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Apple tells Mac mini fan to hang in there
Apple tells Mac mini fan to hang in there
Apple appears to be taking its policing of the rumor mill to the phones, in one case dialing a customer who expressed concern over Internet reports on the Mac mini's fate to assure him the situation would be addressed in due time.
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There will be Mac mini!
VentureBeat — ... A Mac Mini customer who was concerned about the future of the product line apparently sent an email to Apple’s Mac hardware engineering chief Bob Mansfield. Though Mansfield didn’t respond, an Apple representative did, the customer told AppleInsider. The customer reports: ...

Apple confirma atualização para o Mac mini (ou quase isto)
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — Parece que mandar email para a Apple e receber um telefonema está virando moda. Normalmente, é apenas um representante da Maçã que retorna o email com uma ligação. Mas desta vez, foi um pouco diferente. Segundo o AppleInsider, um fã da maquininha da Apple — preocupado com a descontinuação do Mac mini — enviou um email para Bob Mansfield, Vice-Presidente Sênior da área de engenharia da plataforma Mac, questionando se a falta de estoque do Mac mini em outros continentes poderia significar que o mesmo esteja ...

Apple confirma atualização para o Mac mini (ou quase isso)
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — Parece que mandar email para a Apple e receber um telefonema está virando moda. Normalmente, é apenas um representante da Maçã que retorna o email com uma ligação. Mas desta vez, foi um pouco diferente. Segundo o AppleInsider, um fã da maquininha da Apple — preocupado com a descontinuidade do Mac mini — enviou um email para Bob Mansfield, vice-presidente sênior da área de engenharia da plataforma Mac, questionando se a falta de estoque do Mac mini em outros continentes poderia significar que o mesmo esteja ...

The Apple Mac Mini has a Future
I4U News — ... this year the hopes for a new Mac mini have to be delayed again. There is hope though that Apple is continuing the Mac mini. A concerned Mac mini Customer actually got word from Apple Executive that Apple sees the popularity of the Mac mini and asks to be patient. For me this sounds like that Apple will release a new Mac mini in January at the MacWorld 2009. More details on Apple Insider . Posted on Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:41:06 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple Mac mini coming eventually
Obsessable News Feed — Reportedly, an Apple executive care person has called a concerned Mac mini fan letting him know the line would continue. According to Apple Insider, despite recent rumors that Apple might be doing away with the Mac mini, an Apple executive care person recently called one concerned customer on the phone to assure him that Apple's diminutive computer "was a popular machine and to be patient." If Apple Spokesman Bill Evans was telling the truth when he said "Our holiday lineup is set," however, your patience ...

Apple says in a soft, soothing voice: Don’t worry, Mac Mini lovers, all is well
CrunchGear — ... The Mini, it seems, is popular with hospitality, security, and entertainment industries as a small, cheap Mac that doesn’t take up much desk space. Expectations include multiple hard drives and improved, low-power processors. AppleInsider expects updates to the Mac Pro and Mini to come next January at the Macworld Expo and no sooner as Apple has no expectations for hardware updates this year. ...

‘Be patient’ for new Mac mini, Apple tells customer
SlashGear — ... A member of Apple’s executive care division has reached out to reassure a customer that the company is aware that the Mac mini is “a popular machine” and advising him “to be patient” in waiting for its replacement.  The phonecall came after the unnamed customer emailed Mac hardware engineering chief Bob Mansfield, having become concerned about the mini’s future from reading online rumors. ...

Apple tells fan to "be patient" about Mac mini
Infinite Loop — [image] Rumors of the possible demise of the Mac mini have been swirling around the Internet for a while now, causing concern among fans of the machine. Sure, the mini is a little tired at this point, but there's clearly still some interest in it. AppleInsider has the story of one Apple enthusiast, who was so concerned that the company might kill the Mac mini that he e-mailed an Apple executive and received a phone call suggesting that the Mac mini may not be down for the count just yet. After a string of cancellation rumors, there has been ...

Nuevos Mac Mini pseudo confirmados ¿pero no este año?
Gizmología — ... de hardware aun queda esperanza. En esta curiosa noticia, bastante impredecible hablando de Apple, a un fan del Mac Mini Apple le ha confirmado “que tenga paciencia”. ¿Qué tenga paciencia? Queremos nuevos Mac Mini ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya… Pero es increíble que alguien de Apple, pese a no decir nada, lo diga todo. Yo sigo apostando a que a principios de 2009 podríamos ver nuevos Mac Mini y nuevos iMac Enlace: Apple tells Mac mini fan to hang in there Comparte esta anotación ...

Apple to Mac mini fan: Patience, Padawan
MacDailyNews — ... and suggesting the customer continue to exercise patience," AppleInsider reports. "'I got a prompt reply by phone from an Apple executive care person essentially giving me no new information but assuring me that Apple knew the mini was a popular machine and to be patient,' the customer told AppleInsider. 'I certainly appreciated the contact, and I think it was a nice way of letting me know that rather than bug their head guys,'" AppleInsider reports. Much more in the full article here .

On the Mac mini’s passing: not so fast
The Apple Core — ... about the reported death of the mini. AppleInsider reports that the individual received a phone call from Apple’s executive care division almost immediately. And while Apple wouldn’t provide a specific timetable for a Mac mini update, they told him to that they “knew the mini was a popular machine and to be patient .” Hmm. After Apple spokesman Bill Evans told Macworld that its “holiday line-up is set” the next logical time for any hardwares update would be at ...

Apple to mini fans: "Be patient."
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... -- which it isn't yet) apparently called Apple to get the story on the little computer that could, and apparently was told to "be patient." If you believe AppleInsider's interview of an unnamed guy who claims to have spoken to an unspecified Apple representative who may have overheard some unclear plans for an unspoken time in the future, then the Mac mini may be getting a revamp soon. ...

The Macalope Weekly: No news is no news, MobileMe can't have the car, and analysts say the darndest things
MacUser — ... AppleInsider then learned that an Apple representative told a miffed miniphile to “be patient”, which everyone is now parsing as “GLORIOUS MINI UPDATE COMING SOON! WILL INCLUDE LASERS AND FREE PIE!” ...

Don't Panic! Apple Responds to Mac mini Fears
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... of the Mac mini, a concerned mini fan shot an email to hardware engineering chief Bob Mansfield. Bob was probably too busy working the "next great thing" to reply. Instead the mini fan was contacted by an executive in the Apple care division with a bit of assurance. "I got a prompt reply by phone from an Apple executive care person essentially giving me no new information, but assuring me that Apple knew the mini was a popular machine and to be patient," the blogger told AppleInsider . Fans of the Mac mini have become increasingly concerned over the supposed demise of their ...

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