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- Odiwan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+45Crazy. The Mac Mini and the 17" iMac are the only reason I bought Apple computers. The 17" iMac is the only iMac small enough to fit on the counter, under my standard, 18" kitchen cabinets. The Mac Mini is a wonderful PC in general... This can't be true...
- Gm7Cadd9, on 10/11/2007, -2/+47If the mini is indeed coming to an end and the 17'' iMac is rumored to be discontinued as well, then this certainly opens up a large hole in the product offering. Hmmmmm
- bSimms, on 10/11/2007, -1/+44this is retarded, why would apple discontinue it.
- carguy84, on 10/11/2007, -6/+46Step 1) Claim something ridiculous
Step 2) Be publically proven wrong
Step 3) But keep trusting the site
Step 4) See step 1 - sgtpinback, on 10/11/2007, -1/+36the mini is a low cost computer, which is hardly niche (i.e. narrow, specialized, highly profitable). people want cheap macs. the form factor is not nearly as important as the cost, which makes it very different from the failed cube.
- brstilson, on 10/11/2007, -2/+34I can't believe how many of you are so quick to believe this and are already mourning the Mini. These rumor sites end up being wrong just as often as they are right.
- coit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+30I use my Mac Mini (Intel) as my primary home computer, I added 2 GB ram, and I can run OS X and Vista at the same time with performance better than my older P4 2.8HT chipped PC.
- coit, on 10/11/2007, -10/+36Wow. I just got to the Mac party, and now I learn that I'll never be able to buy another Mac again, as they are abandoning the sub $1000 market...
I will not pay more than $700 for a new computer. So, if Apple won't offer anything in that range, I guess I'll be back to the PC market, probably running Linux this time since I've weaned myself off the MS tit. - warholsbluecat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+25I really hope that this isn't true. I was planning on purchasing a Mac Mini as my first Mac when 10.5 comes out later this year. I want the ability to choose my own monitor, keyboard, and mouse and this was perfect for me.
- n8dawg87, on 10/11/2007, -5/+25cue the mid-range-headless-mac rumour mill...
but seriously this is kind of sad. they were great little machines for home servers or for mounting in cars. The mac mini pretty much defined the mini-footprint pc thats been imitated by so many other pc manufacturers now. RIP - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20The Mini is a suprisingly powerful computer (provided you stock it with enough RAM) Hell, it even runs WoW well enough to be playable (which is amazing considering the anemic video card) If the Mini hadn't existed - I wouldn't have a Mac.
- EndrWiggin, on 10/11/2007, -5/+24the iPhone is the new $600 Mac...could be a good thing or a bad thing.
- cvrefugee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17I wanted a cheap Mac too, just to learn another OS (already use Vista and Feisty). I was just waiting for them to upgrade the Core Duo to a Core 2 Duo (which are exactly the same price now) but Apple hasn't done anything at all.
- hunglowang, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17Mac Mini is a truly wonderful and useful entry product to the apple world, if this is true, i can't believe they canned it.
- chrishall314, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14I am with you. For me I just have to have a desktop with a large display and ergonomic keyboard. The mini is the perfect option at a great value. Pair it with a 24" display for well less than the 24" iMac. I just don't want a laptop and don't want to spend the money for the mac pro, I don't need all that computer.
I hope they come out with one more revision to Core 2 Duo. - mightyjlr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I will be seriously pissed if they get rid of the Mac Mini. I own 5 (one for every TV in the house) and I'm planning on buying a bunch more very soon. I guess I'll have to do it sooner than later. No reason to get rid of the Mac Mini. The Apple TV sucks and would not be able to replace what I use the Mac Mini for.
- jav1231, on 10/11/2007, -6/+18@Odiwan:
Agreed. The Mini brought many PC users to Mac, including myself. If anything, the Mini is just a tad overpriced in the marketplace of small, headless computers. It needs a bit more speed, a few dollars off, and maybe wifi. This may prove tough to do economically and hence THAT may be its demise. - SublimeRuin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12I too have a Mini and I use it as my main home computer as well as my graphic design/video editing machine. With the 1.83 Intel Duo and 2GB ram this thing is a monster. - And Cheap!
