Comments on: New “Mini” Mini on the Horizon? http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2008/03/31/new-mini-mini-on-the-horizon/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: S http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2008/03/31/new-mini-mini-on-the-horizon/#comment-1182 S Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:31:35 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=186#comment-1182 All I want is a Mini that can (optionally) drive a 30" Cinema display. I would pay more to add the video RAM to do this. Who needs a Tower with it's noisy fans and slots for video cards you will never need? An iMac with a 2nd monitor next to it is ugly and awkward. If there was a 30" (or larger!) iMac this would be taken care of, but there isn't! The Mini size is perfect as is... just make it more powerful, Apple! All I want is a Mini that can (optionally) drive a 30″ Cinema display. I would pay more to add the video RAM to do this. Who needs a Tower with it’s noisy fans and slots for video cards you will never need? An iMac with a 2nd monitor next to it is ugly and awkward. If there was a 30″ (or larger!) iMac this would be taken care of, but there isn’t! The Mini size is perfect as is… just make it more powerful, Apple!

]]> By: kirasaw http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2008/03/31/new-mini-mini-on-the-horizon/#comment-1175 kirasaw Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:29:09 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=186#comment-1175 Why a smaller Mini? I want/need a larger Mini - one that will support 2 monitors. I don't need a Mac Pro - way more power than I need and more money than I can afford and since I already have 2 22" LCD monitors an iMac is a bit of a waste of money. Fine if they want to make a smaller Mini but how about a bigger one too :) Why a smaller Mini? I want/need a larger Mini - one that will support 2 monitors. I don’t need a Mac Pro - way more power than I need and more money than I can afford and since I already have 2 22″ LCD monitors an iMac is a bit of a waste of money. Fine if they want to make a smaller Mini but how about a bigger one too :)

]]> By: Yacko http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2008/03/31/new-mini-mini-on-the-horizon/#comment-1172 Yacko Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:12:11 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=186#comment-1172 >>My experience with my mac Mini is you can live without it Maybe yes, maybe no. It isn't the burn part but the disk reading part. I mean the mini makes a poor media center without a drive to play the occasional disc. But then, Jobs has a fetish for optical disk-less media players, no? Isn't a Mac mini minus a DVD just a Mac TV and isn't it already about half the size of the mini? We'll see what the future brings. >>My experience with my mac Mini is you can live without it

Maybe yes, maybe no. It isn’t the burn part but the disk reading part. I mean the mini makes a poor media center without a drive to play the occasional disc. But then, Jobs has a fetish for optical disk-less media players, no? Isn’t a Mac mini minus a DVD just a Mac TV and isn’t it already about half the size of the mini? We’ll see what the future brings.

]]> By: AdamC http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2008/03/31/new-mini-mini-on-the-horizon/#comment-1171 AdamC Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:31:41 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=186#comment-1171 You have a point there about them throwing away the optical drive. My experience with my mac Mini is you can live without it, buy a pioneer optical drive (the driver is in the Mac OS), fit it with an enclosure and connect it to the Mini through the firewire port - viola you have a superdrive. To test drive it, burn a dvd through disk utility. You have a point there about them throwing away the optical drive. My experience with my mac Mini is you can live without it, buy a pioneer optical drive (the driver is in the Mac OS), fit it with an enclosure and connect it to the Mini through the firewire port - viola you have a superdrive.
To test drive it, burn a dvd through disk utility.

]]> By: Yacko http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2008/03/31/new-mini-mini-on-the-horizon/#comment-1170 Yacko Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:12:15 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=186#comment-1170 Even if it is half the size, there is still the DVD footprint to think about. So we know it will be at least 6" x 6" so it will probably be the height that will disappear. Or will it? Would Jobs green light a mini without an optical drive built in? The MacBook Air factor extends to other Apple machines? I know it doesn't make any sense but Apple does tend to think different. How about a mini with all network storage? Then you might think, get over it, give it a screen, make it a tablet/controller. Speaking of which, I wonder when Axiotron will abandon the oversize Modbook and make a tablet based on the MacBook Air? I'd carry it everywhere, house, yard, patio, neighbors, car, commuter train, vacation. An Air tablet plus an iPhone is a killer combo. What was that Palm Foleo/Centro concept about? Just not high enough cool factor. Even if it is half the size, there is still the DVD footprint to think about. So we know it will be at least 6″ x 6″ so it will probably be the height that will disappear. Or will it? Would Jobs green light a mini without an optical drive built in? The MacBook Air factor extends to other Apple machines? I know it doesn’t make any sense but Apple does tend to think different. How about a mini with all network storage? Then you might think, get over it, give it a screen, make it a tablet/controller. Speaking of which, I wonder when Axiotron will abandon the oversize Modbook and make a tablet based on the MacBook Air? I’d carry it everywhere, house, yard, patio, neighbors, car, commuter train, vacation. An Air tablet plus an iPhone is a killer combo. What was that Palm Foleo/Centro concept about? Just not high enough cool factor.

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