“Apple introduced a new connection port called Thunderbolt with their Macbook Pros last month. Thunderbolt has replaced the Mini Display Port and will replace USB and Firewire over time. Apple will need to refresh their Macintosh product line-up to add this new port to keep the sales figures up,” Karl Johnson reports for Three Guys And A Podcast.
“The Mac Mini [sic] gets updated every 8 months on average. The last update was in June of 2010, which would put the next update around February 2011. Since it is March already, the Mac Mini has passed the average update cycle due date,” Johnson reports. “This refresh delay is probably due to the introduction of the Thunderbolt high-speed connection port for peripherals. Now that the new Macbook Pros and Thunderbolt have been released, the Mac Minis will be coming out sometime this month.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]