I'm sure Apple has something cooking to replace the 17" iMac and Mini if both go the way of the cube... - fangorious, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11@java123
The Mini has had wifi from it's inception. It was optional at first, but I believe it's standard on the intel minis. - drlha, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11I love my Mac mini, it wasn't my intro to the Mac world, but it was my intro to the Intel mac route. Cheap enough that I bought it just to get experience with Intel Macs. Still I use it every day, even though its just a 1.5Ghz Core Solo, it has all the power I need and nicely powers my 21" LCD that I bought originally to plug into my Powerbook.
- pierre, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Exactly, it allows people who could never afford one, to finally get a mac. Hope they keep it around.
- loneraven, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12See... this is why I'm reluctant to purchase a mac.
There's no way in hell I'm buying an iMac. Sure, having a screen + computer in all one package is nice, but I have a habit of uprading things alot. I already have a nice monitor anyway, so why should I be forced to buy another one?
Mac mini's are nice, but because they are small, they're on the low end for power. The price point wasn't bad, maybe it could've been a little cheaper, but not much.
I'm not interested in a notebook, because I simply have no use for one, and a Mac Pro is simply overkill for a majority of people and way expensive. It also bums me that I can't build my own computer for a mac (I was considering building a hackintosh...it's a possibility). All I want is a mid range tower, and then apple has a new customer in me and many people. They used to do it before, but not now. Why? - Laytonx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9We need a mac tower thats not a billion dollars. A mid-range mac tower would go well with my other macs.
- MeltedUFO, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8You could probably just buy a regular PC case and just stick the Mac Mini inside it.
- lateralus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8That's too bad (if it's true). Long Live the Mac Mini
There's no other system like the mini. Nearly dead quiet, can run XP/OSx. - carguy84, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10"They probably figure every Mac Mini sale is a lost sale for a more expensive Mac with a higher gross margin."
Ooooooooooor every Mac Mini sale is a sale of a Mac that normally wouldn't have been made. I own a Mac mini, but I bought it for the form factor and hardware, not the OS. If they didn't offer this unit, I'd have built a small PC to run MCE. - rilindo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8It is also entirely possible that they will come up with a whole new entr- level Mac; maybe some like an Mac that you can actually add cards to it - like a smaller Mac Pro chassis.
That would rock if that happens. - jav1231, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Apple will need a sub-$1000 computer to stay in the game.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7The Mac Mini is a great great computer line! I certainly hope this is only a rumor. I bought one for mom and one for dad. They love their Minis! Mom had a Dell before and that bastard was more finiky than the cat.
They are popular too! Try picking up an Intel Mini on craigs for less than $100 off retail. Nearly impossible.
These are great quiet headless servers too! We use one at work for web serving for an online store. It's rock solid. The only time I reboot it is to patch. Knowing Apple, they would not kill the Mini without replacing it with something in the price point. Let's hope! - bobartig, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8@jav1231: I really don't find the mac mini overpriced when you consider form factor. There are a lot of low priced PC's out there, but when I look in the realm of mini form factor devices (ones that are true competitors to the Mac Mini's size), they start at twice as much with worse hardware. The price-comparable models tend to be 50-100% larger. I know that's still a small form factor, but I want "Macmini-small". Am I looking the wrong places?
- gregdigg, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I sure am glad nobody is jumping to any conclusions, like:
1) This is absolutely true
2) If it is true, that the Mac Mini won't be replaced with something comparable but better - neuropsychguy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7"I'm planning on buying a bunch more very soon. I guess I'll have to do it sooner than later."
Now we know the real reason behind the rumor - to get people like you to think you won't be able to buy one any more so you go out and buy a bunch! :-) - pierre, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I REALLY hope this is not true :-(
The mini is the only mac I can really afford. I love them and have bought 3 so far. 599 makes it an easy entry point for people who cant spend over 1000.00 for new comp. Also, I already have a nice monitor so why should I be forced to buy another one with the iMac.... Hopefully they will replace it with another headless model if they do decided to kill it off.
