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abates25
03/03/09

In reply to Big Mac Tuesday: What Apple Dropped
Most boring Apple product release. Ever.

Glad they didn't bother making a fuss.
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Darin Walker
03/03/09

@abates25: It was a refresh fag. When next years tires are released are you expecting them to do more then just roll? Fucking retard!
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Kaiser-Machead
03/04/09

@Darin Walker: I'm guessing you erase these comments off of your wall, so people can't see what a douchebag you look like when you say these things.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
03/04/09

@Darin Walker: Go sell your idiocy somewhere else. We're all stocked up on Facebook douchebags here thanks...
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badhatharry
03/04/09

@Darin Walker: Dude, DeVry must be very proud right now.
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Bearded Rapper
03/03/09

In reply to Big Mac Tuesday: What Apple Dropped
They're rather subtle changes. Sure, the procs have been bumped up, but it doesn't make much of a difference.
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imTheKing
03/04/09

@Bearded Rapper: DDR3 vs. DDR2 and Nehalem procs make a huge difference for power users.
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IN THE FACE!
03/04/09

@imTheKing: So will it play Crysis now? Oh, wait.
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paulrules
03/03/09

In reply to Big Mac Tuesday: What Apple Dropped
And I was just about to pick up the $800 Mac mini.

I feel like a sucker.
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photophile
03/03/09

@paulrules: And if you buy the new one, you still are.
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imTheKing
03/04/09

@photophile: Oh Photophile, if only your photography was decent, I'd have let you slide on such a stupid comment.
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IN THE FACE!
03/04/09

@imTheKing: What would Mac do if you weren't around to ridicule the infidels?
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Chris Hajjar
03/03/09

In reply to Big Mac Tuesday: What Apple Dropped
really wish the new airport extreme wasnt $180, i love the idea of the guest networking.
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dark42
03/03/09

@Chris Hajjar: Any DD-WRT compatible router can do this. You can make multiple WLANs on one router, with different SSIDs, encryption methods, and passwords.
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03/04/09

@dark42: DD-WRT FTMFW!
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pellier
03/03/09

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The new keyboard is crap because its way too small.
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SegamanXero
03/04/09

@pellier: Doesnt matter to me, as when I get a mac pro, ill be getting a real keyboard... A ill be getting a unicomp keyboard, the company that now has the patent for the IBM Model M (the legendary clicky keyboard).

Ill be getting a unicomp space spacesaver for my mac pro.

I already have the Customizer 101 (Original Model M with unicomp markings) for my Pentium III machine, and love it.

Buckling spring foreva!

[pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net]
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discounteggroll
02/21/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
are USB ports asexual? It just seems that they just keep multiplying year after year, taking over the real estate

(I'm just sour that my mac mini only has 2 USB ports)
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johcagaorl
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
no way apple is putting 5 usb ports on a computer.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@johcagaorl: The Mac Pro has 5 ports. This is merely an evolutionary change. The next Mac Pro refresh will have 37.5 USB ports.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
There's no IR port in the front for the remote?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake: I give up. This damn site keeps moving my comments all over. Yes, the IR Port is there. Still in the DVD drive slot, right-hand side as always.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
I guess the leaker didn't like being called out as a photoshop faker so he released this video to prove it's real..
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake: The real secret here, is that this is Steve Jobs leaking the video because he's just that damn bored sitting at home recovering from his body transplant.
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350z-Racer
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
Ooo! If I can output 1920x1080 on the lil guy I'd be happy :)
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@[x7productions]: You can do that on the current model. It works fine as an HD source. I was running 1920 x 1200 with it.
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Noobs-R-Us
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
Jobs goes away for a few months and everything falls apart. He would have personally rip the leaker's head off and crap down their necks if he were still around. What's wrong with Tim Cook? I guess people don't fear him.

Bring back the wrath of GOD.
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ludwigk
02/20/09

@Noobs-R-Us: The leaking has gotten really bad at Apple for at least the past 6 months. Unibody Macs, new iPods, iPhone 3G details, just about every major release has been leaked on the internet - with pictures mind you - for quite some time.

