Summer is such a broad term though. Summer could be anywhere from June 21 to September 21st. That's an elapsed time of three months, but four months can say they are a part of summer. Seems like a very broad estimate to me.
Rose On Jul 21, 2011, at 6:23 AM, Kevin Barry wrote: > This really shouldn't have been much of a surprise. > It has been known for a while, to some degree of certainty, that the Minis > were getting a refresh this summer. > I am thinking of getting a mini server to use mostly as a personal machine > due to the quad core processor. > Kevin > > At 02:57 AM 7/21/2011, you wrote: >> Hello everybody >> >> Why, oh why, does this always have to happen to us! On Monday of this week, >> I ordered us a new mac Mini server machine, in order to replace the old >> PowerPC which has been running since 2005 24/7 but which fell victim to the >> ravages of time late last week and failed. The new machine arrived on >> Tuesday afternoon. I just looked on the Apple website and, low and behold, >> the machine has been updated since Monday. The Mac Mini is now an Intel® I5 >> Core duo processor, whereas ours is a Core2 Duo. OK, it's 2.0 GHZ instead of >> 2.66 as ours is. But it's £50.00 cheaper, and comes with Lion Server. >> >> I just don't get it; why on earth can't Apple tell you they are about to >> update something you've ordered and give you the opportunity to wait for the >> updated version? I am now probably going to have to install the software >> back to factory defaults, pack the machine up and arrange an RMA because I >> don't think it's right that we should be penalised like that; they should >> have told us. >> >> We think there's a way we can upgrade for free to Lion Server; but the >> hardware changes and the price difference are the issues here. Just out of >> interest, does anybody happen to know what is the difference between the >> Core2 Duo and the I5? Gordon thinks the I5 has a larger L2 cash, but that's >> not really a problem. What I want to know is whether we'd notice any >> difference in functionality. Obviously the price is another issue as I said, >> but why is it cheaper? At this point I am very disappointed with Apple's >> marketing. They should have done the right thing by us instead of just >> blatantly ignoring the fact that they were about to update the hardware. >> This is one reason why I hate Apple's policy of secrecy. This is taking >> secrecy too far! >> >> Lynne >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