Save the Mini !! - drlha, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7My advice to you is to buy a notebook. You don't realise how useful one is until you have one, plus you can plug it into your LCD and use it like a desktop computer no problem as MacBooks do closed lid operation.
This is the 21st Century - its time you bought a notebook - there's a reason why they're outselling desktops these days. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Silly question - why?
- clintone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Seems to me that Apple is trying to grow their PC market so why would they just discontinue the only affordable Mac. I purchased one because I had always wanted a Mac but did not have $. If anything it would make more sense for them to release an entirely new affordable model instead of discontinuing the Mini. Or they could go back to their rich niche market. Please I don't ever want to go back to a cheesy Windows PC but will never be able to afford a high end Apple PC.
- yensed, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Other then the fact the mini is small and is the cheapest Mac, It doesn't have much going for it. I would Much prefer to have a larger version with Upgradeable Graphics, 3.5" HDD support, More USB ports and a similar price range. And still come w/o a Monitor... Now that I could buy a Mac and have Windows run on it as well, I'm interested. But none of the current hardware appeals to me(as a windows user) on the desktop side. I don't want something thin with a monitor built in, and I don't want a tiny box with a notebook HDD, Mediocre Graphics and limited ports. I want to be able to throw a new card into the thing and have Dual Displays, Or a TV Tuner. Or even just a performance boost.
- sgtpinback, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7if the mini is killed then we really need to get back the $1499 tower.
- bblades, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I adore my G4 mini. It is a great machine, and the form factor is beautiful. The problem is that when the G4 mini came out, it had the same specs as the iBook. Now that the Macbook and the Imac have almost identical firepower, they want to keep the Mini a generation behind both, and is hobbled in comparison to an iMac. The 17" iMac is just a better deal right now. Also losing that $500 starting price hurts.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Could be they have an even smaller one in the works.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The majority of macs bought by the public are non-upgradeable, half of us can't afford towers, so why shelve a desktop version of your powerful laptops. Mind you, you could just hook up a monitor and keyboard from your laptop , shelve it and call it a desktop.
It's what got me to buy a mac. I could actually afford it. Perhaps that was the reason d'etre.. hook line and sinker. - drlha, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Room doesn't need to be made for a mid range tower, the gap exists already even with the mini there.
Sorry but Apple just isn't going to produce this tower, and the demise of the Mac mini doesn't make it any more likely to happen. - Ossuary, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The mini is a great little niche product. Not the perfect computer by any means, but very good for certain projects. Apple needs to have an inexpensive $500 - 600 Mac. Sure it can be slower than the rest, but the price point is what drew a lot of people in.
- kspen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The intel minis have non-soldered socketed CPUs so the upgrade path is good for awhile.
- orvtech, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4humm, i was actually selling my 2 desktops (one server and one gaming station) since i was moving to a smaller place to get a mac mini. i think applea needs to leave a small-form-factor computer that looks good in a leaving room :D
- raano, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The only reason I have a Mac now is because Apple offered the Mini. I couldn't afford their regular PC prices. Consequently I've purchased software, a Mighty Mouse, etc because I had the Mini. It would be a mistake to withdraw the Mini without putting another sub-$800 machine in it's place.
- willgonz, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7I have seen people purchase the iMac because of the built in screen. I haven't seen a lot of Mac Mini purchases. However, I can see an environment switch to Mac Mini's because they currently have Dells with LCD screens.
- JohnnyRad, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I got confused what the article was talking about. Thankfully they put the graphic of a tombstone with "Mac Mini 2005-2007" written on it, and everything was cleared up for me.
- aforonda, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I really hope they are wrong, I don't want our media beaming to our tv, we've got a full on mini hooked to the tv with a giant external hd. With Front Row this makes the mini a no brainer for a very simple htpc, and given that it's a full blown computer with osx we can do all kinds of cool stuff. Installed VLC on it and it plays anything, we just don't need AppleTV the mini is perfect for my family.
- Sippi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Yeah it is a great product to help introduce new Mac users to OSX and apple. They may see it as a lose, but they should see it as a future long-term customer. Use the Mini to help sell up to a G5 or laptop a little ways down the road.
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