No more quad i7 Mac Mini

[rgG]

jdc wrote:
And that $499 mini is what they did to the $1000 iMac -- its an 11" MBA inside.

And in reality, the $599 mini is NOW $699.

blah. one step forward, two steps back.

OK, that is what I was thinking, too. I was looking at the specs for the new mini and the old mini, and it looks like the new low end mini is not as good as the old minI, except for the graphics bump.

NEW
1.4GHz Mac mini
Specifications
1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
4GB memory
500GB hard drive1
Intel HD Graphics 5000
OS X Yosemite
$499.00

OLD
2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5/ 4GB DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-12800)/500 GB HD/Intel HD 4000/Thunderbolt, USB 3/802.11n WiFi + Bluetooth 4.0
MD388xx/A