Apple chimes in to debunk those Mac mini / iMac rumors

There was a day during an age not far removed from our memory in which Apple would remain dead silent on any murmuring going on regarding its wares -- clearly, that day has passed. In a rather unprecedented move, an actual spokesman named Bill Evans emerged from the Cupertino cocoon in order to put to rest all those wildly speculative rumors going on about new iMacs and / or Mac minis. Quite frankly, he uttered that "[Apple's] holiday line-up is set." Our take? This move is likely being made in order to assure prospective holiday shoppers that buying now is "safe," and that new gear isn't just weeks / days / nanoseconds away. C'mon, you know a well-oiled machine like Apple doesn't want all sorts of about-to-be-outdated Mac inventory clogging its supply chain when Macworld rolls around, don'tcha?

[Via CNET]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2008 9:40AM]

Bummer i wanted a better faster stronger imac haha

[daphreak Posted Nov 4th 2008 5:52PM]

So looks like your Christmas gifts will all be a generation behind. I would be disappointed to get any Apple desktop product this holiday because I know i7 is out in the wild.

[matt merritt Posted Dec 16th 2008 2:02PM]

Too all the naysayers - you don't really know everything that the Mac Mini is used for do you?

Everyone seems to have it in their head that it's the cheap man's Mac(not-a-Hack)intosh, and while it is it serves far more important roles.

Many businesses use them to drive things like advertisement displays and the like, airports and casinos and the like. They buy them in droves and have them drive the same reel of images on those fancy LCDs they have littered everywhere. As a matter of fact those are the biggest markets for the Mac Mini, not the home user (which also could explain why Apple has refrained from updating them for so long - they do what they're supposed to for cheap, the at home end user can get an iMac if they want all the bells and whistles, but it's a lot harder for a business to hide a bunch of 24" screens with a fixed base out of sight and have them drive large LCDs).

I'm trying to find the source article now, I remember reading it I just forget where.

Now I'm not saying the Mac Mini isn't long overdue for an overhaul and that its fine as it is, but I think its a bit brash to say "Oh they're not going to sell those any more!"