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Nicely played. It is better to let Apple's new team release new and upgraded products to show the world that Apple without Steve is still a powerhouse of innovation and quality service!

Jan 16, 09 - 10:46 am Comment from: Demon

I would expect that they are a bit Off the the Mac Mini will be a Core 2 Duo and the Nvidia ION like the Mac Book and the Atom and Nvidia ION combo will become the new updated Apple TV.
The Atom in the Mini would be a big step backwards in speed for the Mini. But the Atom Processor would cool off the Apple TV and allow Apple to make it even thinner while the ION will allow better HD upscaling to 1080p.
I think they just have the Apple TV and Mac Mini mixed up.

Makes sense to apply these power saving products to Apple TV to take it out of hobby status.
Integrate Slingbox and actually use the USB for a change, along with DVR.

Jan 16, 09 - 11:13 am Comment from: Demon

To show anyone can take a stab at what Apple is going to do he's my guess as to the spec.s of the New Mac Mini and New Apple TV.

New updates to Mac Mini Specs.
2.0GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor
160GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive or
250GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive

Price: 599.00 and 799.00


New updates to Apple TV Specs.
Intel Atom 330 processor
2GB of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor
160GB 5400-rpm hard drive
320GB 5400-rpm hard drive

Price: $199.00 to $299.00

Please be true - I need a new Mac, and the mini is all I can afford.

The atom is something more suitable for netbooks imo.

Where is my new iMac quad core or at least Duo core Xeon??

Jan 16, 09 - 11:50 am Comment from: LordRobin

"Because of the size of the Ion platform, we can expect the new Mac 'ini to be even smaller than the current generation unit. Our source also informed us that Apple will be launching the new Mac 'ini sometime in March of this year," Nguyen reports.

The "Mac 'ini"? Is that smaller than the Mac "outie"?

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@demon
I agree that this is inaccurate or mixed up at best.
The TV could get Intel's Atom - but not the Mac Mini.
Intel Atom in the Mini would be a huge decrease in performance over the current Core 2 Duo offered in the Mini. Nobody wants that.
The only way this could be true is if Apple is trying to make a new style of "Mini" that is smaller and less powerful and less expensive and perhaps running OS X the way the iPhone does - in a special purpose way and not as a full-featured computer like a MacBook or current Mini.
All these rumors get tiring!

Sounds like a MacBook Mini ... Mac MiniBook ... Mini MacBook is on the way.

Please please, keep a firewire port on it

Hey! There wasn't a single word about Steve Jobs' illness or Apple's succession plan in that article. I feel cheated.

Well spark you have solved that little matter.

On more important matters I agree how would the mini sell with that inferior spec. The Apple TV on the other hand would be considerably improved with that spec for the purpose for which it is designed.

"Because of the size of the ion platform, we can expect the new Mac mini to be even smaller than the current generation unit."

If that's the case, that means it's stuck with "notebook" class drives, limited upgradability, and probably no internal power supply. So the improvements would amount to dedicated video and higher CPU clock speed. If that all it proves to be, that's not much of an upgrade.

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Jan 17, 09 - 12:34 am Comment from: treestman

A Mac Mini with an Atom processor? WTF? Even with better graphics the thing would be a performance dog compared to the old-generation C2D it uses now.

No. Way.

Two ethernet ports with the mac mini please!!!

How about a mac minibook that is a big iphone with a touchscreen and ports, firewire etc?