2014 Mac mini Wishlist

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  • Reply 1221 of 1528
    Originally Posted by Brian Green View Post

    nht, "Concern troll"?!?!?!?  Have we degraded online to the point

     

    No, we as a species have always used adjectives and adverbs. This is no different.

     

    where we now have a list of “trolls


     

    We have a list for trolls, at least.

     

    Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, smells like a duck, eats like a duck, rapes like a duck… 

     



    …to slap labels on someone the second we disagree with their opinion?


     

    That, certainly, shouldn’t be the case. But trolling isn’t a disagreement of opinion.

     

    This place used to stand for something, and certainly didn't denigrate posters.


     

    Then Apple got popular and the trolls came. Now we denigrate them.

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  • Reply 1222 of 1528
    winterwinter Posts: 1,238member
    Since we're almost at the end of the first quarter of 2014, perhaps we should start a new thread. With it, I want it to be a pure Mac mini thread. I couldn't care less about the iMac since it is not yet forgotten about.
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  • Reply 1223 of 1528
    Originally Posted by Winter View Post

    Since we're almost at the end of the first quarter of 2014, perhaps we should start a new thread. With it, I want it to be a pure Mac mini thread. I couldn't care less about the iMac since it is not yet forgotten about.

     

    You could just ask Marvin to edit the title. :p

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  • Reply 1224 of 1528
    Marvinmarvin Posts: 15,585moderator
    <span style="line-height:1.4em;">Since we're almost at the end of the first quarter of 2014, perhaps we should start a new thread. With it, I want it to be a pure Mac mini thread. I couldn't care less about the iMac since it is not yet forgotten about.</span>

    You could just ask Marvin to edit the title. :p

    Yeah, I can rename it to '2014 Mac mini Wishlist' if preferred or maybe '2015 Mac mini Wishlist' to be on the safe side.
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  • Reply 1225 of 1528
    hmmhmm Posts: 3,405member
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    Originally Posted by Marvin View Post





    Yeah, I can rename it to '2014 Mac mini Wishlist' if preferred or maybe '2015 Mac mini Wishlist' to be on the safe side.

    I think your earlier prediction may be right on this one. We may see a mini refresh at Haswell spec bump time along the rmbp line. They opted to use them the last two generations, so I don't think that is likely to change. Otherwise they probably would have refreshed the line by now.

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  • Reply 1226 of 1528
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
    This made me laugh! A sad laugh really because there may be truth in your statement.
    Marvin wrote: »
    Yeah, I can rename it to '2014 Mac mini Wishlist' if preferred or maybe '2015 Mac mini Wishlist' to be on the safe side.
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  • Reply 1227 of 1528
    winterwinter Posts: 1,238member
    I just hope it comes out before Apple announces the next version of OS X so we don't get an update to the 2012 Minis with that new version.
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  • Reply 1228 of 1528
    marvfoxmarvfox Posts: 2,275member

    Hopefully this will come out by April.

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  • Reply 1229 of 1528
    winterwinter Posts: 1,238member
    marvfox wrote: »
    Hopefully this will come out by April.

    Is anyone making an alternative? Didn't Samsung have a similar looking device?
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  • Reply 1230 of 1528
    tdiddytdiddy Posts: 5member

    Perhaps it is going away or changing shape.

    When talking about the Mac line during the Oct. 2013 keynote. Tim Cook talks about the mac line shows all the macs, but if you notice the mac mini is not even shown!

     

     

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  • Reply 1231 of 1528
    marvfoxmarvfox Posts: 2,275member

    Big deal. Have some patience and Apple might come out with a new mac mini soon.

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  • Reply 1232 of 1528
    nhtnht Posts: 4,522member
    tdiddy wrote: »
    Perhaps it is going away or changing shape.
    When talking about the Mac line during the Oct. 2013 keynote. Tim Cook talks about the mac line shows all the macs, but if you notice the mac mini is not even shown!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDkTpV00A_Y#t=10m11s

    <img alt="" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="39043" data-type="61" src="http://forums.appleinsider.com/content/type/61/id/39043/width/500/height/1000/flags/LL" style="; width: 500px; height: 300px">

    Neither is the Mac Pro. Your point is what? That the Mac Pro isn't a Mac or that it too is going away?
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  • Reply 1233 of 1528
    hmmhmm Posts: 3,405member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tdiddy View Post

     

    Perhaps it is going away or changing shape.

    When talking about the Mac line during the Oct. 2013 keynote. Tim Cook talks about the mac line shows all the macs, but if you notice the mac mini is not even shown!

     

     

     


    The updated mac pro was unveiled at that point. They're just marketing whatever they want to market. Trying to read the tea leaves there is silly.

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  • Reply 1234 of 1528
    marvfoxmarvfox Posts: 2,275member

    Maybe Cook has a big surprise for the consumer who wants the mac mini to have all the bells and whistles now.Never hurts in dreaming things you want in life.

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  • Reply 1235 of 1528
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
    winter wrote: »
    Is anyone making an alternative? Didn't Samsung have a similar looking device?

    Lonovo makes a nice compact desktop PC.
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  • Reply 1236 of 1528
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
    marvfox wrote: »
    Maybe Cook has a big surprise for the consumer who wants the mac mini to have all the bells and whistles now.Never hurts in dreaming things you want in life.

    True dreaming about things can lead to getting those things through innovation and creation. That however is a personal accomplishment, dreams won't drive Apple to build the machine you desire. With Apple it pays to be cautious because getting too wrapped up in the idea that they can deliver what you want will often lead to disappointment.
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  • Reply 1237 of 1528
    marvfoxmarvfox Posts: 2,275member

    That is very true indeed.

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  • Reply 1238 of 1528
    winterwinter Posts: 1,238member
    wizard69 wrote: »
    Lenovo makes a nice compact desktop PC.

    Is it the ThinkCentre M93p Tiny Desktop? It seems pretty good. I can get up to 16 GB of memory and a 180 GB SSD SATA III.
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  • Reply 1239 of 1528
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
    I think so! It looks like the ones the IT departments I s buying now.

    They perform ok for what they are used for at work. Note however that they are not running Iris graphics in the base models. I'm not even sure if Iris is available. Also doing SSDs on SATA is quickly becoming a mistake as SATA can't keep up with PCI Express based machines. That and 180 GB is simply not enough these days.
    winter wrote: »
    Is it the ThinkCentre M93p Tiny Desktop? It seems pretty good. I can get up to 16 GB of memory and a 180 GB SSD SATA III.
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  • Reply 1240 of 1528
    winterwinter Posts: 1,238member
    See that's what sucks. I want something decent but I don't need something that's too powerful for my needs. Owning a Mac Pro for example would be awesome IF I could get all the use of it. I don't want to use a Mac Pro just for internet browsing and playing games.
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