The Mac mini: alive and upgraded

I love the Mac mini. It's the perfect computer. Small, cheap, embed-able, media-friendly. And today, the Steve announced that the mini line was not only not doomed but that it would receive a hardware refresh. Today! All of us who love the mini have been on pins and needles. It turns out not only were the rumors of its demise premature but today we're treated to a newly upgraded line. Yay!

New units will ship with 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz processors and 80 GB and 120 GB drives. You can upgrade to 160 GB hard drives, up to 2GB of RAM, and a slot-loading Dual-Layer supporting super drive (the DL drive is standard with the 2.0 GHz model). You can even pair it with one of those spiffy new keyboards.

Thanks, Carl Trimble.

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Source: http://www.apple.com/macmini/

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Jay

Well at least they didn't drop it, but more graphics horsepower would have sealed the deal for me.

August 08 2007 at 8:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

At least the mini can run 64 bit instructions, but I was hoping for the new 3xxx video chip, and WiFi n would have been nice as well.

August 08 2007 at 4:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andy

Hmm.. the Mac Pro also lists a internal RAID card for the onboard storage as New as well. New today?

August 07 2007 at 10:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Joshua Ochs

I was totally underwhelmed by the upgrade as well - no wonder it didn't get any mention.

However, check out the refurb prices on the old Mini's. They're gone now, but the old $799 model with Superdrive and such was just $479 this afternoon. Snapped one up as soon as I saw it.

August 07 2007 at 10:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Whubbsie

Oh come on I bought their stupid big ass 30" screen... why can't they make a mini that will work with it!!!

August 07 2007 at 8:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Christopher L. Williams

No 802.11n. They must really fear for their Apple TV business, or they would have released this with 802.11n. Many people would much rather have a mini to use in place of an Apple TV, and Apple is staving this off.

August 07 2007 at 7:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Catt

i didn't believe that Apple would dump the Mini line one bit... Glad to see they have upgraded it..

August 07 2007 at 5:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Catt

i didn't believe that Apple would dump the Mini line one bit... Glad to see they have upgraded it..

August 07 2007 at 5:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

wdlv

Personally, I'm glad they haven't gotten rid of the mini. It needs a redesign though, could be larger, needs a full size hard drive (3.5) sata and a real video card.

Best solution, combine apple TV and the mini!

August 07 2007 at 5:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Eric

On the store, Mac mini has a nice "NEW" sticker on top, but the noticeably different iMac doesn't... odd.

August 07 2007 at 5:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply