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Ahh.. would love to buy a quad core 24" iMac!!!

Nov 03, 08 - 12:34 pm Comment from: Wandering joe

hat would be "Dudzilla" MDN

Nov 03, 08 - 12:37 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

New Mac mini with the new MacBook graphics card?
Make my HDTV happy, Apple!

Nov 03, 08 - 12:43 pm Comment from: MacintoshSoftwareList.com

I am hoping for the GPU that is used in the MacBook. People might actually buy the Mini if it is beefed up and the price reduced. The Mini is currently a total joke. If you look at the cost of the Mini plus the stuff you need to run it like Monitor Keyboard ect... it is the same price as the iMac.

I'm crossing my fingers for a new Mac mini with dual display support. It'd make me look like a hero if I could spec a sub-$1000 mini instead of a $2400 Mac Pro.

Hell, I'd consider one just to have at home.

This guy has no idea what he is talking about.

The MacPro announcements are not always at MacWorld, but they are always in January or February. The iMac announcements are almost always in November.

He basically says this is what will happen, but spins it as "highly unusual" or backwards from what we would expect???

Fail!

This supposed iMac/AppleTV announcement is only a "strange twist" if Apple doesn't want to boost Christmas sales.

Mac Pros are not a big Christmas item, iMacs and AppleTV are.

Nov 03, 08 - 01:00 pm Comment from: Lurker_PC

If Apple releases a revamped Mac Mini in time for Christmas, my Christmas shopping for my wife is done. She would love to get a new Mac as her original MacBook - which she uses more as a desktop - is her primary machine. Neither one of us wants an iMac as we both have nice, large, matte monitors already.

Given these economic times, makes sense for Apple to switch focus this year. Most non-Apple folks don't know to save their money until the January Sales Event!

Peace.

I had a dream this weekend that Apple will be releasing the new Mini with wireless keyboard/mouse. While it won't be as sweet and muscular as an imac, it will be competetive with low-end PCs. If they could just make an inexpensive 19" monitor w/isight for around three bills, and price the mini at 5-to-6 six bills, it would help. But sans the monitor, with decent specs and keyboard mouse, the Mini could do well.

And if it included the Apple TV software...

Or was a Apple TV/Mini hybrid...oh my oh my.

Looks too soon. Mac Mini needs a boost!

Apple will intro a new 20" model for $999, while leaving the existing 20" models at $1199 and $1499.

Nov 03, 08 - 01:15 pm Comment from: The Great Microsoft Shiller Massacre

The Mac Pro needs a new case. C'mon Jony, let's see a new design!!

Nov 03, 08 - 01:22 pm Comment from: Cubert

It is a little unusual that this guy is pointing to a Monday release date.

@ The Great Microsoft Shiller Massacre

Why does the MacPro need a new case? It can't be made much smaller, and it sure won't be made bigger. In a pinch if the processors run cooler, you could shrink the fan assembly and thus make the whole thing ever so slightly smaller, but it's hardly "needed."

It would also be hard to think of a better way to access hard drives, memory, or any of the other bits.

Nov 03, 08 - 01:25 pm Comment from: jjjj

Unibody Mac Mini with Updated graphics. Vid ports for old monitors and new display port. '

Of course, the haters will expect 17 HDMI ports, 6 USB 2.0, 32 PCI slots. All in the size of a deck of cards.

A revamped mini of some sorts with an HDMI out would be great.

I am, in Mossberg's words, part of the "small percentage of geeks" who have a computer connected to their TV. In this case, a mini. Audio and video have to go out separately.

A mini/apple TV hybrid would be swell. Something like an iPod touch. All the media you need with essentials like email, web, some apps, etc. Using the new video technology in the recently updates mac books would be great too.

Don't take firewire, though. ha ha ha.

Sure, why not a Mac Pro at MWSF09?

Steve can give a preview of Grandcentral and OpenCL and Snow Leopard, and how it'll make your new MacPro with 16 cores, and a gazillion GPU cores really fly,

Roll over on your belly, honey, we're going to break with tradition.

Nov 03, 08 - 01:57 pm Comment from: rdbvideo

I'll bet if they do put a new case on the MacPros, it will be "glossy" only.

Nov 03, 08 - 02:04 pm Comment from: Olmecmystic

@Nukeman:

You and I are on the same page. A 24" quad-core iMac running Snow Leopard would be killer. Upgrade the graphics with the nVidia chips that the Macbooks just got.

The speed is going to be the differentiator going forward. Vista/Windoze 7 is slowing down. Mac OS X and the iPhone OS are speeding up. Accelerate Safari using Webkit.

Competition? WHAT competition?

Peace.
Olmecmystic

@Jeremy

Exactly. The last Pros came out in January (I got one).

The case could be much smaller tho... look inside and it is a lot of extra space taken up by doors/covers etc. It could be more compact for sure. And those "handles"??? They are the dumbest design move ever (except the rounded ones on previous designs... those were awful)... who moves these things around that much?

New Mac mini! Hurray! I'm ordering it as soon as it is announced! Well, as long as it has 802.11n...

iMac unibody with 4core cpu and unibody graphics. Oh, make the case Black Chrome Nickle plated. "not enough O's in smooth" for that combo!!!!

That's a bigger yuck!

Nov 03, 08 - 04:52 pm Comment from: Funky Chicken

I'm waiting for a Mac Pro - my G5 just died on me - anyone else??

"Or was a Apple TV/Mini hybrid...oh my oh my."

Even though I have no need for another Mac, I would buy one of these without a second thought. And I am far from wealthy.

I think this kind of Mac would be way more successful than the MacMini or the TV currently are.

Let me play my DVDs (blu-ray would be nice, but not necessary as I agree with Jobs "bag of hurt" comment), use iLife apps, surf the net and I'm fine.

That's all that's really needed, as no one in their right mind is going to try to run a business from a HTPC entertainment setup. Although some (like me ) just might try.

A Mac mini with DisplayPort, MagSafe (so you can use it with Apple's new Cinema Displays), and 802.11n would be nice.

It won't be unibody. There's no reason that a Mac mini, something you almost never physically touch, would need to be unibody.

It might be a little bit smaller than the current mini if they're ditching the giant DVI port for a mini DisplayPort. I would prefer an HDMI port though, since I use my mini connected to my HDTV and like that guy said above, I'd like audio and video to go out on the same cable. It looks like DisplayPort is another vido-only connection.

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a Unibody MacMini.

It's expensive (one online estimate from a person with CNC milling bkg, pegged the cost as adding $100 - $200 to a MacBook), and it's just really unnecessary to the type of computer that a MacMini represents. It's not a laptop and just doesn't require that kind of construction.

Nov 03, 08 - 08:55 pm Comment from: jjjj

debunked - "our holiday lineup is set," at cNET