Comments on: Goodnight, Mac Mini — Apple Stops Mac Mini Shipments to Retailers

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:18:15 +0000

You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with you.

By: Weekly App Store Roundup: Oct. 25, 2008 | The Apple Blog

Weekly App Store Roundup: Oct. 25, 2008 | The Apple Blog — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:00:14 +0000

[...] we say goodbye to the humble Mac Mini and consider giving a warm welcome to a fresh selection of iMacs, another week draws to a close. In [...]

By: GadgetComa

GadgetComa — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:40:01 +0000

Not so fast… http://tinyurl.com/5wk956.

Maybe it’s wishful thinking. I’ve been waiting for a mini refresh so I can replace my last PC that currently limps along as a Windows Media Center.

Let’s hope the mini lives!

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:01:04 +0000

I need a new Mac for another small working area here in the office and I wanted to buy a MacMini – but what now – buy or wait?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:27:58 +0000

A 2 year old dell tower died in my girlfriends office. Motherboard failures and hard drive
failures meant that the machine needed to be replaced. These failure may have nothing to do with Dell and may have been caused by a power surge from a lightning strike. So I’m not bashing Dell. I convinced her boss to get a Mac mini. The Mac Mini is now plugged into the leftover dell components lcd screen usb keyboard and mouse. Two people share the Mini one uses OSX the other Windows XP with the aid of Parallels Desktop for Mac. Each user is happy with there OS of choice. What shocked them was It’s small size and addition of bluetooth and wifi. Their two complaints solved one by clicking a few configuration boxes to properly configure mouse response in Parallels and the other adding ram to remedy sluggishness. The sluggishness was due to the fact that they tended to leave so many apps open and running now with little fear of taking down the whole system if one crashes.
The Mini has been such a hit that it has lead to the purchase of an iMac to replace a retired HP and it’s crt monitor. Once again it was the design factor and it’s ability to run the operating system of choice that won them over. If not for there positive experience with the Mini and it’s introduction to Macs price point they never would have risked getting the iMac.

By: Dgar

Dgar — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:07:14 +0000

I love the Mini. This makes me sad.

By: J.Y.

J.Y. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:37:56 +0000

I hope the Mac mini goes ‘Green’, instead of just going away

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:03:44 +0000

shame, we use some as servers where we work.
Nice little machines for the form factor, hope its not dead

By: Atlantic Wave Radio

Atlantic Wave Radio — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:36:41 +0000

Hmmm. Lets look at the facts. The expected major announcement that never turned up at the Macbook launch. The ‘Brick’ which may or may not have been the aluminum milled macbook. The expected low entry price macbook. The possible launch of a refreshed iMac line. The discontunuation of the entry level Mac Mini.

Does this mean, maybe, just maybe there IS a new product coming? Maybe a very low cost iMac? How about one with a smaller screen, laptop size, all in one unit like the iMac appealing to entry level AND business users? Continuing the courting of the business world on the back of the iPhone success? Now that would be interesting would it not?

Now that is one exciting ‘and one more thing’, just you wait and see :-)

By: Luis

Luis — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:42:29 +0000

Damn it… I will miss you, mini…