“While this could signal an updated model coming in, they have been told by Apple to expect no more of it. Their impression is that—once again—the Mac mini may be dead dead DEAD for real, even while you can still order it at the Apple Store,” Diaz reports.
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Well that sucks major balls. I was looking for an updated unit to run Aperture…. nads!!!
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Noooooooo 🙁
Let’s hope for a mac nano !!! Please.. love this little machine…
Yeah, because with the new Nvidia chips, everyone would get it instead of an iMac.
I doubt it personally. The mini was basically a macbook without the monitor/display, keyboard, and trackpad. So, it makes more sense to me to expect a revised mini (and perhaps iMac), which feature the new GPU’s and so forth.
R, they would? Sorry, I don’t see how an all-in-one competes with a system box. You get the system box and you have to get a monitor and all the other associated ‘stuff’ to make it usable. You have an iMac and you are not likely to have a monitor you can switch to your new system box, you have the system box and what are you going to do with your monitor when you switch to an iMac?
Please, PLEASE, let them grow the mini up to be the midi I’ve been hoping for.
with a display port
NO DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP mini.
Noooooooooo… from me also.
We’ll, at least now we know what questions will be asked to ‘ol Pete today…maybe he can talk about the mini burial instead of next quarters guidance. Would be a good distraction.
The timing of this article is impeccable. Hmmmm.
That’s crap. They wouldn’t. I’m not saying they can’t. But they wouldn’t.
I mean it, though saying “everyone” is an overstatement. Everyone that I’ve known to switch to an iMac from their Windows box has talked about the huge power leap the iMac was for them. These are the folks who don’t really care about specs. And like it or not, that’s the majority of computer buyers– the ones who allow companies like Dell to exist on razor thin margins off of huge sale numbers.
With a powerful mini, there’s no need for an iMac, particularly because the Nvidia graphics are leaps and bounds above the current mini.
I’d like to be wrong (I want a new one for my first HDtv), but if this does happen, it makes sense to me from this angle.
The Mac Mini is a great switcher’s machine. Most people running Windows boxes don’t like the idea of scrapping their “perfectly good” monitor & keyboard. They prefer baby steps.
I would have switched to a Mac desktop about a year and a half later if the Mini wasn’t available at that time (late 2005).
Nooooooooooooooo! from SPAIN
See? Not content to just remove firewire, they’re now killing off whole product lines that have it!
Mark my words, firewire is being intentionally and systematically killed by Apple. First the iPod, then the portables, then the cinema display (did anyone even notice in the hubbub over the portables?) now the mini.
WHO’S NEXT!!?
I’ll bet this is to make room for the big a$$ table!!
Just a rumor…
Apple shouldn´t do that because without Mac Mini or in other product they can´t have more switchers,they should in other case low the production of every mac they discontinued and continue to retail them as an option to the user.I HATE when Apple discontinues a product that i was going/preparing to buy,its doesn´t make sense,and they are to replace the Mac Mini with what? if they haven´t prepare another product to replace it?I will wait the answer…
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO…
I have a 24″ monitor and a new Apple keyboard already, I don’t need an iMac and a Mac Pro is overkill! Please please replace it with something… like a Mac nano!
Say it isn’t so. I think the Mac Mini is a great entry point for those who are either new to computers or new to Apple computers. (The people that I know who are new to computers know someone who can give them a spare (old) key, mouse, monitor. When my in-laws get back next week from a cruise, they want to be able to get online and they are planning on purchasing a Mac Mini with our help. My wife and I are giving them an old 19 inch flat panel monitor, keyboard and mouse.)
Peace.
Maybe they’re going to finally combine the apple TV and mac Mini into one new uber product.
if you really want one, contact me and i will sell you mine. i am planning to upgrade to 2 imacs for the fam. my g5 will be a server, and the mini needs a new home.
Apple needs to have a low-end Intel integrated graphics Mac Mini for PC switchers, non-gamers and those with very little money – those who know it is a little crippled but don’t care. Then they need a high end Mac Mini for those with media centre needs.
