Apple discontinues PowerPC Mac mini

Hi Dan,

I'm curious about your findings with your new macbook pro. I don't know if you still plan to put them on this site. Just wanted to let you know I sure am interested.

Hi Dan,

I'm curious about your findings with your new macbook pro. I don't know if you still plan to put them on this site. Just wanted to let you know I sure am interested.

Some stores obviously knew this was going to happen; they began moving inventory. MacMove wrote about a heck of a deal at Micro Center, a complete Mac mini system for only $499/$599.

Story is here: http://www.macmove.com/mm/archives/apple/great-deal-500-macintosh-system

In addition, G4 Minis are being sold in the Certified Refurbished section of the online Apple store.

How do they calculate that 50% of computers have been switched to intel?

Is it "platform" based: iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro? That leaves Power Mac and iBooks and they are past 50%.

What if they count variations? This leaves 12" & 17" PowerBooks, 12" & 14" iBooks, X versions of PowerMac. If this is the case, I am not sure if they are at 50% without dropping some product variations (e.g. replace 2 variations of iBook with single 13" model.)

I expect price drops on the G4 Mac minis. There's s till a great deal of stock in the channels. Today's not a good day for Apple distributors and resellers...

Yeah, really. If you want a G4 mini, check eBay in the next few weeks. I placed my order for the new one, and have no idea what I'm going to do with the old. Actually, that's not true. I am loaning it to a Windows friend who wants to try out OSX before taking the plunge. It is a good thing to loan out - they use their own keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

...or sold... you know... to buyers.

If you REALLY want a G4 mini, buy me the Core Duo mini and I'll GIVE you mine! I'll even leave the 1 GB stick of RAM in it!

What do they do with all the new ones left in Apple Retail Stores? Ship them back to be disassembled and turned into the new ones that can't play WOW?