Was the Mac mini Intended to Have an iPod dock?

RMH101 writes "Was the Mac mini originally designed to have an integrated iPod dock? The Register has an article that appears to suggest it was. This opens up the option of homebrewing your own dock into a mini for yourself..."

already been done... by me..

[l4m3z0r]

See, I took my dock, firewire cable and plugged it in to the Mini.

Pretty leet huh, I'm about to submit it as a full fledged story to /.

Look for me in the dupe.

Re:Hmmm....

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdotters don't care about screwing perfectly good things up. Look at all the dissection topics!

I may be easily asmused...

[Digital Warfare]

But did anyone else notice the convientley placed R2 and D2 ?
It would a good to have this dock as optional, but that will be in the next flurry of updates?

That's where you plug...

[Anonymous Coward]

...the reality distortion field generator, duh!

I think...

[eobanb]

...more importantly, I noticed that Safari was using much more memory than Firefox when I had both open. Therefore, certainly we must ask ourselves, "is the Mac mini preferring certain programs over others?"

Re:I think...

[REBloomfield]

you mean like the way Firefox uses more memory than Internet Explorer on my Windows box? :|

In other news...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Microsoft intended to fix bugs in Windows?" All the signs are there, the half done architecture and comment code stating "To be enabled in Longhorn."

Uh oh! Does this mean Apple...

[saddino]

...is backing away from the iPod? Quick! Someone call CNet!

Re:Redundant?

[Otter]

I'm the first post, and my post is 'redundant'?

In fact, the moderator was correct -- you managed the rare feat of an entirely redundant first post. Particularly impressive given that the blurb is only three sentences long!

Re:I may be easily asmused...

[Ironsides]

But did anyone else notice the convientley placed R2 and D2 ?

Hmm.. They are planning on having an option where you can order repair droid with your Mac Mini!

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Re:Ha! That's still too expensive...

[Anonymous Coward]

When it drops to around $349 then I will jump. I know a few others that want a $299 price point.

I won't get one until they're free inside a box of specially marked cereal.... but only if the cereal is on sale and I have a dollar-off coupon.

Beat that cheapo.

Re:Makes sense

[Leo McGarry]

It's $40, and we're translating "integrated" as "it plugs in."

Re:Makes sense

[wed128]

<Sarcasm>

Apple can do no wrong, They're so Dreamy!

</Sarcasm>

seriously though, macs are pretty.

Re:or perhaps....

[Ford Prefect]

the mac mini 2 is intended to have an ipod dock.

Actually, what with the relative sizes and all, it's believed that the next iPod will have a Mac Mini dock.

Re:Not an iPod doc

[sharkey]

Cool! A 32x for the Apple crowd.

"Stick it in your Mini!"

Re:What about a "driveless" Mac Mini?

[nottsp1]

One possible reason is that the micro drives in iPods are not designed for use as a desktop hard disk. Some poeple have learned this the hard way: installing an alternate OS on the iPod, booting into target/firewire mode, etc. In some cases, the constant use actually generated enough heat to fuse the small platters together. Oops.

Not an iPod Dock

[commodoresloat]

Don't be silly. This is not for the iPod. It's the controller for the Reality Distortion Field.

Re:Good thing Apple changed their mind

[Golias]

You're not supposed to stack them anyway, because it interferes with the optical drive on top and the cooling system on the bottom.

You stack the top one upside-down, and the one after that right-side up, and so on. That way, you never put pressure on the drive (the weight is supported by the metal sides of the case and the rubber "foot" at the base) and you never interfere with air intake flow. Judging by the way these puppies are put together, I bet you could almost go floor-to-ceiling with them like that without any problems.

Re:Makes sense

[jayratch]

And if you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk...

Re:Sorry it was the price...

[Anonymous Coward]

Congratulations. you are a Real Man, and capable of seeing the issue clearly. You are Enlightened. Apple gives the customer these expectations, and the customers are allowed to be indignant when it doesn't Just Work(tm).

Bullshit. Apple publishes specs because they want you to read them. If you can't be bothered to read spec, that is your lookout. So what if it's fine print, it's there, and due diligence wasn't performed when the product was purchased.

And they didn't do something that you wouldn't have fallen for, like the upsell argument. Maybe they knew by the stark ravingness of you that there was no way in hell that you'd be upgrading to a better box. They just don't want you using a mac. You've been excluded from the cult by the smallest of speedbumps... clue. And they've done it in a way as to make you think it was your decision.

Re:I may be easily asmused...

[Ian Peon]

When I soldered a diode onto D2, it started playing out some old data about a princess.

Damned refurbs!