Mark Gilbert’s Blog

AppleInsider is reporting that the Mac Mini may very soon be getting an upgrade, which may go further than just a drop in CPU upgrade in the existing unit.

Among the improvements destined for the new lineup are 45-nanometer Core 2 Duo mobile chips starting at 2.1GHz with 3MB of shared L2 cache, an 800MHz front-side bus (up from 667MHz), and a step up to the same Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics processor employed by the existing line of 13-inch consumer MacBooks.

Other more obvious upgrades would include a wireless upgrade to 802.11n, and possibly an optical drive change to standardise the DVD writer across the range. Whether this will happen or not remains to be seen, AppleInsider have been known to be wrong, they’ve said the Mac Mini was being killed off twice and yet it still lives on. I personally would like to see new Minis, I think they’re the perfect intro to Apple for Windows users and is how yours truly started down the Apple path.

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