New Mac mini caught on video?

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This morning we showed you an image of what might just be the Mac mini refresh after it was leaked around the interwebs last night. Skeptics across the web immediately dismissed it as a laughable Photoshop job and went to great lengths to prove their point. We were skeptical as well of course, but we still couldn’t dismiss it entirely. Sure it was a little blurry and the Firewire port and five USB ports might have been hard to swallow, but it’s now looking like the image could indeed be authentic. A new video originating on 9 to 5 Mac shows the unit in all of its glory and well… It looks very real. This is not to say it isn’t simply a hell of a home job, but if it is it could be one of the best we’ve ever seen. So hit the jump, feast your eyes and let us know if you think this is the real McCoy.

[Via Giz]

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22 Comments
  • Marty the one stop Party

    Real McCoy.. obviously looks like an Apple employee with their shiny new Mac Mini..

  • http://www.moxiemoshow.com Moxie Mo

    Agreed. Real McCoy.

  • calvindw

    yeah, definitely not the current generation…there’s something different about the top rim…

  • MadMike

    5 USB ports would be cool. I don’t get the two different video connection types.

  • http://www.monsterandfriends.com drunknbass

    My htpc running leopard is better and cost 400$. F the hype!

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Los Angeles California, USA

  • joe

    hey werent you the guy who kept delaying his video recording app and then “left” the project? lol you suck

  • http://www.tmicell.com/?aid=21508 Arix Moore

    i dont think it is fake every one thought that the pictures and videos about the iphone 3g were fake but they were real

  • http://www.monsterandfriends.com drunknbass

    @joe,
    You’re an idiot. If you don’t know what you’re talking about you should probably not make yourself look like a tool by talking bs.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Los Angeles California, USA

  • jazzyl

    Hey that’s looks real well I still love my old mac mini. If the price is good when it gets realesed I will get provided it is affordable but if not I will keep my old Mac Mini. Well I would mind an extra usb port and a faster processor for my mac mini we shall wait and see until apple officially realese the new mac mini!!!

    Sent via BlackBerry

  • Goodman

    I’m still a Doubting Thomas.

  • Daniel

    Why are the lights off? Why is it not plugged in and not booted? Why is it using last gen ports? No magsafe? No minisdisplay port? (Honestly, you know apple would slap proprietary ports on it.) Why would it include five USBs when Mac has ~always~ been allergic to putting generous numbers of connection ports on their hardware?

    Sorry, but I work with Macs daily, and I just don’t buy it.

  • Daniel

    Serves me right for not paying attention, there’s a mini-display port front and center.

    The five USB ports are still what make me disbelieve this thing.

  • Zeke

    @Daniel-

    “No magsafe?”

    What exactly is the point of magsafe on a computer without a battery?

  • Dave

    @Daniel: Apple is a company that makes Macs.

  • levander

    I hate the white color Apple puts on its stuff all trying to look space age. Don’t know why they can’t just do a nice traditional black.

  • joe

    hey drunk? did ushow ever come out? lol no it didnt and you never even showed proof other than that crappy non-recording demo. good job at sucking

  • Randy

    # Zeke,

    So you could plug it into the new 24″ cinema display that was recently released?

    If this thing is to be believed, then that means Apple intends to release new Monitors w/ mini-displayport.

    Otherwise, what monitor would you be expected to plug into this thing?

  • Daniel

    @Zeke – Because there’s no point in them using a completely separate connector for the mini when they’ve adopted a new standard connector for all their other power blocks.

    Though, in fairness, they made a custom connector for it in the first place, rather than tapping their preexisting connectors at the time. So I suppose I’ve invalidated my own argument.

    @Dave – Yes, definitely. We can’t use Mac and Apple interchangeably. After all dozens of companies produce Macintosh computers… Oh wait.

  • Daniel

    Keeping the discussion on point (Rather than letting my own ramblings and misstatements distract from it). The unbelievable element of this design is the 5 usb ports. Apple Corporation is never that generous with ports on their desktop Macintosh Computers (See what I did there?).

    The 24″ iMacs come with (effectively) 2 usable ports. (One is occupied by the keyboard, and the keyboard’s extra ports are underpowered for most devices)

    The air came with a laughable single port. (I mention it because it falls into the same smaller-cheaper subset as the mini)

    The newest Mac Pros come with a half-decent 5 ports (4 once you account for the keyboard), but they’re the top-of-the-line power user systems. They always have a larger number of connectors than the rest of the lineup.

    Given Apple Corporation’s usual logic, it seems completely incongruous that they’d put so many usb ports on their budget offering.

  • http://www.monsterandfriends.com drunknbass

    @joe I never owned ushow, why don’t you take another 15 minute break and waddle your fatass over to a computer and research before you make stupid comments. Or does radio shack only allow 1 break a day? Maybe I’ll check back tom for a reply. And I obviously suck because I didn’t release an app LOL. You’re a funny girl. Thx for todays LOL.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Los Angeles California, USA

  • way2fresh

    old mac mini has been doing me well, waiting to see if this one is more user fit.. 5 usb’s is a great add but wat else really stands out about the new one? does it fit well to a tv, unlike the old one? can it be set up through optical light sound for sound system? i mean if it’s around the same price as the old one not a bad deal… i wanna see this up and running b4 i think it’s impressive.. is this still hdmi capable?

  • MEGABRAIN

    Its legit. Bought one today. Ram upgrades on this one are a pain 4 screws and 3 antennas to remove. Has 802.11N Yayy.
    Comes with Leopard and bootcamp. Runs XP just fine. You can dual boot or do parallels for mac. I love this upgrade. Does Mini DVI to DVI and that DVI adaptor cable comes with the unit. mini DVI to VGA is $20.
    Also there are educational or Gov Employee discounts. $535 vs $599 etc.

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