My plan 2 years ago was to only buy Mac Mini’s but the cost was too high and the product was crippled. The MacBook/24″ monitor combination is good but you can’t run the MacBook with the lid closed. The Mac Mini is still a good combo but needs a more capable version and a cheaper version, scrapping the middle ground.
What f _ _ king shame!
Mac Nano. Now with display port, FireWire 800, SuperDrive and built-in AirPort Server as standard. From £349/$789.
If the above was true then I wouldn’t wait.
You know, I don’t think the Mac Mini could have possibly had ‘bad’ sales. My own family has three, in addition to several apple laptops, a powermac and a couple imacs.. (big family) I think the original g4 one was a bit weak, but the couple intel ones we have are great. We use one as a media center because the AppleTV is crippled and doesn’t have a DVD player or Safari for watching online shows. So, I think this leaves a gaping hole in the under $1k market. I would like a combined mini/TV that could be used exclusively with a new version of front row, if desired, or as a regular mac when needed. Add a displayport with a displayport to hdmi/component connector and we’re golden.
Does this mean that Apple has a replacement unit, maybe something like a mini-tower?
Mac Nano? Come on. They’re not going to use “nano” when referring to the computer anytime soon. “Nano” is SO much smaller than “mini.” So no, it won’t be called “Mac Nano.” That sounds stupid anyway. Keep in mind, it’s only a rumor. When’s the last time Apple killed a computer line? Ever? Not recently anyway, and not in the last 10 years to my knowledge. And no, the 12″ PB doesn’t count you little 12″PB-turds, because PBs continued to be made. Mini is an entire line. This would be something extremely out of the ordinary and I don’t see it happening.
Before everyone panics, keep in mind:
1) This is an earnings call, not a product announcement event.
2) At the last earnings call, Apple warned about forthcoming lower margins due to an unspecified future product. Everyone thought it would have something to do with the laptop refresh, but that didn’t turn out correct. So this “yet unannounced product” is still orbiting, looking to land.
3) If there is such a product, it might make sense that it would replace the mini, such that it is today. Be it a new, updated mini, or something else entirely.
Relax, and enjoy the scenery…
They’ll do the same as with the iPod Mini. Kill it and introduce something better
@Beaker
You know everything huh? The G4 Cube was cut in 2001. Definitely within the last 10 years. You obviously have little knowledge.
Moron.
Great idea, Apple. Kill your most affordable computer in THIS economy?
@nytesky
Oh excuse me, you got me… the Cube, seven years ago. So I was off by three years. And no, I don’t know everything. “To my knowledge,” ring a bell? I didn’t claim to know everything. Bottom line is, they’re not going to cut it.
The funniest part is how worked up you got over it! Mission accomplished. I knew there was somebody out there ready to use their limited vocab on me.
Until I hear a better argument, I will assume this is just that little jerk Jesus spreading FUD as is his wont.
Gizmodo in general has no scruples at all and are hardly reliable as a news source. Jesus is one of the worst of the bunch.
Oh my. No! Does that mean Bill Palmer was right? Surely not!
MDN Magic words: Cube time!
DON’T KILL OFF THE MINI APPLE! Please???
I LOVE MY PPC MINI!
OMG NO FIREWIRE??? OMG </sarcasm>
Apple has supposedly “killed” the Mac mini many times before.
I have a feeling it will live on or be replaced by something similar, with a different name.
This would totally suck. I have two people waiting in the wings for a mini revision in order for them to switch. They both have some nice Samsung monitors and don’t want to iMacs. I’ll have to tell them to keep and eye out and be ready to jump and get the latest model they have out before they disappear.
This may actually be true. I was at Apple’s SOHO store this past Saturday and they didn’t have any minis on display. I had to ask one of the reps and he confirmed that they would not have any on display.
Gotta make some calls. This sucks big time.
HolyMackerel ,
You can indeed run the MacBook with an external screen and the lid closed. I do it all the time.