Remember the boxed iPod shots and portables cases? Someone deeply involved in the supply chains, or someone high up is leaking this stuff and they can't seem to stem the tide. I'm sure much head ripping and neck crapping occurred before Jobs' leave, but it doesn't seem to have ended the leaks.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Noobs-R-Us: Right, but I'm just saying from a physical external architecture change nothing is different. Going to all SATA isn't a crazy idea either as it actually saves MB space. SATA connectors being much smaller than IDE. Smaller cable, smaller MB space occupied.

Pretty much this looks like an evolutionary change for the mini, and nothing revolutionary. Which is really the point, the mini isn't supposed to be revolutionary. (Maybe it will have blu-ray? LOL)
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm): Gah. How did this get down here instead of up there??
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake: It sits in the right-hand side of the drive slot actually. You don't even notice it's there unless you look for it.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm): And it is definitely there in the video. Just have to look.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
Pretty much the only thing actually changed here from the current Mac Mini is the Firewire port changing to FW800, 1 additional USB port, and changing the video out from DVI to mini dvi/displayport or whatever it is the 2nd adaptor is.

It wasn't any kind of revolutionary change here.
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ludwigk
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm): It looks like mini DVI plus mini display port. The only cool part of that would be the ability to drive dual displays, and the presence of a newer GPU, like the nVidia 9400M, which can actually play some games.

If the rumors are true, and the superdrive is now on SATA, that would also make dual internal HDD mods a lot easier.

At this point, MacMini fans will take ANY kind of update. The poor guy hasn't been revved in something like 530 days.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@ludwigk: Right, but I'm just saying from a physical external architecture change nothing is different. Going to all SATA isn't a crazy idea either as it actually saves MB space. SATA connectors being much smaller than IDE. Smaller cable, smaller MB space occupied.

Pretty much this looks like an evolutionary change for the mini, and nothing revolutionary. Which is really the point, the mini isn't supposed to be revolutionary. (Maybe it will have blu-ray? LOL)
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justinpe
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm):

They also added an aluminum finish around the sides instead of plastic. I don't think anyone used the word "revolutionary" to describe these changes. Regardless, adding more ports and metal is a GOOD thing.

I am guessing that there will be much bigger changes with what's going on inside the box. For example, it will most likely sport the new Nvidia 9400 graphics chipset, have a bigger HD, etc. We will probably see a drop in the price too (hopefully in the $400-500 range).
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@justinpe: I doubt the price will drop any. They have specific price zones they like to adhere to.
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justinpe
02/20/09

@justinpe:

Apparently the old one had aluminum too...
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@justinpe: They've been aluminum for like 530 days or so in fact.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
I bet that was a video of someone who was turning a mac mini in circles, and they photoshopped the ports on the back into every frame using digital editing software. Yeah!
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm): Oh and if you watch the movie `Jaws' backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm): Either that or it's a mock up using that shiny foam board that architect students use. All you would need is an exact-o knife and some thing stuck behind the openings. Or it could be a test unit, or even possibly real-ish.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm): I liked that version except for the end when Quint goes back into the water with the sharks.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@TheStig'sNJCousin_GitEmSteveDave: Yeah, kind of like watching Deep Blue Sea backwards. The shark barfs up Samuel L Jackson.
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Billy Briere
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
Yeah, because ports HAVE to be perfectly aligned...sure was the most "damning argument". Look at the side of your macbooks giz crew...I know you have em.
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FreakinSyco
02/20/09

In reply to New Mac Mini Caught on Video
Please make it affordable, pretty please. With sugar on top?
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Antonio Rivera
02/20/09

@FreakinSyco:

If $599 isn't affordable then i don't know what is. The Mac Mini is extremely cheap.
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Kaiser-Machead
02/20/09

@Antonio Rivera: It's not extremely cheap, considering that it's no more powerful than their laptops, and is a desktop. But comparing to regular desktops isn't really fair either, since none of them even come close to matching this form factor.
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