latest and the greatest. It seems a good few on this forum would be among them.
On the other hand, I know others, who could well afford the latest shiny thing, but are content to stay with something more modest that fulfils their humble needs.
Good idea. Is there also a 5400RPM HDD forum? Maybe that would be a good place to discuss the Mac Mini.