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Pointless waste of time making a desktop computer thinner and thinner.
They should be making it more upgradable!! Apple lost the plot when
idiot Johnny Ive was put in charge and haven't regained any sense now
that he's gone. :-(



From MacRumors.com ...


High-End Mac Mini Said to Feature Thinner Design
With 'Plexiglass' Top, Magnetic Power Port
------------------------------------------------
Last week, Bloomberg reported that Apple is working on a
high-end version of the Mac mini with additional ports
and featuring the same Apple silicon chip expected to
debut in the upcoming redesigned MacBook Pro. Now, new
renders from Apple leaker Jon Prosser have potentially
given us our first look at this upcoming Mac.

According to renders made by Ian Zelbo in collaboration
with Prosser, and shared in a new YouTube video from
Front Page Tech, the new Mac mini will retain a mostly
similar design to the existing ‌Mac mini‌ but be smaller
in overall size.

Render image 1:

<https://images.macrumors.com/t/DQyM4X9b9PdNPb0vEfUWBIp2vZo=/1600x0/filters:quality(90)/article-new/2021/05/mac-mini-ports.jpg>


Render Image 2:

<https://images.macrumors.com/t/LVxbKD-dYyWYSiJvid3QQy2WTrQ=/1600x0/filters:quality(90)/article-new/2021/05/mac-mini-back2.jpg>


Render Image 3:

<https://images.macrumors.com/t/DQyM4X9b9PdNPb0vEfUWBIp2vZo=/1600x0/filters:quality(90)/article-new/2021/05/mac-mini-ports.jpg>


YouTube Video: (8mins 30secs)
<https://youtu.be/BhgtBxzroLI>

According to Prosser, the new high-end ‌Mac mini‌ will
feature the same ports currently available on the
Intel-based ‌Mac mini‌, which includes four Thunderbolt,
two USB-A, Ethernet, and HDMI. Another change reportedly
coming to the new ‌Mac mini‌ is a "plexiglass-like" top,
which will sit above the aluminum enclosure.

Proser says he has "heard" that Apple is testing
two-tone color options for the ‌Mac mini‌, similar to the
newly released 24-inch iMac. Finally, Prosser says that
the new ‌Mac mini‌ will feature the same magnetic power
port that debuted in the 24-inch ‌iMac‌.

Apple updated the ‌Mac mini‌ with the M1 Apple silicon
chip in November, keeping in its lineup Mac minis
equipped with Intel processors. Bloomberg has indicated
Apple could scrap its plans to release this new high-end
‌Mac mini‌ but notes that regardless, it will eventually
replace the current Intel models with ones featuring
Apple silicon chips.


<https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/25/high-end-mac-mini-renders/>



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In article <s8jnra$786$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

Pointless waste of time making a desktop computer thinner and thinner.

nope. it's what sells, and for the mac mini, thinner means of them can
be stacked in the same amount of space.

They should be making it more upgradable!!

most people never upgrade.
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On 2021-05-25 16:48, Your Name wrote:

Pointless waste of time making a desktop computer thinner and thinner.
They should be making it more upgradable!! Apple lost the plot when
idiot Johnny Ive was put in charge and haven't regained any sense now
that he's gone. :-(

Ive has been gone for a while. So the "Thinner" religion comes from
other people, it wasn't just him.

As the Mac Mini is Apple's de-facto server, I would rather that they
have a thicker one with better ventilation to ensure long duration in
7/24 operation. And hot air exhaust in one direction so that if you
stack themn on a rack, you can direct the exhault to the back of rack
and have the mkinis breathin in cool air from the front.
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In article <8SSrI.109355$iT.67349@fx19.iad>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

As the Mac Mini is Apple's de-facto server, I would rather that they
have a thicker one with better ventilation to ensure long duration in
7/24 operation. And hot air exhaust in one direction so that if you
stack themn on a rack, you can direct the exhault to the back of rack
and have the mkinis breathin in cool air from the front.

apple silicon doesn't generate as much heat as similar intel chips.
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Depending on what you want to "serve", Raspberry PIs with USB Sticks for
hard disk space are very cheap.

I am using one (nice heat sink and ventilator) for an Atlas Probe,
Galmon Probe and internal Mail Relay and another one (ready made) for
HOOBS.

el

On 27/05/2021 21:58, JF Mezei wrote:

On 2021-05-25 16:48, Your Name wrote:

Pointless waste of time making a desktop computer thinner and
thinner. They should be making it more upgradable!! Apple lost the
plot when idiot Johnny Ive was put in charge and haven't regained any
sense now that he's gone. :-(

Ive has been gone for a while. So the "Thinner" religion comes from
other people, it wasn't just him.

As the Mac Mini is Apple's de-facto server, I would rather that they
have a thicker one with better ventilation to ensure long duration in
7/24 operation. And hot air exhaust in one direction so that if you
stack themn on a rack, you can direct the exhault to the back of rack
and have the mkinis breathin in cool air from the front.

--
To email me replace 'nospam' with 'el'
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