Mac Mini To Be Discontinued?

According to Apple Insider, the Mini is dead!!!!

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/05/24/closing_the_book_on_apples_mac_mini.html

I doubt it.

But if so, I'm glad I got one while they lasted. Mine is an amazing, trouble-free little machine and I'm going to run it until it explodes.

Edit: No way I'm believing this.

I hope not !!! :eek:

FJ

It could have been a contender. :(
This is quite sad as it's the first Mac I was interested in.

It's funny how people have been suggesting this for a while, now. I at least suggested that they had something else planned.
Funny how this coincides with the 17" iMac being discontinued, supposedly.

Funny how this coincides with the 17" iMac being discontinued, supposedly.

One rumor coinciding with another? :)

Getting rid of the low end machines would remove a critical slot in the halo effect, wouldn't it? One that's apparently been very successful...

I like the offerings as they currently stand.

I hope not !!! :eek:

I hope not too! I have fairly grandiose plans for a mini once I have enough money to buy one, a couple of 1TB drives, and an eye-TV. ....perhaps you can see where I'm going with that.

I hope not too! I have fairly grandiose plans for a mini once I have enough money to buy one, a couple of 1TB drives, and an eye-TV. ....perhaps you can see where I'm going with that.

Almost exactly the plans I had :) Except minus the eye-TV. I just want to convert all of my DVDs to H264. Which so far is working great. The only problem is that making the Quicktime containers for all of my homebrew TV shows (so that they'll show up in iTunes) is kinda annoying.

i hope not. i would like to get one in due course with a cinema display.

I doubt it, but you never know. It makes perfect sense as a backup device/dedicated media terminal. If that market has proved too small to justify the continuity of the device, it's simply through lacklustre marketing, or failure to identify and target the demographic past "switchers".

If it does go the way of the Cube, I'll feel for the people who wanted one but who haven't pulled the trigger yet. On the other hand, should I ever part with my new living room pal, this may help the resale value.

Does anybody think this is just the first step in announcing a new mid-level box? Out with the old before the new is announced? Say, next month?

wow

I've been hoping for an awesome revision to the mac mini to make it even smaller and more powerful.

I know Jobs has been reluectant to include any low offering their product line; hopefully they can revive the mac mini with a mind-blowing form factor and awesome performance.

-=|Mgkwho