Intel Mac mini at MacWorld San Francisco in January?

That would indeed be early. I'd hope the developers would be ready.

Holy Crap. Apple is really on the ball with this one. So much for the apple delay we are all used to. I would expect maybe a powermac intel to come out first, but oh well I won't copmplain!
Then again! Maybe Mac minis should be first. I would buy one.

This sounds kind of dangerous... But I suppose it doesn't matter when it's released, I think the very first Intel Mac is going to have poor software support no matter what. Is there anyone with an intel developer box that can tell me I'm wrong?

Holy Crap. Apple is really on the ball with this one. So much for the apple delay we are all used to.

Wait for them to actually come out before you say that too emphatically :rolleyes:

I would expect maybe a powermac intel to come out first, but oh well I won't copmplain!

Why? The new PowerMac G5 Quad is more than competitive with its x86 counterparts, and people who buy PowerMacs generally have hefty software that they need, and it wouldn't be wise to release an Intel PowerMac before all of those developers have their software ready.

At Mac Mini prices I'll happily buy one, if only to be a "guinea pig".

Mac Mini seems like a good candidate to be one of the first boxes. I mean, its better than starting with a Powermac since in all reality, the next-gen intel chips won't be ready en mass until closer to the middle of the year. I can easily see them popping a dual-core chip in there with a nice little graphics card and finally giving it a decent speed bump.

We can dream :)

Thats my Apple, always going big by starting small.

As cool as that would be, it will be a while before I, personally, will upgrade to an Intel mac. The power increases will certainly be interesting, but I'm not convinced that all my old software will run on these new machines... I assume that the developers will offer upgrades to the intel versions, but I bet these will not be free. :rolleyes:

Besides, why just the mac mini? If Apple's going to change something as major as their architecture, wouldn't it make more sense to release an entire lineup all at once? I realize that they'll have to start somewhere, but the mac mini's just a small portion of their market.

I think the sooner that apple goes Intel the better. Apple will no doubt first start with consumer computers like the iBook and the Mac Mini, as the owners of these computers dont rely heavily on optimized software such as Photoshop for Intel etc. So instead apple will have the first Intel Mac out and any software that needs to be run by those people is already Intel i.e. iPhoto, iTunes etc, and for the rest there is Rosetta.
I am seriously in the market for a new laptop but i dont want to buy the current G4 because i just believe that if i wait till Jan/Feb i will most probably get better bang for my buck.

My 2 Cents

That would indeed be early. I'd hope the developers would be ready.

I don't understand why they cannot go ahead and do the transition instead of dragging it out. They've already confirmed that OS X will work on Intel. They've confirmed that all the software out right now will run on Intel with Rosetta.

Who cares if the developers are ready?