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M4 Mac Mini to Become Apple's Smallest Ever Computer with Complete Redesign

20 points by m463 2y ago

ksec 2y ago
I hope they have at least two variants of the same design. One being thin. Basically a MacBook Air without the screen, keyboard, trackpad and battery. And powered by USB-C. Another one taller but with a large heatsink and fan that could use M4 Pro or Max inside. I am just wondering if this new Mac Mini will make ways into enterprise if they had Windows booting on VM.
- solardev 2y ago
  Windows on VM ends up being Windows for ARM, which emulates x86 through Microsoft's magic. It usually works but isn't perfect. Seems like a bad way to run enterprise software, vs any commodity x86 host...
alanwreath 2y ago
Not sure when it happened but there used to be a time when computer companies would continue to release new versions as faster products for the same price of the previous year (or cheaper!). Now it seems like they (Apple, Nvidia, etc) release new stuff at a slightly higher price and continue to sell the older stuff in tandem( and only sometimes at a lower price). It is my hope that Apple doesn't continue selling the older (current) MacMini at a slight discount and then sell the new M4 at a slight increase. Just. Sell. The. New. One. And. Don't. Increase. The. Price. You. Were. Already. Profiting. With. The. Previous. Iteration.
- jmnicolas 2y ago
  You're all going to buy it anyway, so why would they do anything differently?
- lancesells 2y ago
  What do they do with the old ones if they don't sell them? Also, as far as I can tell Apple does a decent job of maintaining a stable price even with inflation. Laptops like the Macbook Air cost less than when they launched in 2008 and have stayed relatively the same $1000. Obviously phones are the outlier and their cost has seemingly skyrocketed with all manufacturers.
nothercastle 2y ago
They could probably pump them out for 200-300 a piece. I’m just not sure there is that much unmet demand for a basic desktop. Everyone already has a good enough computer at home there really isn’t much need to replace it. What I’m still hoping for is just to be able to plug in my phone and use it as a desktop. Seems like it’s easily possible not.
underlogic 2y ago
what's with this hdmi port? will it never die? huge ugly legacy connector

20 points by m463 2y ago

ksec 2y ago

I hope they have at least two variants of the same design. One being thin. Basically a MacBook Air without the screen, keyboard, trackpad and battery. And powered by USB-C. Another one taller but with a large heatsink and fan that could use M4 Pro or Max inside. I am just wondering if this new Mac Mini will make ways into enterprise if they had Windows booting on VM.

solardev 2y ago
Windows on VM ends up being Windows for ARM, which emulates x86 through Microsoft's magic. It usually works but isn't perfect. Seems like a bad way to run enterprise software, vs any commodity x86 host...

alanwreath 2y ago

Not sure when it happened but there used to be a time when computer companies would continue to release new versions as faster products for the same price of the previous year (or cheaper!). Now it seems like they (Apple, Nvidia, etc) release new stuff at a slightly higher price and continue to sell the older stuff in tandem( and only sometimes at a lower price). It is my hope that Apple doesn't continue selling the older (current) MacMini at a slight discount and then sell the new M4 at a slight increase. Just. Sell. The. New. One. And. Don't. Increase. The. Price. You. Were. Already. Profiting. With. The. Previous. Iteration.

jmnicolas 2y ago
You're all going to buy it anyway, so why would they do anything differently?
lancesells 2y ago
What do they do with the old ones if they don't sell them? Also, as far as I can tell Apple does a decent job of maintaining a stable price even with inflation. Laptops like the Macbook Air cost less than when they launched in 2008 and have stayed relatively the same $1000. Obviously phones are the outlier and their cost has seemingly skyrocketed with all manufacturers.

nothercastle 2y ago

They could probably pump them out for 200-300 a piece. I’m just not sure there is that much unmet demand for a basic desktop. Everyone already has a good enough computer at home there really isn’t much need to replace it. What I’m still hoping for is just to be able to plug in my phone and use it as a desktop. Seems like it’s easily possible not.

underlogic 2y ago

what's with this hdmi port? will it never die? huge ugly legacy connector