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usarcher
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| Rightondamark wrote: | My prediction for the Mac mini goes:
- It will have slightly different case with a black top.
- 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of RAM.
- MiniDisplay port with DVI adapter.
- 160GB hard drive (250GB - 500GB as options).
- 2GB of RAM.
- SuperDrive.
- 4 USB ports, no Firewire.
- MagSafe connector for power
- Digital audio in and out.
- 802.11 b/g/n and gigabit Ethernet.
- Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and Remote.
All yours for $699, take it or leave it. I'll take one after Snow Leopard comes out. |
Please no MagSafe on a desktop 
Doubt we will see them giving a keyboard, mouse, or remote. Doesn't fit the BYODKM, though I hope the remote stays there.
I hope they announce that they will ship with Snow Leopard or get a free upgrade when Snow ships. I know wishful thinking. |
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SlipperyRock
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| usarcher wrote: | | Please no MagSafe on a desktop |
Why are you so against it? I think the Mac mini already uses a MagSafe connector of sorts. It sure doesn't take much to pull out the plug on mine. In fact, I think MagSafe offers more resistance. It could also be used with the new Cinema like someone else mentioned. |
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zen
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| Rightondamark wrote: | My prediction for the Mac mini goes:
- It will have slightly different case with a black top.
- 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of RAM.
- MiniDisplay port with DVI adapter.
- 160GB hard drive (250GB - 500GB as options).
- 2GB of RAM.
- SuperDrive.
- 4 USB ports, no Firewire.
- MagSafe connector for power
- Digital audio in and out.
- 802.11 b/g/n and gigabit Ethernet.
- Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and Remote.
All yours for $699, take it or leave it. I'll take one after Snow Leopard comes out. |
Do you honestly think Apple will include a KB and mouse? I very highly doubt they will.. |
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JohnnyBoy
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Rightondamark wrote: | My prediction for the Mac mini goes:
- It will have slightly different case with a black top.
- 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of RAM.
- MiniDisplay port with DVI adapter.
- 160GB hard drive (250GB - 500GB as options).
- 2GB of RAM.
- SuperDrive.
- 4 USB ports, no Firewire.
- MagSafe connector for power
- Digital audio in and out.
- 802.11 b/g/n and gigabit Ethernet.
- Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and Remote. |
I doubt that Apple will include a remote, let alone a keyboard and a mouse.
Just out of interest, will the nVidia card borrow memory from the main stash like the Intel chips do, or does the nVidia come with its own dedicated video RAM?
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CaliforniaMini
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Rightondamark wrote: | My prediction for the Mac mini goes:
- It will have slightly different case with a black top.
- 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of RAM.
- MiniDisplay port with DVI adapter.
- 160GB hard drive (250GB - 500GB as options).
- 2GB of RAM.
- SuperDrive.
- 4 USB ports, no Firewire.
- MagSafe connector for power
- Digital audio in and out.
- 802.11 b/g/n and gigabit Ethernet.
- Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and Remote.
All yours for $699, take it or leave it. I'll take one after Snow Leopard comes out. |
You forgot something...HDMI! 
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bolfings
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| I want to hear alot more about these DRM and HDCP issues if Apple is going to embed it in the display hardware. I don't like what little I've read so far about the restrictions on playing movies from the new macbook pros on external monitors - This could make setting up a home theatre just a bit more tricky, or lose alot of the appeal of the better graphics. |
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trustory
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Rightondamark wrote: | My prediction for the Mac mini goes:
- It will have slightly different case with a black top.
- 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of RAM.
- MiniDisplay port with DVI adapter.
- 160GB hard drive (250GB - 500GB as options).
- 2GB of RAM.
- SuperDrive.
- 4 USB ports, no Firewire.
- MagSafe connector for power
- Digital audio in and out.
- 802.11 b/g/n and gigabit Ethernet.
- Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and Remote.
All yours for $699, take it or leave it. I'll take one after Snow Leopard comes out. |
I can more or less guarantee it wont have dedicated video memory, it will be like the MacBook and use system memory.
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SOCOMRAIDER
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I think it will probably come with DisplayPort. Simply for the fact that Apple wants you to buy an AppleTV for your living room...
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| SOCOMRAIDER wrote: | | I think it will probably come with DisplayPort. Simply for the fact that Apple wants you to buy an AppleTV for your living room... |
Huh  What does a DisplayPort Connector have to do with an Apple TV in my living room?
Did you mean a Cinema Display?
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Rightondamark
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| trustory wrote: | | I can more or less guarantee it wont have dedicated video memory, it will be like the MacBook and use system memory. |
I should have made that a little more clear.
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory |
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dungeon92
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| hackersmovie wrote: | | SOCOMRAIDER wrote: | | I think it will probably come with DisplayPort. Simply for the fact that Apple wants you to buy an AppleTV for your living room... |
Huh What does a DisplayPort Connector have to do with an Apple TV in my living room?
Did you mean a Cinema Display? |
He might be talking about how there haven't really been any Displayport to HDMI convertors like there are DVI to HDMI.
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As interesting as it might seem, no Firewire means no sale for me.
Pro or not, all of my external drives, other than the new one(WD MyBook which is FW/USB2/eSata) are all Firewire, as is my ancient iPod.
I'm not buying a new set of drives, and a new iPod just because Apple wants to make the Firewire port a 'pro' feature.
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| Smithcraft wrote: | As interesting as it might seem, no Firewire means no sale for me.
Pro or not, all of my external drives, other than the new one(WD MyBook which is FW/USB2/eSata) are all Firewire, as is my ancient iPod.
I'm not buying a new set of drives, and a new iPod just because Apple wants to make the Firewire port a 'pro' feature.
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to each his or her own. That is absolutely your right. Apple has the right to make FW a Pro feature at the same time. Apple has almost always been ahead of their time when it comes to I/O connections. Not everything can last forever.
I still know people using parallel ports for printers. They don't blame PC manufacturers for deleting it....
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You can count me in once they start shipping with Snow Leopard and iLife '09.
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| hackersmovie wrote: | | Smithcraft wrote: | As interesting as it might seem, no Firewire means no sale for me.
Pro or not, all of my external drives, other than the new one(WD MyBook which is FW/USB2/eSata) are all Firewire, as is my ancient iPod.
I'm not buying a new set of drives, and a new iPod just because Apple wants to make the Firewire port a 'pro' feature.
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to each his or her own. That is absolutely your right. Apple has the right to make FW a Pro feature at the same time. Apple has almost always been ahead of their time when it comes to I/O connections. Not everything can last forever.
I still know people using parallel ports for printers. They don't blame PC manufacturers for deleting it.... |
IEEE 1284 just works compared to USB 2.0 printers, also the old printers that just don't die use it too. Actually at school if a printer has IEEE 1284 we will use it since we have plenty of cables sitting around (we have a shortage of USB cables though) and it never has given us issues (like the cable coming out of a socket).
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