Apple has updated the iBook/Mini product lines, increasing standard RAM to 512MB on all models. Contrary to many rumors, the new iBooks do not sport widescreen. All iBooks and two of the now three Mac Minis contain AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth. My take: Not a word on better harddrives in the Mini Macs, which is something I personally hoped for.
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Member since:2005-07-06
That is bullshit. 7200rpm drives have been shipping in notebooks for *years* and are a commodity part today.
The supply of drives from the original 7200rpm vendor IBM(Hitachi) is more than ample for Apple's meager needs.
I hope you realize that the demand for Mac mini is far far smaller than the demand for notebook computers.
Seagate's Momentus 7200 drives are also available to OEMs, providing another source.
Last of all, the 7200rpm drive makes the Mac mini a profoundly nicer machine to use. Why would Apple not provide this improvement to the customer?
An 1800rpm improvement that the customer could pay for as a BTO option and fucked-in-the-head Apple can't make it happen? Whatever.
Member since:ok, then how about this:
if Apple put a 7200 rpm drive in the mac mini, it could conceivably hurt sales of the iMacs or PowerMacs?
I dont think Apple puts them in PowerBooks because of the already lowered battery life.
I guess I'm saying: I'm sure Apple isn't doing this solely to screw you over, stop taking it personally.
Member since:2005-07-06
From what I understand it wasn't the performance or the availability, it was the heat. Bear in mind that there is less room in the Mini for cooling than there is in most Intel laptops, and worse, because it's designed for near silent operation, it can't vent enough heat to support the faster spindles and thus the additional heat generation, in addition to that of the already non-cool running PPC G4, and the obscenely hot running SuperDrive mechanism, but that's industrial design reasoning, and god forbid that those concerns outweigh the concerns of the speed freaks that must have 10,000 RPM drives for faster access to their porn.
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I've looked into the 2.5" 7200 rpm drives, and though they are available, they aren't cheap, and in relatively low supply.
Apple has enough supply problems as it is, I serisouly doubt they want another one over hard drives.