“Apple is readying to release an improved version of both its iMac and Mac mini lineups by the next few weeks,” MacScoop reports based on information from “sources.”
“The refresh will mainly bring Intel’s 45nm Penryn chip accross the line for both the iMac and the Mac mini,” MacScoop reports.
“The Mac mini’s Intel GMA950 integrated graphics chip should also be replaced by the GMA3100 currently used in the MacBook and the MacBook Air,” MacScoop reports.
More in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Alexandros R.” for the heads up.]
But will it make my movie watching snappier?
No Jim, but it will make your snapper redder
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Hope it’s without the bug that causes morphx to malfunction on my macbook though.
When will they make a Mac Nano (A Mc mini without an optical drive)?
I HATE EXCHANGEABLE MEDIA! It’s like the 3 in floppy.
Give me a 10 gig memory stick any day.
Apple is going to drive the competition bananas with all these good new stuff. God I feel sorry for Windows/Zune users…… NOT! LOL
I never believed the rumors about the Mac Mini being discontinued. It is as great a drawer of switchers as the iMac is.
@toby
Not a bad idea. With the remote optical drive software used in the MB Air, it could easily make a great 2nd, 3rd or 4th home Mac.
Howza ’bout some Cinema displays with built-in iSights?
PS– Great Joy of Tech cartoon!
Get ready kids!!! Mac Tablet is a reality! Saw one first hand. They wouldn’t let me take a picture of course. Damn!!
“iMac, Mac mini imminent”
try saying that three times….
@ Toby:
Hey, at least ONE of your Macs has to have an optical drive!
At least until the iPhone is a direct conduit to Apple HQ and ALL software is distributed through iTunes!
I really hope this allows for a more powerful GPU in the iMac.
“try saying that three times….”
It ends up sounding like a parrot asking for M & M’s.
“iMac and Mac mini lineups by the next few weeks”
What fecking retard wrote this?
My 2 year old can do better.
Your write – bad grammer iz not well.
besides the size of the screen,
If the MacBook gets the same graphics card, what is the difference from a macbook and a macbook pro? (If you upgrade the second lvl macbook to 200 GB hard drive what is the difference between the lvl 1 macbook pro?)
i also should say that with a macbook upgrade to a 200 GB hard drive it’s $649.99 less than a basic Macbook pro
now if they will just make a fsking gaming MAC!!!!!!
HELLO)!>?!??!
APPLE!>?!?:?!?!
WTF>~!>?~!?!?!
my little cousin wants a machine, but guess what… he is buying a SHITBOX because he doesnt want to spend $2500 on a GD Mac Pro!!!
WTF!
Steve… buddie,,,, call me….
Is this just gonna be a speed bump, or will the iMac screens lose the mirror finish, er gloss, as well?
Second, isn’t Apple’s number of little white box devices creeping anyone out? Mac mini, AppleTV, Time Capsule, what next??
A “corporate look” one thing, but just a little differentiation might be useful.
@gvgnumber1
Those two items that you so readily dismiss(dedicated graphics card and larger screen) are definitely worth it for professionals who need to travel. For a period of time I had a 12″ Pb, then a 13″ MB, however, I found that working on their screens was definitely limiting(not to mention, the slowness of the GPU’s). You are right in that it is only $649 less, however, those two things alone are worth it. I think you also get a backlit keyboard, LED Backlit screen, multi-gesture trackpad, option to have a matte screen.
just my .02
This processor “upgrade” in the MacBook Pro seems to have resulted in little or no performance improvement.
Might want to use a different word to describe this change in hardware.
Hey kids, sorry for the dumb question, but could you use a mini to watch dvds and itunes movies purchases on a widescreen much the same way you could with an Apple Tv, minus the Apple tv 2.0 interface? If the mini’s graphics can drive a 40″ hdtv for instance, I’d spring a little extra and have a full fledged computer and use Front Row. What do you guys think?
@GMan I forgot about that(oy). Those new processors are supposed to run cooler too. I suspect that the next set of speed bumps on the MBP will take advantage of this. However, now it should yield improved battery life with a cooler processor.
GREAT news! The Mini RULES. I may have to get one. My PPC Mini is still going strong nearly 3 years after I got it, 24/7. I LOVE THIS LITTLE MACHINE! THANK YOU Apple for keeping the Mini Alive! It deserves to live!
@some dude
That’s exactly what I use my mini for. But I’m not such a big fan of iTunes because of it’s inability to play avi files. Not only can a Mini do what AppleTV cannot, but with a “real” Mac, I can do much more than the AppleTV. At this moment my Mini is using something called BitTorrent (I have no idea what it does) but I can usually view media files in any format. I highly recommend the Mini as a multimedia PC.