appleinsider.com— Kasper from Appleinsider seems to think so. Should spark a bunch of debate. Not just on the apple lose, but back to the whole false rumor and stock pricing bit.
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The 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.
the Mac Mini fills a very big hole on the market.This article just shows me that AppleInsider is out of touch with the user base.I bought a MacMini for my parents house for use by my brothers and sisters.I would not have bought anything else to put there. No iMac. No Windoze tower.The fact that the mini existed gave Apple a sale that would otherwise have not been made at all. Period.It fit the limited space requirements (which also helped keep it safe from damage), the third party peripheral requirements, and the performace requirements. Added 2 Gb of ram in matching 1Gb DIMMs and the thing screams.Tip for Mini owners: when you add RAM to the Intel Core Duo mini, do so in pairs of 1Gb bought together if at all possible.Two identical DIMMs will run in dual-channel mode. Some people play this down citing different benchmarks they see on the web. But when the Intel integrated GMA 950 Graphics chipset borrows it's RAM from the main System Memory, Dual-channel perfomance really shines and gives the system an incredible boost.I wouldn't change this machine, AppleInsider is wrong in my opinion. It would be sad if Apple had fallen this far out of touch with the consumers... and somehow I just don't think they have. *cough... iPod*
I certainly hope the mac mini isn't coming to an end as when we purchase our HD TV a mac mini is going on the VGA port to provide media centre capabilities. Though we might stick an apple TV on there :D
My prediction is they are gonna kill the mini and replace ti with a new... Mac mini. It'll be something a bit different to the current one, perhaps better specc'd and more expandable. That's my hope at least.The switch to Intel has created an unforeseen issue for Apple - more people want to tinker with the computers, and more people seem to want a mid-range machine with no integrated display as a result of that. Because of the current lack thereof people are either not buying Macs or (like me) blowing the farm on Mac Pros when they don't really need all that power. Like it or not the iMac has limited market appeal. It's great for what they intended it for (a no-screwing about easy to install and use consumer desktop with everything you need), but for those of us who have a large DVI LCD panel already it's a no-go.It's only a thought, but the market has been asking for this for almost a year now, and they do eventually listen to their market. The original mini was at the time a reaction to the ask for a screen-free low cost Mac. It was a huge success at the time, but times have changed.
Making it even smaller while keeping an hd+ optical drive+ heatsinks+a bare-minimum of space for air circulation would be crazy. Not saying it can't be done, but I'm not saying it can be done and be as capable or hold the same price. As a graphic designer by day, light gamer and porn lover by night, I would totally be about a value conscious mac with a real video card. a sub-$1000 mac with PCI-E graphics cards, and maybe 4 dimms would clean house. Ship the bastard with one dimm at 512, use a 3.5" HD, don't manufacture the case out of a solid block of aluminum... You'd really be tuning into the student/young adult department without putting them into multi-k-debt. An economic system with power and flexibility.
Mac stores are kind of like build a bears now...Except...You're the bear and the sales team/genius bar rips you open and stuffs you full of s**t, then stitches up what was left on your credit card, and sends you home in debt.
ossuaryMay 24, 2007
The 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.
Closed AccountMay 24, 2007
Remember, this is 99% rumor. Sources cited may have been people in Apple's mailroom.
brstilsonMay 25, 2007
Apple is actually very competitive in the high-end and laptop markets. I wish people would quit thinking it's still 1994.
ciphexMay 25, 2007
the Mac Mini fills a very big hole on the market.This article just shows me that AppleInsider is out of touch with the user base.I bought a MacMini for my parents house for use by my brothers and sisters.I would not have bought anything else to put there. No iMac. No Windoze tower.The fact that the mini existed gave Apple a sale that would otherwise have not been made at all. Period.It fit the limited space requirements (which also helped keep it safe from damage), the third party peripheral requirements, and the performace requirements. Added 2 Gb of ram in matching 1Gb DIMMs and the thing screams.Tip for Mini owners: when you add RAM to the Intel Core Duo mini, do so in pairs of 1Gb bought together if at all possible.Two identical DIMMs will run in dual-channel mode. Some people play this down citing different benchmarks they see on the web. But when the Intel integrated GMA 950 Graphics chipset borrows it's RAM from the main System Memory, Dual-channel perfomance really shines and gives the system an incredible boost.I wouldn't change this machine, AppleInsider is wrong in my opinion. It would be sad if Apple had fallen this far out of touch with the consumers... and somehow I just don't think they have. *cough... iPod*
leowyattMay 25, 2007
I certainly hope the mac mini isn't coming to an end as when we purchase our HD TV a mac mini is going on the VGA port to provide media centre capabilities. Though we might stick an apple TV on there :D
svpirateMay 25, 2007
My prediction is they are gonna kill the mini and replace ti with a new... Mac mini. It'll be something a bit different to the current one, perhaps better specc'd and more expandable. That's my hope at least.The switch to Intel has created an unforeseen issue for Apple - more people want to tinker with the computers, and more people seem to want a mid-range machine with no integrated display as a result of that. Because of the current lack thereof people are either not buying Macs or (like me) blowing the farm on Mac Pros when they don't really need all that power. Like it or not the iMac has limited market appeal. It's great for what they intended it for (a no-screwing about easy to install and use consumer desktop with everything you need), but for those of us who have a large DVI LCD panel already it's a no-go.It's only a thought, but the market has been asking for this for almost a year now, and they do eventually listen to their market. The original mini was at the time a reaction to the ask for a screen-free low cost Mac. It was a huge success at the time, but times have changed.
quimzJun 3, 2007
Making it even smaller while keeping an hd+ optical drive+ heatsinks+a bare-minimum of space for air circulation would be crazy. Not saying it can't be done, but I'm not saying it can be done and be as capable or hold the same price. As a graphic designer by day, light gamer and porn lover by night, I would totally be about a value conscious mac with a real video card. a sub-$1000 mac with PCI-E graphics cards, and maybe 4 dimms would clean house. Ship the bastard with one dimm at 512, use a 3.5" HD, don't manufacture the case out of a solid block of aluminum... You'd really be tuning into the student/young adult department without putting them into multi-k-debt. An economic system with power and flexibility.
quimzJun 3, 2007
Mac stores are kind of like build a bears now...Except...You're the bear and the sales team/genius bar rips you open and stuffs you full of s**t, then stitches up what was left on your credit card, and sends you home in debt.