I predict the exit of two new MacMini for the next Apple Expo in September...
I think the two models will be configured like this :
- one with 512 Mo and the new low power G5 at 1,4 Ghz, ethernet gigabit, 1 Firewire 400 port, 2 USB2 ports, an ATI 9600 GPU with 64 Mo.
- the other with always 512 Mo and the new low power G5 at 1,6 Ghz, ethernet gigabit, 1 Firewire 400 port, 2 USB2 ports, an ATI 9600 GPU with 64 Mo, Airport Extrem, Bluetooth 2.0.
What do you think about my vision ?
The bets are open !!
- one with 512 Mo and the new low power G5 at 1,4 Ghz, ethernet gigabit, 1 Firewire 400 port, 2 USB2 ports, an ATI 9600 GPU with 64 Mo.
- the other with always 512 Mo and the new low power G5 at 1,6 Ghz, ethernet gigabit, 1 Firewire 400 port, 2 USB2 ports, an ATI 9600 GPU with 64 Mo, Airport Extrem, Bluetooth 2.0.
What do you think about my vision ?
The bets are open !!
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The G5 in a mini is not going to happen. The Pentium M will, late next spring, probably.
Originally posted by chris v
Your vision needs corrective lenses. Apple does need to update the Mini, though. It needs 64 mb vram, 5400 rpm drives across the board at 60 & 100 gb, and should be bumped to the 1.42 & 1.67 GH CPUs.
The G5 in a mini is not going to happen. The Pentium M will, late next spring, probably.
Supposedly, the 1.42 GHz G4 in the mini has a typical power rating of 19W. You could have the 1.4 and 1.6 GHz G5s in the mini fairly easily, so long as the peak power isn't unusually higher than that of the G4s.
I can imagine that the Mac mini would be a surprisingly effective desktop with a low-power G5 and a video chipset with 64 MB of VRAM.
Since Tivo now does not suppor the Mac for their Tivo Desktop or Tivo To Go, the market now has Apple in the postion where they have to build their own. This means that the Mac Mini is the logical choice, and since 802.x isn't yet able to push HD yet, Gigabit E would be a logical upgrade to the specs.