Mac Mini Lives ON (Post #5)

Well last Memorial Day Appleinsider quoted sources saying that the Mac Mini was over. Which according to other sites has had limited growth in teh market in teh last 24months. But recently Apple has noticed a resurge in the minis popularity. For the last 2 years the min has been in kind of a limbo state. Not getting much better and not getting any worse. So for the first time in a year people on the inside of Apple have said that the Mac Mini department has been asked to gut the mini and apply fresh internals. Thanks to Intels rapid phase out of previous Core 2 Duo mobile processors and components, the update of the mini is its biggest gain in architectural design since the switch in 2006. What improvement does Apple plan on giving the little go getter? A 45 nanometer Core 2 Duo mobile is starting at 2.1 with 3MB of shared L2 cache. An 800mhz front-side bus (Up from 667), and a step up to the same Intel integrated graphics processor that the existing line of Macbooks have. I think its 128mb. Not sure. The long term plans for the mini remain a bit fuzzy given the limited attention and resources devoted to it compared to the iMac or Mac Pro. Nevertheless, Intels new 45nm architecture should assure a seat within the Mac product line for at least another 12 months. Those familiar with plans for the Mac mini were unclear of a release date. I assume this summer, the Penryn-3M-based systems are reportedly still in production. Also Apple, in the not to distant future, are releasing a refreshed version of the iMac which will shed the 65nm for a 45nm ranging up to a 2.8 Core 2 Extreme. So as of now the imac is a 64nm chip and will be bumped to 45nm in the summer I assume.