@homerjay wants Boston Legal back!: I think that, eventually, the modern day pricey subnotebooks will become the new netbooks. Why create low-powered next gen hardware, when you can sell moderately powerful previous generation hardware at a much lower price, and in a slightly updated enclosure?
@TBM-Fan: Except, when these girls tear the clothes off of each other, it's actually just cubicle guys with Intel and Nvidia logos on their chests. Lame.
If you want a home theater machine, I guess the Apple TV should do a better job at that, shouldn't it? But since you're going HD, the Mini still wouldn't have a Bluray drive. Some "HD" content online aren't really HD you know, just normal videos stretched up.
An Nvidia chip and DisplayPort is a no-brainer upgrade if you ask me. What I'm interested to see is whether Apple would pop in an Intel Atom in there, and how much can it lower the Mini's price. Snow Leopard's OpenCL tech would be a huge selling point for Apple, so I guess bringing down the price of the most basic Mac is the way to go
@Matthew Harding: Unless the video output is a huge issue, I'd say Mini. The Mini has greater codec support than the ATV with the right plugin downloads.
They also need to do is get rid of the Combo drive and just offer processor options from the baseline up. Hopefully, the new Mini will also allow for a smidgen of expandability, like...say, an express slot (I won't even bother crossing my fingers on that one), support for more than just 2GB of RAM, and options for bigger hard drives with greater RPM BTO.
HDMI would be stellar, but with the ATV, don't count on it.
Sounds great to me. Been holding off on a Mac mini waiting for just this type of upgrade. Already have 2T of classic sci-fi dvd's just waiting on the mini. Blu-ray, eh, got the PS3 for that.
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Right. Never.
Seems like it would make sense for nVidia to take the higher-end market, and Intel to equip more budget-oriented models.
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i guess choice would be nice, but in that case, i choose waffles.
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Waffles! Tasty waffles with lots of syrup!
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AppleTV with no user upgradable hard drive, no thanks! 160GB is still a joke for media storage.
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Add HDMI, Blu-Ray, and TV Tuner and you'd have quite possibly the ULTIMATE entertainment PC.
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Why? Monoprice will have a $5 md port to HDMI cable.
Don't go through life being an uninformed hater.
12/19/08
DVI + DVI->HDMI cable == HDMI
Won't send audio, but OH NOES!1! One more cable?!?
Get over it.
I love how LOLspeak is intrinsically linked to Mac users in my head. ^_^
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An Nvidia chip and DisplayPort is a no-brainer upgrade if you ask me. What I'm interested to see is whether Apple would pop in an Intel Atom in there, and how much can it lower the Mini's price. Snow Leopard's OpenCL tech would be a huge selling point for Apple, so I guess bringing down the price of the most basic Mac is the way to go
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LETS HOPE :)
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Oh what choices to make.
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HDMI would be stellar, but with the ATV, don't count on it.
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