There you can perfectly see why the Mini is still around and hasn't received a update till now.
Profit in the size of what Apple makes from the MBs. We are told that Apple makes about 30% margin on the MBs, but thats margin not profit. 30% of $ 1,500.- ~ $ 500.-
If you subtract all things from the studio hybrid to match the Mini you save about $ 460,-.
With the Mini you can't match the HD size and you don't get draft n wireless and no way to upgrade the Mini to 3 GB RAM by Apple. Furthermore the studio hybrid incorporates the X3100 IGP.
So even if dell doesn't make any profit on the studio hybrid and just covers costs, Apple is making $ 460,- of pure profit (Apple can for sure match dells BOM and manufacturing costs).
Until no-one is buying the Mini Apple will sell it as it is, because it is pure gold for Apple.
And as we all prefer MacOSX that much more over Windows as we do, Apple may find a full year of life left in the Mini as it is specced now.
Good for Apple , bad for us Mac aficionados.
There is little likelihood that the mini will soldier on unchanged for another year. Don't forget that for Apple to sell the mini with components not used in other Apple products is inefficient. Not going to happen. The mini makes sense using pretty much the same basic internals as the macbook line of computers. It means, for example, that Apple has more clout with nVidia if it's using that company's 9400M GPU in more products. So opting for the 9400 in the mini is a no-brainer.
Certain sites have been reliable in terms of their claims of what Apple is working on and I do believe that Apple has put some effort into reworking the mini. As such, it's unlikely the machine will not be revised in the next short while.
Latest rumor shows that the new mac mini may use intel's new upcoming core i7 mobile processor!
We know that mobile Nehalem isn't coming until the end of the year but the Mini won't be delayed because of that in the same way the laptops weren't. The Mini has a number of significant upgrades to go before it jumps to Nehalem.
We know that mobile Nehalem isn't coming until the end of the year but the Mini won't be delayed because of that in the same way the laptops weren't. The Mini has a number of significant upgrades to go before it jumps to Nehalem.
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There you can perfectly see why the Mini is still around and hasn't received a update till now.
Profit in the size of what Apple makes from the MBs. We are told that Apple makes about 30% margin on the MBs, but thats margin not profit. 30% of $ 1,500.- ~ $ 500.-
If you subtract all things from the studio hybrid to match the Mini you save about $ 460,-.
With the Mini you can't match the HD size and you don't get draft n wireless and no way to upgrade the Mini to 3 GB RAM by Apple. Furthermore the studio hybrid incorporates the X3100 IGP.
So even if dell doesn't make any profit on the studio hybrid and just covers costs, Apple is making $ 460,- of pure profit (Apple can for sure match dells BOM and manufacturing costs).
Until no-one is buying the Mini Apple will sell it as it is, because it is pure gold for Apple.
And as we all prefer MacOSX that much more over Windows as we do, Apple may find a full year of life left in the Mini as it is specced now.
Good for Apple
There is little likelihood that the mini will soldier on unchanged for another year. Don't forget that for Apple to sell the mini with components not used in other Apple products is inefficient. Not going to happen. The mini makes sense using pretty much the same basic internals as the macbook line of computers. It means, for example, that Apple has more clout with nVidia if it's using that company's 9400M GPU in more products. So opting for the 9400 in the mini is a no-brainer.
Certain sites have been reliable in terms of their claims of what Apple is working on and I do believe that Apple has put some effort into reworking the mini. As such, it's unlikely the machine will not be revised in the next short while.
www.newmacmini.com
Latest rumor shows that the new mac mini may use intel's new upcoming core i7 mobile processor!
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Latest rumor shows that the new mac mini may use intel's new upcoming core i7 mobile processor!
We know that mobile Nehalem isn't coming until the end of the year but the Mini won't be delayed because of that in the same way the laptops weren't. The Mini has a number of significant upgrades to go before it jumps to Nehalem.
We know that mobile Nehalem isn't coming until the end of the year but the Mini won't be delayed because of that in the same way the laptops weren't. The Mini has a number of significant upgrades to go before it jumps to Nehalem.
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