@Moe – yep none of the few Apple stores that I’ve been to recently have had the mini’s on display (and one was a “Mini” store variety). That’s saying something when their flagship store doesn’t have the Mini’s on display.
Peace.
Would rather they killed AppleTV and rolled its functions into the Mac Mini.
@holymackeral:
I am 99% certain you can run the MacBooks with the lids closed using an external monitor (and presumably extra keyboard/mouse). I have done it though I don’t remember the specifics of how it works.
Also sad to hear this if true. I had my father prepped to buy a mini to use as a HTPC. I use mine with a projector in the living room and I love it. It handles everything I need it for flawlessly – especially with the addition of the Remote app for the phone and a few airport extremes around the house!
Kill MacMiini.
Kill AppleTV.
Build a low-cost Mac with Blu-Ray player.
@Beaker
Actually the funniest part is you proved how smug and stupid you are simultaneously.
The MacMini is a very useful little machine. It can be used for all sorts of small server tasks, software testing, etc. I hope that something equally powerful and convenient takes its place.
Meanwhile, Mini Cooper goes electric…
http://www.newsday.com/classified/automotive/ny-cars-minie1021,0,5060357.story
@nytestk
How old are you dude? Look, 9 year olds shouldn’t be using such a website as MDN, it’s just too much for them. Oh, and you should have your mouth washed out for using the word “moron.” Although, I do have to give you credit for that huge word you used. What was it… oh yeah, simultaneiously.
Please visit:
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And when you feel ready:
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For jiminy’s sake! All the rumours have new Mac desktops coming out next month, and with this silly rumour, everyone is assuming that the mini is toast.
nVidia, DisplayPort, etc. etc. etc. Who said ANYTHING about the mini being killed except that a couple of companies were told that they can’t order any more.
What could that mean? As one put it above. Kill the iPod mini, and replace it with something better.
So, no more minis to order could very well mean that there will be a NEW DESKTOP in the lineup.
Will it be the Midi? Probably not.
But, it just might be the mini is gone, and another will be in its place.
Silly people getting all worked up about their mini being dropped without having a clue that there just might be another desktop that they love more in the pipeline.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!!!
I heard they were killing off everything on the Mini except the Firewire port….
Hey forget the Mac Mini, it’s more fun watching Beaker and nytesky going at it!
Apple PVR please….
Thanks onionhead, it’s been a riot, right?
Apple will do whatever the hell they feel like doing, customer outrage or not, most likely with no explanation. All they’re interested in is dazzling you with their great products so they can screw more money out of you. Sure, the limited range of products that they do offer are FAR better than the competition, but…
You want a headless Mac but there’s no more mini (IF that turns out to be true)? Buy a Mac Pro or STFU.
You want a mid-range tower? Too bad. Buy what we offer or fsck off.
You want firewire? Buy last year’s model or a Macbook Pro, you cheapskate, or STFU.
You want a proper matte screen? Who gives a shit? We sell glossy.
etc. etc.
Apple are great in many ways, but they’re also arrogant fscking a$$holes who are pissing off more and more of their (previously) loyal customers. Don’t get too excited about their great financial state – YOU paid for it!
If the new iMacs have the non-gloss option, I won’t be getting a new Mac laptop. (Maybe an old one..)
Frankly, Apple is making lots of stupid decisions as of lately: the pulling of FireWire, killing of usable displays (matte) and now the killing of the mini. Are the fuckn asleep or what? BTW, I’ve been using a mini as a server for the last 2,5 yrs – zero hickups or downtime! The mini has most likely the highest bang/bucks ratio of all machines that Apple ever produced.
They can’t kill the Mini or @ least this category of computer. The Mac Mini is what Introduced me into forever buying Apple Computers in 2005. If it weren’t introduced I probably would never of bought an Apple computer.
The $499 price point is what attracted me & for years before I always felt terrible walking by an Apple store seeing those glamorous Macs on display & that beautiful OS 10’s Aqua Interface & Expandable Dock. In 2004, I had eyes set on an eMac for $999 but I didn’t have enough money ( 17 years old @ the Time ). When the Mac Mini rolled with $499 thats when I decided it was time to Get My Mac.
