[SeekAndFind]

Sorry, forgot to include the link to the article. Please CLICK HERE for the complete article.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

No problem, Apple can have their OS just throttle the Mini until they can re-engineer the iMac with the newer cheaper components.

Then, Apple can just charge a Monthly fee to enhanced Mini performance.

In the world of Apple Alternate Reality that’s all they need.

[moovova]

That HP Elite Slice desktop was nice (link in article).

I’m not even gonna look up the price.

[old-ager]

soldered-in memory. reminds me strongly that I don’t love Apple. I do appreciate them introducing me to Microsoft by way of the copyright notices on the IIe and probably the first mac.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Ping.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Of course, truth be told, the iPhone and not the iMac is the “cash cow” of Apple.

[PIF]

From the article:
“Apple may be faced with releasing a Mac Mini that approximates far more expensive iMacs that are only two or three years old – except for graphics-intensive processes that really need the dedicated graphics card. Apple may foolishly decide to drop the Mac Mini altogether, since the Intel Skull Canyon seems to be tooling up to corner the market. Or Apple may have to re-imagine the Mac Mini, no longer as a budget model, but as higher-end modular system - akin to the HP Elite Slice.

“The broader issue is that with these new chips - unless one is doing 4K movie editing - buying desktop hardware may be pointless. The lower-power chips may be sufficient, and one may be best advised to buy a laptop or small-form factor computer and attach it to an external monitor - if not with Coffee Lake, then with the anticipated Cannon Lake. The age of desktops looks to be over.

“This cannot be lost on Apple. As core counts increase, the consumer will best be served with low-power units/NUCs or laptops.

“Ultimately, it may be the iMac, not the Mac Mini, that should be made obsolete. A modified Mac Mini may be Apple’s best response to the new technology, but only if Apple re-imagines it as a modular system, not as a low-cost product.”

The Slice resembles the mini, cost ranges from $809-$709. The $809 Elite has an i5 chip, while the other 2 have i3 chips

[Swordmaker]

An article complaining that Apple did not release an upgrade to the Mac mini along with the iPhones. However, this September event is never about Macs. He does have some salient points about the Mac mini being ignored too long. — PING!

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[af_vet_rr]

I love the discussions about the Mac mini, because I'd love a more updated/modular Mac mini myself, but the problem with a lot of these articles that talk about it is that they ignore a couple of things:

It's not about computing power or one line cannibalizing another (the iMac Pro for instance would normally devastate the Mac Pro line). Apple has laptops that out-perform the lower-end iMacs, but they don't restrict those laptops outside of thermal issues. It's more about hitting that $499 price point, something they probably couldn't do if they were updating it every year.

The demand is not there. Just like with Mac Pros (the redesign could change this), If Mac minis were truly flying off the shelves, Apple would put more into it, but they aren't - in fact Apple laptops have outsold Apple desktops for over a decade, and for nearly 5 years, have been outselling Apple desktops nearly 3-to-1.

Another issue - if you ignore the baseline Mac mini and go with the 8GB/1TB Mac mini, you are at $700, and with an Apple mouse and keyboard, you're now at $880 - within $200 of the baseline 8GB/1TB iMac. Throw in a quality display and you are at the low-end iMac price point, in which case you should have just bought an iMac. Heck, for $930, you can get a refurbished iMac that easily beats an $880 Mac mini. For a little more, you can get a MacBook Air with nearly the same specs.

Honestly, I would love a new Mac mini (size of a hardback book?), but I'm surprised they've kept the mini around - I keep expecting them to announce an 11-inch MacBook Air in place of the mini.