More rumors of the February 28th Apple event are leaking out.
As previously reported the Intel Mac mini and an iPod Boombox/Hi-Fi companion product are expected to be released at the Feb 28th event.
Appleinsider now claims that the Mac mini has already been sent to manufacturing partners to ramp up for release. Meanwhile, the Intel iBook is not expected to be released at next week's event.
The most detailed rumors of the Intel Mac mini were described in November:
- Front Row 2.0 - "TiVo-Killer" DVR application - Built-In iPod Dock - Possible move to 3.5" hard drive
Meanwhile, the iPod Boombox/Hi-Fi which was originally described in December and confirmed yesterday by ThinkSecret is expected to be priced in at over $300. The exact functionality of the new iPod remains a mystery, but hints of "unique capabilities" and "strikingly different" have been used to describe the unit.
Both "iPod Boombox" and "iPod Hi-Fi" were recently trademarked by Apple in the Hong Kong Trademark office.
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Tuesday September 15, 2026 9:38 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
The first unverified benchmark result for Apple's new M6 chip surfaced in the Geekbench 7 database today, offering a look at the chip's performance gains. The new Mac mini will be Apple's first device to be equipped with the M6 chip, which is 2nm.
Here is how the M6 chip scored:
Single-core CPU score: 4,071
Multi-core CPU score: 22,783
Here are the average M5 chip scores for...
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