Forums | MacLife

I would hardly call this breaking news.  It is complete speculation and it's not something that most of the mac community didn't already expect.  Also the author of that article made several mistakes regarding Apple; she is far from credible.

meh.. I am waiting for the x86 Maxi

It wouldn't surprise me... it's what I thought when the announcement for 2/28 first went up.  I forget where it was I read it but when the first intel products were announced evidently there were other things that Apple were hoping to get out by then that were substantially more impressive (according to this article, or posting ... whatever it was I read which could have been BS-internet lies!).

Aside from potential intel iBooks, I'll go with the Mini (renamed to something else completely new) redone as a media center.

I hope they don't do anything TOO crazy with the format of the mini. It's hard to get something that "works" in the living room not to look totally out of place on the desk.

tF

Macskeeball wrote:

bedstuy wrote:

Aside from potential intel iBooks, I'll go with the Mini (renamed to something else completely new) redone as a media center.

A media center mini could very make sense with the "Fun new products" part of the invitation. At this point, who knows what Apple will do. After all, the iMac went Intel not long after the iMac G5 was updated. They really know how to throw us for a loop.

But that's why the initial iMac G5 rev. C now makes sense.  Frontrow was kind of a trial balloon.  They must have already envisioned where they would be going with a Mini intel media center by that time last year, no?

christian3807 wrote:

This will be my first Mac(Intel Mac Mini) if it is true...............

If I can get it for $400 it might be my first intel mac.
Otherwise - I'll probably wait for the towers. Second generation of the towers.

resedit wrote:

tomfoolery wrote:

I hope they don't do anything TOO crazy with the format of the mini. It's hard to get something that "works" in the living room not to look totally out of place on the desk.

tF

I don't know - the bondi blue iMac works in living room and on a desk.
The dalmation iMac and flower power iMac don't work anywhere.

The cube works in living room and on desk.

A cube would look totally out of place in my living room, but that's beside the point (any post 1960's gadgetry looks out of place - no Ikea furniture here!).

I just hope they don't go for a blatently "media centre" form factor... I don't want my Mac to look like a living room appliance. I should have more faith; all of Apple's (recent) hardware has been droolworthy. Flower power iMac being a noteworthy exception!


tF

Playing videos isn't "true" enough of a video player for you?

M8719Z/A is 10.2 Server, I believe.  MB719Z/A would be a personalized product, but it doesn't match the current iPod product number scheme.  Looks more legit than images i've seen in the past, though.  I still call fake.

Last edited by MB38 (2006-02-23 12:06 pm)

I've held out on buying an iPod since the 3G iPod (IMO, the best one made so far). But, If this really is the new iPod, I'm going for it.

I just photoshopped my iPod to look like an absolutely amazing fake "video iPod".  Then photoshop unexpectedly quit and my clipboard got cleared with it.

So you'll just have to imagine it.

MB38 wrote:

http://homepage.mac.com/brookwillard/ipod.jpg

All I can think looking at this is drop it once and it's over.