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For all of you waiting for a mini update. Mini update?
Think Secret said:Sources have informed Think Secret that Mac mini box labels will continue to list the older specifications with no indication of whether the newer or older systems are contained within. The motivation behind this is to help clear current inventory without lowering prices. Essentially, customers are promised that the Mac mini they purchase will have specifications "at least" equal to the label, but that their system may exceed those. Customers who purchase a new Mac mini to find they ended up with the older configuration will not be able to return the system in the hopes of getting the newer configuration without paying a restocking fee.
Here is the corrected link:Fallooza said:link didnt work
D3v1L80Y said:What a complete load of crap! hehe
They made a rumor/prediction and got it wrong. Big deal, they aren't always right. But now they feel the need to try to save face by posting this garbage:
Kinda convenient wording there guys. "Oh, Apple will never admit to the update, but you might just get an updated model....sure the box will still say the old specs...yadda yadda yadda....oh, and if you get one that isn't updated, well...you can't return it for an updated one...cus, um...well...you would have to pay the restocking fee...and you're like, not guaranteed to get an updated one even then....so there."
Hehe...the rumour hounds have sunk to a new low this time. What an utter load of grade AAA BS :black:
I am going to have to disagree. A "stealth-upgrade" idea is, in my opinion, a shoddy explaination at best. I really don't think Apple cares that much about those sort of complaints. That my friends is known as the "luck of the draw" and unfortunately, some people have a hard time dealing with it.technologist said:I actually think it's possible, even likely, that they're right. Think about all the complaints Apple gets..."I bought a new Mac mini two weeks ago and now there's a better/faster/cheaper one...I want a free upgrade!"
A stealth-upgrade program makes that kind of complaint a lot less likely.
technologist said:This is actually something that's supposedly happening: people have actually received a few minis that exceed specs.
....I am gonna go with the total fake choiceOf course they could be lying, or faking it with overclocked systems. This isn't a Nostradamus prediction, it's either a fact or a total fake.
[EDIT: See also the posts on Macrumors ]
Nice one :mac:D3v1L80Y said:I'll say, those specs certainly are exceeded...
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....I am gonna go with the total fake choice
Well, c|net is one of the most respected news outfits in technology. This lends credence to the claims of upgraded systems...though it adds nothing to the idea of an official model upgrade.IronMac said:i got this yesterday.
http://beta.news.com.com/Apple+offers+Mac+Mini+grab+bag/2100-1042_3-5885485.html?tag=html.alert
hows that.
1. I agree that not every product launch needs a major event or copious fanfare. Still, there has been no press release yet, other than to confirm the error. And the site is still not updated. The items were still shipped in boxes labeled as the "old" specs.technologist said:Just a few observations...
1. Apple's tired of having every little product launch become a major event. Two years ago, every +50MHz speed bump was part of a Steve Jobs-hosted Macworld keynote. Then they moved to just press releases. This is a logical step in de-emphasizing minor changes to the product line.
2. Apple's support site makes reference to a "Sept. 2005" revision of the Mac mini.
3. The parts in question (faster G4s, faster hard disks, new bluetooth modules, and higher-capacity graphics memory) have no business being in the factory where Mac minis are built. Unless Apple had them delivered there for an enhanced mini. Maybe someone in China jumped the gun, but all those parts didn't get to that factory by accident.
Everything Apple sells is put together by contract manufacturers on a (so-called) just-in-time basis. Apple doesn't have any factories; it doesn't retool lines or keep a parts inventory. There's a Chinese firm somewhere and they get a contract. Apple has the parts shipped from Freescale or whoever, and units are assembled, and shipped out. When the run is over, the line isn't changed over; Apple just puts out another bid and has new parts and schematics delivered to whichever contractor wins.D3v1L80Y said:3. You have never worked in a mass production environment, then
There is not only one factory that makes Minis, and there is not only one production line that makes Minis. It is more cost effective and smarter to run "batches" of a certain model on the same line, and adjusting and re-calibrating the line between these "batches" or product runs. This keeps a business operating costs down. It is more likely that there are lines that make laptops, lines that make desktops, lines that make iPods...etc.
Minis are comprised of primarily laptop components. Due to its size and components used, it is likely made on a laptop line. The "updated" specs are extraordinarily close to those of a PowerBook. It would not be at all impossible that the line was doing a run of PowerBooks first. That batch completed and the line was switched to run Minis. It is also possible that the line was not properly changed over and the PowerBook parts made it into the Minis.
D3v1L80Y said:What a complete load of crap! hehe
They made a rumor/prediction and got it wrong. Big deal, they aren't always right. But now they feel the need to try to save face by posting this garbage:
Kinda convenient wording there guys. "Oh, Apple will never admit to the update, but you might just get an updated model....sure the box will still say the old specs...yadda yadda yadda....oh, and if you get one that isn't updated, well...you can't return it for an updated one...cus, um...well...you would have to pay the restocking fee...and you're like, not guaranteed to get an updated one even then....so there."
Hehe...the rumour hounds have sunk to a new low this time. What an utter load of grade AAA BS :black:
I am not saying that I am 100% right yet, but I certainly am not wrong yet. Apple still has not changed their site, or made any official statement that the update is in fact something that was planned. They only admitted that some Minis shipped with different specs. :black:zap2 said:WOW ur were wrong like 100% wrong but u had a good reason to say what u said
D3v1L80Y said:I'll say, those specs certainly are exceeded...
....I am gonna go with the total fake choice