Since then, I’ve bought a 12-inch iBook G4 1.2Ghz, & a Late 2006 17-inch 2Ghz iMac Core 2 Duo. ( Along with the 1.2Ghz Mac Mini which started me off.) All are running Leopard
The Mac Mini also helped introduce me to the iPod ( iPod Shuffle was my first) and the iTunes Music Store. Before I used to download songs from KAZAA & used a terrible Walmart CD Player.
I now use my Mini as a Backup/ Server. Everything from my iMac & iBook will get stored on the Mini via Screen sharing & file sharing. Heck I’m using it right now because my DSL connection is down & I’m connected with dial-up on it Since my iMac doesn’t have a 56K Modem. I had thoughts of selling the mini but it comes in very useful when I least expect i like right now where I can’t dial Up with the iMac.
I don’t think I’m alone on this. This computer is what brought me to this brand & it will continue bringing people to Apple even if it’s the the hottest selling product. But I must admit that it’s in need of an update. But it will be a deep mistake for Apple to cut off their only desktop with this price point.
“The Brick is coming, the Brick is coming, get the MacMini out of the way…”
Friend of mine bought dozens of used MacMini G4s for his manufacturing plant, said they are hooked to a 12″ display. Another guy is using the latest models in his motel rooms, hooked to a LCD TV. We have them in livingroom, sauna department and motorhome.
Everybody is now waiting for a complete line of mini products, after all Apple needs to sell products that people actually need. This is especially true these days when lot of people are not going to update their desktop computer, just getting the cpu box replaced.
The above mentioned factory dude replaced his home PC with a the latest model MacMini almost by accident (was mad about his PC having problems and happened to walk by a Apple store). He thinks the other Apple products are quite useless and “ugly” but the MacMini is perfect for PC guys with style. Sigh!
Still hoping for a 1U unit, kind of an X-serve-lite that could be rack mounted with recording gear, that video and photo crews could take out in a cart, or that could find a home as a media server in a home entertainment center. Quiet & cool with lots of ports starting at $1499.
Dumping the mini would leave a gaping hole in the range. Look for something better rsn.
I really think Apple should make a stackable, modular Mac with a Mini-style base unit (possibly a home OS X server) and add-ons for media (AppleTV), storage, DVD, home management/security and more. It could drive a monitor or an HD TV directly. The Mini could have been the basis for this. AppleTV could become the basis for this since there is a Mac somewhere in that box.
First FW. Then Mini.
What next? No ethernet port since “everyone” will be connecting wirelessly? No mouse since no one will need one in a couple more years?
Apple might be leaving Mac-based room at the low end to push up from below with Multi-Touch-based computers.
Thanks to those who confirmed the MacBooks can operate with the lid closed. That is now an excellent combination with the new 24″ screen.
Also, Apple may be maintaining high prices only while the supply of LED screens remains tight, their ‘brick’ production lines get into full swing, NVidia ramps up 9400/9600 production and gets their NetBook solution operational. There are many markets in the world that Apple sells to that are not suffering in the same way the west is. After the election uncertainty is over there should be a return to growth, so why drop prices for a few months? Despite this, I think they’re missing an opportunity to gain mass volume.
@Replacement,
You know I’m in your corner!
Bring back the Cube! Mine’s still running fine after 8 years.
>>Still hoping for a 1U unit, kind of an X-serve-lite that could be rack mounted with recording gear… Quiet & cool with lots of ports starting at $1499.
Yep, that’d be fantastic for a lot of people, myself included. Yet another example of how Apple’s limited range is a huge PITA.
That EFI-X dongle is looking more and more attractive!
MMW: “stage”, as in “a single-space rack mounted Mac would be FANTASTIC for musicians to use on stage!”
While it would be sad to see the Mac Mini go, if Apple replaces it with a headless, expandable, upgradable, with PCI Express slots and Firewire included iMac, then life is still good.