12-USB Port Mini spotted in the Wild!

Cleve Nettles
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February 20, 2009
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OK, yesterday was a bit much, let's all laugh at ourselves and have a good weekend...

 

Comments (34)

drewmac (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 9:55am

Sweet! So I can finally run Vista under boot camp with twelve readyboost flash drives!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 9:55am

seriously...that looks real. no, seriously

9to5Mac Noober (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 10:01am

no. because if you look at the reflection in the power adaptor - it's obviously not a reflection of a USB port. I call fake. Anyone with me?

9to5Mac Lurker (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:35am

We have a careful watcher here. Stalker in the making?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 7:04pm

no shit, sherlock.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 10:04am

I would buy this just for the 12 USB ports. I could put in my printer, external HD, keyboard, mouse, flash drives (2), iPod, DVD drive, pole dancer, WOOT! lights, and missile launcher all at once with one port left over!!! That gives me room for the monitor, which I'm assuming Apple will release a USB to [insert your favorite video cable here] and will charge me an extra $39 for it. Really, the only thing that upsets me is that the whole thing isn't USB powered. I mean how freakin sweet would it be if I could have an iPod-like power adapter for my whole freaking computer. Forget about anything else, USB is the new way to go for everything!!!!!

Zach C (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 10:13am

Really, the only thing that upsets me is that the whole thing isn't USB powered.

Then you could plug it into itself and have perpetual power. That'd be awesome

Sarcastic 9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 3:10pm

Combining our logic we now have an infinite power source... plug one mac mini into itself. With the 10 remaining ports reverse the wall power adapter into a power strip and viola! portable and convenient power! Take 6 or 7 of those things and put them into the grid... add the small size and convenience of transport and you can have power anywhere! Congrats Apple on solving the world's energy needs!

And to those of you who believe Apple would make an expensive USB hub, be serious. Why would they make that when they could make infinite power!

Godfrey (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 10:07am

This might have been the most expensive USB hub I have ever seen.

Darren (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 10:08am

The fractal macroblock in the inverse reflection on the lower left corner when viewed at 100X shows that this is clearly a photoshop. You don't get fractal macroblocking on an original. Also, the shadow of the box shows extreme reverse peristalsis upon close inspection.

You guys all get suckered in too easily...

Dave Park | February 20, 2009 - 10:12am

Reverse peristalsis? You make me sick!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:54am

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....BAHHHHAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! THANK YOU. WOW. "the shadow of the box shows extreme reverse peristalsis upon close inspection" Oh man, I need a drink of what this guy is having. I really hope you did study this. Thanks again.

Khris (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 1:46pm

@ darren

OBVIOUSLY it went right over your head that most of these comments are meant to be sarcastic in nature and everyone completely understands that this is a fake!

Kingston (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 2:33pm

Your mom is so ugly Pythagorus wouldn't touch her with a 3,4,5 triangle.

JohnnyK (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 10:52am

LMFAO!! Thanks for that.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 10:54am

I did the math (okay, not really), and my numbers indicate that you have a 67% chance of discovering the Higgs-Boson if you manage to find legitimate uses for all 12 USB ports (i.e. not foam missile launchers). If you managed to do that, you might initiate a micro-black hole which you could use to power your mini forever (just like the Romulans use them to power their cloaking devices!).

In awe (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:32am

In terms of nerdisms per paragraph, that is a work of art. Bravo.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:07am

-.-'

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:13am

Thanks for making light of the sometimes absurdly silly practice of rumor-mongering.

reinharden (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:14am

So that I can mass copy stuff to my USB memory sticks.

Even better, that's enough for 2 5-stick RAID6 arrays (with 2 spares slots). So I'd prefer at least 6 independent USB busses for maximum throughput.

Now, if I could just find a USB-memory stick robot...

reinharden

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:27am

are you guys stupid...? they even indicate that its a fake in the text.

Peruchito (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 1:30pm

greatest comment yet

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:29am

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Is that comment for real?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 11:49am

Seriously though. It was nice to have any news coming out at all. I want to know when, I don't even care what at this point :)Sometimes fake news IS better than real news. Just look at the Onion News! They aren't getting any awards for honesty in journalism in the near future, aside from the breaking news about the new macbooks! (Can't wait to finally be free from my keyboard!) Seth needs to find something new each day and feed us. Even if it is bulls hit! Anyone agree?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 12:23pm

I can't believe the internet fell for that yesterday. First off, does anyone actually think Apple is going to use the same case design?

9to5Mac Nooblet (not verified) | February 22, 2009 - 10:42am

I don't see why not, they have for the past 3 generations of the mini.

And it's not a bad design at all. There are no design flaws at all actually.

The only thing I would like is easier user accessibility.

Flash Badass (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 12:41pm

Seriously, WHO CARES? It's a Mac Mini.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 12:46pm

Great for data centers....

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 12:58pm

Haha.. not so fake after all?

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2470706/mac_mini_2009_edition/

Polar (not verified) | February 20, 2009 - 1:07pm

Hmmm, same angle, same framing, same position as the 5 USB port Mac-Mini posted earlier... what are the odds!?!?! It's obvisously a fake... but the fact that we are all commenting on this pict is probably what the artist wanted. He got us going!