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Who wants to see the mac mini revived? ;)

jerhinesmith 12y ago
Me! I've been wanting to replace my Windows desktop machine for a year now, but I've been waiting for a refresh on the mac mini.
- dublinben 12y ago
  Why not get one of the many other mITX computers, or even an Intel NUC?
  - jerhinesmith 12y ago
    I use a macbook air all day for work. I built my windows box when I was doing .NET development, but I've long since switched to ruby -- ideally I'd like to have both running the same OS (which I guess could be a flavor of linux, but I'm too lazy for that).
    - dragonbonheur 12y ago
      Why don't you get a Hackintosh? Even old Acer Aspire netbooks can run OSX and there are plenty of tutorials online.
    - derengel 12y ago
      Do you use to the mba without an external monitor and keyboard? I can seem to adjust to developing all day on laptop, thus wanting a mac mini upgrade.
      - jerhinesmith 12y ago
        Well, I share my desktop machine with my girlfriend. I could easily get by with a clean desk at home and just the MBA -- that said, it's not completely up to me. :)
MCRed 12y ago
Apple has a pattern before keynotes where they push out the less glamorous products. They keep them ready to go in the keynote in case something happens with a glamorous announcement they have filler. But when they are confident that they can announce the next iPhone, or whatever, they push out the minor rev of the iMac or whatever. I'm worried. This is the machine I want to buy next. A modern mac mini would be ideal. They should have shipped one early this year but didn't. That's ok, the mac pro took a lot of resources and is a major redesign. So, then the next expected time is last week. So, either the Mac Mini is significant enough to talk about today (with two phones and an alleged watch? that seems doubtful)... or it might be effectively cancelled.
- rsynnott 12y ago
  Or they decided to skip Haswell, and are now waiting on Broadwell, which is substantially delayed. I'd say a Mini early next year might be a good bet.
leklund 12y ago
Seconded! I've been wanting to replace an older iMac with a mini for a some time now. The mini is in dire need of a refresh given that it's been since 2012 that the guts were updated and 2010 since the design was updated.

Me! I've been wanting to replace my Windows desktop machine for a year now, but I've been waiting for a refresh on the mac mini.

dublinben 12y ago
Why not get one of the many other mITX computers, or even an Intel NUC?
- jerhinesmith 12y ago
  I use a macbook air all day for work. I built my windows box when I was doing .NET development, but I've long since switched to ruby -- ideally I'd like to have both running the same OS (which I guess could be a flavor of linux, but I'm too lazy for that).
  - dragonbonheur 12y ago
    Why don't you get a Hackintosh? Even old Acer Aspire netbooks can run OSX and there are plenty of tutorials online.
  - derengel 12y ago
    Do you use to the mba without an external monitor and keyboard? I can seem to adjust to developing all day on laptop, thus wanting a mac mini upgrade.
    - jerhinesmith 12y ago
      Well, I share my desktop machine with my girlfriend. I could easily get by with a clean desk at home and just the MBA -- that said, it's not completely up to me. :)

MCRed 12y ago

Apple has a pattern before keynotes where they push out the less glamorous products. They keep them ready to go in the keynote in case something happens with a glamorous announcement they have filler. But when they are confident that they can announce the next iPhone, or whatever, they push out the minor rev of the iMac or whatever. I'm worried. This is the machine I want to buy next. A modern mac mini would be ideal. They should have shipped one early this year but didn't. That's ok, the mac pro took a lot of resources and is a major redesign. So, then the next expected time is last week. So, either the Mac Mini is significant enough to talk about today (with two phones and an alleged watch? that seems doubtful)... or it might be effectively cancelled.

rsynnott 12y ago
Or they decided to skip Haswell, and are now waiting on Broadwell, which is substantially delayed. I'd say a Mini early next year might be a good bet.

leklund 12y ago

Seconded! I've been wanting to replace an older iMac with a mini for a some time now. The mini is in dire need of a refresh given that it's been since 2012 that the guts were updated and 2010 since the design was updated.