Mac rumor: The mini gives way to the smaller Mac Nano

By Steven Rosenberg on October 5, 2007 11:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Tuaw.com reports, via Mac OS Rumors, that the Mac Mini -- Apple's diminutive, somewhat less expensive PC -- will be replaced in the product line by an even smaller computer dubbed the Mac Nano. It's supposed to be no bigger than the space needed to contain the hard drive (most likely a 2.5-inch notebook model.

Also in the rumor mill: A smaller Mac notebook and an enhanced Apple TV.

Mac OS Rumors on the Mac Nano:

We have the privilege of being able to exclusively report on information provided to Mac OS Rumors by one of our oldest and most reliable sources in Cupertino: the Mac Mini is dead.....Long Live the Mac Nano!

The exact naming and marketing details are not as firm in our sources' estimation, since he's not an Apple Marketroid(TM)....but the new Mini will be as small in the horizontal as an internal optical drive will allow, and a little over 2/3 the height. Overall volume will be shrunk almost 25%, weight by about 20% and an all-new enclosure will be strikingly different from the design that has been the Mini's defining feature since its introduction.

Here's what I want: A $400 Mac. Wonder when they're going to push that one out of the nest?

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