Gradual Mac Mini Updates?
ThinkSecret provides confirmation for an earlier Page 2 Rumor.
According to the report, Apple will be quietly updating the Mac mini in the next week. The low end Mac mini will be upgraded from 1.25GHz to 1.33GHz and the high end from 1.42GHz to 1.5GHz. Internal components such as AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth will receive upgrades as will the SuperDrive (up to 8x) in the high end Mac mini model.
Prices are expected to remain the same.
The Mac mini just received minor upgrades in July. Such a gradual upgrade process is consistent with a long standing goal of Apple wanting to de-emphasize Expo events for product releases.
According to the report, Apple will be quietly updating the Mac mini in the next week. The low end Mac mini will be upgraded from 1.25GHz to 1.33GHz and the high end from 1.42GHz to 1.5GHz. Internal components such as AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth will receive upgrades as will the SuperDrive (up to 8x) in the high end Mac mini model.
Prices are expected to remain the same.
The Mac mini just received minor upgrades in July. Such a gradual upgrade process is consistent with a long standing goal of Apple wanting to de-emphasize Expo events for product releases.
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84 months ago
I like Expo events to release things, means I can get my hopes up so they'll be crushed :).
84 months ago
Does the Mini's graphics card currently support the enhanced graphics effects in Tiger, eg, the "ripple" when new Dashboard widgets are used?
84 months ago
I never thought they would upgrade them at some event like MWSF or something. Most buying the mini are not the same people wanting live Quicktime streams of the events. Small quite updates make sense to me, but it also sounds like we shouldn't expect much from the line anyway.
Really I don't think we will see ANYTHING wow worthy until the Intels start shipping, I don't care what Steve said about exciting PPC products that are in the pipeline.
Really I don't think we will see ANYTHING wow worthy until the Intels start shipping, I don't care what Steve said about exciting PPC products that are in the pipeline.
84 months ago
I expect they will also be upgrading the graphics to something like a FX5200 or R9550 so it can properly support core graphics.
84 months ago
Well its good to see updates even if they are minor ones :p I think its better this way as there is often too much expectation on the expo's and people tend to let themselves down because they hype themselves up so much reading into all the rumours.
Now if only we got something new every Tuesday... :p
Macmarino
Now if only we got something new every Tuesday... :p
Macmarino
84 months ago
This sounds similar to the way Powerbooks are updated...gradually...once ever year or two. :(
84 months ago
Hey, slow and incremental progress is a good thing! Hardly earthshattering, but good news nonetheless.
And thank heavens it doesn't make me neurotic about my new 20" iMac!
Best,
Bob
And thank heavens it doesn't make me neurotic about my new 20" iMac!
Best,
Bob
84 months ago
going to a gradual cycle is going to make it a lot harder to guess when new models come out, and hence will make it harder to know when to buy and when to hold out.
then again, i'm not in the market for a mini... i'm in the market for a powermac.
then again, i'm not in the market for a mini... i'm in the market for a powermac.
84 months ago
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