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Hi Larry, I thought someone on here said it was thought to be some sorta conflict between OWC's design of
the Ministack and the Mac Mini. Maybe I read somewhere else.
I like the new design, I just hope in comes in at a somewhat affordable price.
Can one assume Blu-Ray is going to be an option for the optical drive? I already have an OWC
FW DVD Burner and I'm looking to move up to Blu-Ray hopefully this year.
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Looks really nice.
Thanks for the real info straight from the horse's mouth!
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valiant effort -- I understand the no TB vs cost option -- and Im sure its an well built product that the folks at OWC put a lot of thought into.
but without USB 3 on Macs its more or less a fancy USB 2 and FW800 hub.
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The miniStack will be very cost competitive with other single drive storage... but offers more than most even as the drive only solution. The miniStack max is more costtly - a bit more going on there with reader and optical, etc... but still very attractive. Blu-Ray and DVD reader/writer options will be provided for the optical bay + full 0GB/no drive options as well. USB 3.0.... all about the future.
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I like it. I want one.
However, OWC should change the word "compliment" to "complement" on their site.
"Durable aluminum body compliments Mac aluminum finish"
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The second generation Sandy Bridge motherboards coming out in the next 4 months are supposed to have native USB 3. Apple will have no excuse to ignore it any longer.
And at the point where Apple ships a computer with it, everybody that does not have it will be cursing Apple for not including it earlier.
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We're looking at getting a Mac Mini Server so this is an appealing concept to me.
I've not done my homework in regards to ThunderBolt so I can't say I'm disappointed that it is not available here.
Anyone running a Mac mini server?
3P