Katie MarsalAfter being challenged over a still image, the source for what seems a leaked future Mac mini has now posted a video that shows the device from all sides.
The clip shows a case which is fundamentally identical to the current compact desktop, including its wrap-around aluminum skin, white plastic top, and slot-load optical drive, but continues to show the exact same change in ports as before. A fifth USB port has been added, while Mini DisplayPort and mini DVI replace the earlier, full-size DVI video connector. FireWire 800 also replaces the earlier FIreWire 400 port.
No voice-over or other commentary is provided with the video, though in the previous leak the forum poster also claimed to know the system has architecture largely similar to a modern MacBook: the update would contain a 2GHz Core 2 Duo with a 1066MHz system bus, 2GB of DDR3 memory and a Serial ATA-based SuperDrive.
The video is labeled "Mac mini 2009 edition," clearly asserting that the system is intended for a release this year.
While the video and the image that inspired it haven't yet been corroborated, the two lend support to beliefs that Apple will revive its long-dormant budget computer efforts after roughly one and a half years of silence. Those familiar with Apple's intentions in the past have maintained that the Mac mini will use an NVIDIA platform that gives the desktop faster graphics and support for technologies like DisplayPort.
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Although a Mac Pro user, I've always liked the Mac Mini a great deal. This one might convince me to buy one for the fun of it.
... The clip shows a case which is fundamentally identical to the current compact desktop, including its wrap-around aluminum skin, white plastic top, and slot-load optical drive, but continues to show the exact same change in ports as before. ...
The lid/top looks different to me also.
And let me be the first to say that if this is real .... yawn, yawn, yawn.
You can see the zipper!
(ref. to early monster movies using cheesy costume designs)
So all you people who claimed it was a fake in the earlier thread: happy now?
It's still possible that it's either a) an internal prototype that may never see the light of day, or b) a very clever and well-constructed mock-up with no functionality. But at this point, it's hard to claim that the object in the video is the result of a Photoshop exercise.
Good thing you posted this article, someone may have missed it in the mac mini thread from a mere day ago.
You can see the zipper!
(ref. to early monster movies using cheesy costume designs)
So all you people who claimed it was a fake in the earlier thread: happy now?
It's still possible that it's either a) an internal prototype that may never see the light of day, or b) a very clever and well-constructed mock-up with no functionality. But at this point, it's hard to claim that the object in the video is the result of a Photoshop exercise.
I agree, I think Photoshoping video like that is a lot more work than it is worth, and so is making a fake video using 3D rendering.
So it really is likely to be a physical object. Now it's a question of the true nature of that object.