“About seven months ago, I wrote a post on this blog about being turned down when I needed to order a large batch of minis. I was told they couldn’t take large orders at that time. Six days later, the new Intel mini was released. It then made sense,” Brian reports for FreeMacBlog.com.
Brian reports, “Well, guess what just happened again.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brian from FreeMacBlog.com” for the heads up.]
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Cool. I’ll have my credit card ready.
Please, this time with a decent graphics card….
Damn! We just bought a couple of them.
now that’s funny, I was just thinking of getting a mini plus a huge disk as a server. anyone tried using a mini as a server yet?
If I can’t put it in my pocket and make phonecalls with it I’m not interested.
oh please oh please oh please, give me an updated iMac 😀
tmas,
http://www.freemacblog.com/using-your-mac-as-a-server/
tony
You just opened up a world of possibilities for me. I would love to host my own website and a few others. All I have to do now is to learn from scratch how to do it.
Using Macs, I think this should not be too difficult.
I’m in line for one.
I hope it has Blu-ray in it. I wrote to SJ about such a thing a few months ago.
Obviously a pipe dream… but the ultimate media center if it were to happen.
Maybe they were temporarily out of Mac minis?
They need to put the iPod dock in it and market it as the ultimate iPod accessory/media center.
tmas, OS X Server installs without issue and they work well as a small scale web server. We have two where I work.
I LOVE my pre-Intel Mini! Still going strong and running 24/7 after over a year now! What a GREAT little machine!
Apple freakin’ ROCKS!
I’ve been waiting on a new MacBook Pro … what’s going on there? It’s been 8 months since they were released…
I am using 2 Mac minis as servers for a customer with 4D servers running side by side. The only consideration I did, was to use an external hard disk because the one that cames with the mini is a laptop HD and my Apple VAR recomends this for a 24/7 mini server.
Also they are connected wirelessly. One of those servers have a year running and it works wonderful.
The first hit is cheap, but later you’ll pay when your hooked.
Believe me.
Present Mac and Apple goodies: $15,000 over 3 years.
Ampar,
“Maybe they were temporarily out of Mac minis?”
Good point, maybe it has something to do with the MacBook shortage?
Have efforts been re-allocated?
Apple Mini Crack Dealer,
You are sick and you need help. $15,000? LOL
Have a good night everyone.
maybe they’re quietly about to replace the processors with the new intel ones…?
You Apple. I’d have bought one of these if it didn’t come with the cheesy integrated graphics. Please put in a decent video card,..
– Mark
BluRay and any Mac as a Home Media/HTPC will not be a reality until they get a HDCP compliant video card, which currently DOES NOT EXIST in any commercially available computer as far as I know. And I read those forums a LOT. Consensus is Hollywood is keeping a tight rein on it and obstructing it from happening.
>>anyone tried using a mini as a server yet?
our Core Duo controls nearly 4TB of FW800 RAID units on a gigabit network for HD video capture and nightly system backups. hasn’t missed a beat, including when we installed Boot Camp beta to check it out
I sure as hell wish Apple would put the guts of an iMac in a small box with room for two 3.5″ HDs, slots for at least 4GB RAM, and an upgradeable graphics card. For my digital imaging work, the mini’s not enough, the Mac Pro’s too much, and the iMac’s screen is superfluous as I already have a much better one. How hard could it be? “Mac midi”, anyone? A Macbook Pro would probably do it, but fast internal 3.5″ HDs would help a lot, and the 15″ doesn’t even have FW800. ‘Sup with that?
Connor Macbook:
“They need to put the iPod dock in it and market it as the ultimate iPod accessory/media center.”
Connor, it’s had an iPod dock on the main board from day one. They’ve just never been activated by Apple. If memory serves, somebody who posted it here has already activated the port and cut a hole in the case for the connection.