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Wow! First post...

nice wish list, hope it's true.

i never experienced a quieter rumor mill before a macworld. where are all the crazy rumors? heck the keynote isn't even confirmed at this time. strange, very strange.

Dec 16, 08 - 11:22 am Comment from: Randian

@Marc

And your comment was so pithy too! May I quote you?

"• Nvidia inside"

dammit...

Dec 16, 08 - 11:23 am Comment from: macaholic

Wow- who gives a crap

Did Mr. Chen forget to ask the "Apple corporate employee who contacted Wired.com" about any other product announcements?

No blu-ray. What's up with Apple? We should have blu-ray BURNERS by now and touch screens on the new laptops as well, at least as an option like the overpriced SSD on the Air.

For the most innovative computer company in the world, they sure are holding back these days.

I guess when you're swimming in billions of dollars of cash, you can do dang well what you please... you know, like donating six figures to political causes, etc.

BTW, I really want a mini for my home entertainment system.

It better not be glossy, or I am going to bitch and moan like you wouldn't believe!

Granted even this is all rumor. But I, for one, hope for 3-1/2" drives rather than the slower notebook drives and an integrated power supply (I hate bricks). Access to the innards for upgrades should also be easier than is the case with today's Mini.

But Apple would be making a mistake going with Display Port as people don't want to be restricted in choice of displays. This is especially the case in the business sector.

This better not be a rumor. No one wants to buy a mac mini right now. Either they drop the whole line up or upgrade it in January.

Dec 16, 08 - 11:44 am Comment from: Jamie

I really like the Mac mini, my friend just bought one for his Mum. She had been ripped off online and her PC (a 12 month old Dell) was literally crawling along, with viruses, spyware, all you could imagine on it.

She bought a Mac mini, I set it up for her (took me 25 mins) and she now loves surfing the web.

They are the perfect computer for the silver surfer.

about fckn time! BTW, We're using one as a small server here (intranet/10 people) and aside from one update it has been a 24/7 machine for 2+ yrs now: not one glitch, nothing. Very impressive for that kind of money.

@Raymond in DC, $29 gets you VGA or DVI. I think those are both standard enough for the business sectors monitors.

Ralph,
No doubt..it's mighty quiet...but then the economy might have something to do with that.
Still... in the spirit of good rumor mongering I predict the following:

1. A stripped down iphone, set to sell for $129. 4 GB capacity and smaller screen.
2. A tablet Mac...
3. The long awaited arrival of an outboard audio box...whatever it will be called.
4. The return of an Apple branded digital camera that shoots stills and video but also has WiFi.
5. New Mac Pro configurations

I'd be happy if any of these appeared.

Far from being the perfect computer for the 'silver surfer' - as a member of this fraternity, I use my 1.42Ghz Mini loaded with Dreamweaver, Flash Pro, Fireworks, Sibelius, Cubase, Logic Express, Final Cut Express HD, and the ubiquitous Office Mac 2008 - so I see the Mini as a serious piece of kit.

Subsequently, the potential evolutionary arrival of an all-new 'Mini' will boost my personal productivity even further.

My wallet is open and ready, Mr. Jobs.

Dec 16, 08 - 12:03 pm Comment from: Jamie

@spinaltap,

Apologies, I was not criticizing the mini for not being powerful, far from it. I used to have a G4 mini and used Photoshop and InDesign on it daily (hooked up to a 20" Cinema Display).

But for the price, you can easily persuade Grandpa Jo to buy one.

Long live the Mac mini!!!

Please, PLEASE FIREWIRE!!!

The big announcement will be a new iMac with quad processor and LED Display.

Dec 16, 08 - 12:31 pm Comment from: Macintosher

@Jamie

I've been thinking about that sort of thing, and I've come to that conclusion too. Hypothetically, though.

It's good to hear such things!

@ Ratty.

Yeah, I hope Apple keep firewire in the Mini, too.

But if certainly wouldn't surprize me if they don't and then you'll have Stockholme syndrome afflicted fanbois complaining every time you complain about it.

Dec 16, 08 - 12:40 pm Comment from: deepdish

bring the price down another $100 before I bite.

I really, REALLY want a new Mac next year and a new Mini would really fit the bill. However, I just gotta have FireWire. I wanted a new MacBook but they took FireWire out of that. So I pined for a new Mac Mini. If Apple crushes me a second time, I am hosed bit time. I dont want an all in one iMac and simply cant afford a Mac Pro.

I have really come to depend on FireWire and cant believe Apple is just dropping it like that.

Dec 16, 08 - 01:11 pm Comment from: thethirdshoe

@pr
Just wondering, what would the "outboard audio box" do?

Hmmmm, I think it's time to upgrade. This new mini sounds more powerful than my "high-end G5 workstation"

Arrghh... when it has blu-ray I will buy 20 of them, until then, nada.

Dec 16, 08 - 01:17 pm Comment from: thethirdshoe

@ BillyBob@home
"No blu-ray. What's up with Apple?
For the most innovative computer company in the world, they sure are holding back these days.
I guess when you're swimming in billions of dollars of cash, you can do dang well what you please..."

It would seem to me that "swimming in billions of dollars of cash" indicates that Apple Knows what it is doing, and doing it Right.

Dec 16, 08 - 01:17 pm Comment from: Tommyr

I LOVE my Mini and hope this is true!

The Mini friggin' RULES.

Dec 16, 08 - 01:29 pm Comment from: Tommy Boy

Put 802.11n on it and I'll buy 5 (unless Apple upgrades the tv as well and I decide that two of those are better than two Minis).

Dec 16, 08 - 02:02 pm Comment from: drz

Apple needs a product to compete with the cheap Dell boxes that businesses and schools buy to replace aging desktops. I'm predicting the Mini offers an option without any optical drive (a la the MacBook Air) and offers the SuperDrive or BluRay as standalone device, with $499 price tag.

Dec 16, 08 - 02:23 pm Comment from: ron

I was a rumor once. Just a bedroom and bath. Oh! Sorry, wrong word.

Dec 16, 08 - 02:25 pm Comment from: NCMacMan

This guy needs to stop and ask directions.....

If that list of specs is true, that will be the Mac to replace my ailing G5 iMac.

A Mac Mini without Firewire will be like New Year without Fireworks.

Big bad mistake about to be repeated?

Why would a Mini need an aluminum unibody? Okay, aluminum fine, but a unibody? That's just expensive engineering for a desktop. Where's the advantage?

Dec 16, 08 - 04:00 pm Comment from: Brau

"• $499 and $699 price"

All the proof I need. Apple already has a new Mac Mini. It's called the iPhone. The Mac Mini will simply get updated as usual. Most people who buy them just want a cheapie so they can try out those strange Macs, then buy a real Mac later.

HDMI Please. I've got a 50" Plasma that deserves a new Mac Mini with HD & HDMI.

Dec 16, 08 - 05:38 pm Comment from: OBill-Wan Kenobi

As long as we're asking: HDMI and Firewire, please.

If true, will buy it quickly. Love my current Mini, but I also love my ipod shuffle, which I no longer use.

Music to my ears. I'd like to get one to run all these PC games I've been collecting since college...classics like System Shock 2, Planescape: Torment and Half-Life 1 (the latter which I played on my long-deceased HP machine, but could never finish because Windows kept crashing at a certain point in the game...