Apple to Revise the Mini in July? • Non-Gaming • Apple, Mac, and iPod • Eurogamer.net

Soumis 26 May 2005 12:35:54 216 posts
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Hi all,

I was about to buy myself a Mini when I stumbled upon a rumour that Apple is about to revise the mini in July.

So, how often does Apple tend to revise the hardware?

ssuellid 26 May 2005 12:37:55 19,142 posts
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Soumis wrote:
So, how often does Apple tend to revise the hardware?

Just after you have bought the item that is to be revised.

deem 26 May 2005 12:40:27 31,667 posts
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ed 26 May 2005 12:49:45 260 posts
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Apple makes CARS now? I thought BMW owned the mini.

Seriously though I know what you mean, I bout an ipod and within about 4 months there was a price reduction, then a new version.

eviltobz 26 May 2005 13:22:42 2,609 posts
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Soumis wrote:
Hi all,

I was about to buy myself a Mini when I stumbled upon a rumour that Apple is about to revise the mini in July.

So, how often does Apple tend to revise the hardware?

ooooooooh shiny

i'm kinda regretting going for my imac as there is no upgrade path at all which is kinda depressing with that awesome monitor going to waste if i get me a g5, and also makes such an upgrade damn expensive, pooter and monitor(s) together. however, big shiny monitor and a mini isn't so bank balance destroying and would then allow me to get a nice chunky dual g5 when i have a bit more cash but the current spec mini is generally lower than my imac so this upgrade would make it a more appealling proposition.

/eyes up a 23" display

mmmm, screeeeeeen.

Edited by eviltobz at 13:23:56 26-05-2005

Shinji 26 May 2005 13:33:23 5,902 posts
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I'm kinda regretting going for my imac as there is no upgrade path at all

eBay. No, seriously. Mac stuff holds its value MUCH better than PC stuff does, so eBaying the old kit to buy the new is a far better upgrade path than you might imagine.

GrandTheftApu 26 May 2005 13:37:27 6,117 posts
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Shinji wrote:

I'm kinda regretting going for my imac as there is no upgrade path at all

eBay. No, seriously. Mac stuff holds its value MUCH better than PC stuff does, so eBaying the old kit to buy the new is a far better upgrade path than you might imagine.

You're not wrong, I remember the classified ads section of Mac User was always good for a laugh; "You want Ł1200 for a 3 year old powerbook?" etc.

eviltobz 26 May 2005 14:09:52 2,609 posts
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Shinji wrote:

I'm kinda regretting going for my imac as there is no upgrade path at all

eBay. No, seriously. Mac stuff holds its value MUCH better than PC stuff does, so eBaying the old kit to buy the new is a far better upgrade path than you might imagine.

aye, it's certainly a plan, not really an upgrade path as such though. i think that apple really missed a trick by failing to put a dvi in on the back of the imacs somewhere. i'd have a g5 by now if they did that :/

ehup wopsie, don't see you around here much these days. my doing that is still just speculative at the moment and if it happens will be a little way off yet, but i'll try to give you a yell if it comes to pass. what was the problem with the G5 then?

eviltobz 26 May 2005 14:17:37 2,609 posts
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i just wrote:
...i think that apple really missed a trick by failing to put a dvi in on the back of the imacs somewhere. i'd have a g5 by now if they did that :/

damn. the more i think about that the better it seems. they could do a little softwarey thing to run on the imac and the external mac to let you switch between what you were controlling, kinda like a kvm switch sending the mouse and keyboard bits over the network or even just a usb link or something so you could run all your serious apps of the powermac and have the imac running your media and low intensity things like your itunes library and whatnot.

W0PR 26 May 2005 14:25:01 243 posts
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iMac G5:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=257613

Soumis 26 May 2005 14:27:15 216 posts
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WOPR wrote:
By the way that's a month old rumour and that site has a pretty bad reputation these days. I'd trust appleinsider and thinksecret far more.

I haven't seen anything on the other sites that re-inforces or contradicts the rumour. July is a month away (... almost) so I prefer not to risk it.

I think that the changes rumoured on the site like the extra memory slot and the 64MB video card should have been put on the 1st generation of the machine...

ssuellid 26 May 2005 14:28:46 19,142 posts
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Is it a common fault then W0PR? I don't think I've ever seen a capacitor do that - and I've worked on some really badly made/designed equipment.

W0PR 26 May 2005 14:38:45 243 posts
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ssuellid wrote:
Is it a common fault then W0PR? I don't think I've ever seen a capacitor do that - and I've worked on some really badly made/designed equipment.

First version of the iMac G5 is plagued by it - I kind of thought they would have sorted it for version 2. The twats.

otto Moderator 28 May 2007 11:16:19 49,322 posts
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Not regretting my Mini purchase at all. Really lovely little piece of kit, takes everything I throw at it very happily, and two years from now I can replace it with a powermac tower without feeling too guilty. I'd go ahead and buy the mini now, yes of course they'll be revising it sooner or later, they always do with everything, chances are it won't be dramatic enough to justify waiting another two months.