Wrong, you are confusing EU ruling on phone ports with PC ports, LOL. *iPhones only have one port!*
THere's no way the corporate giant Apple would consider what you are proposing. THey're all about fear-forcing users into buying more RAM and SSD at the time of purchase at Apple's predatory pricing level for RAM and SSD memory. Or selling their initial purchase and buying again when they realise 8 GB of RAM and 250 GB of SSD is jack **** and no use to professional users.
possibly the base models are the only model where the Apple predatory pricing isn't applied so they can say "starting from US$600 and available this November". I paid for 16 GB and paid way over the market rates. Apple would be buy DRAM cheaper than any corporation on earth given the numbers they do. Yet their pricing is the highest on Earth b/c they are able to exploit monopoly powers within the Mac and iOS "ecosystems". Apple go out of their way to obstruct 3rd party repairers and suppliers of upgrade commentary like DRAM and SSD memory.
USB-C charging on laptops will be mandatory in the EU from 2026.
I've owned many Dell monitors. And still use them for my daily Macs. the only thing that annoys me is they generally don't last longer than 3 years (I haven't had one last 4 years, as soon as out of warranty they pack up on me) and the ports are tucked away facing downwards in a way that makes inserting cables are constant source of frustration for me. I paid for extra warranty on the lsat three I bought and still get annoyed with the cables being almost impossible to insert at times, short of flipping the monitor on its face on the desk and being able t see the ports directly.
for one thing it's what Apple markets mini as. Sure servers, but 1% of sales. Music server, much cheaper options, Raspberry Pi connected to you local network or an AppleTV if you want to stream movies etc outside the Apple DRM.
That's what Apple engineers are reportedly calling it! On account of the small motherboard I expect. I have a 16 GB M2 Mini and I don't think 16 GB is serious, I'm constantly hitting RAM swap slow downs whenever I have a browser open and a few apps. Not as unbearable as my M1 with 8 GB which was super frustrating but it reminds me of the old System 7 days on the early Macs before SJ was sent packing from Apple.
Ok thanks! I had the lightening to earphone jack dongle (that sounds vaguely dirty somehow) but am happy with bluetooth now. Still not sure about that for my possible Mac Mini.
Not wrong. I’ve clarified it already. Anyway, let’s kill usb an and move on. Sooner the better
Reducing the case size isn't going to cause throttling. There's no reason for it to be as big as it has been all these years, other than the size of DVDs and Apple's laziness.
You clearly missed that I put it in quotes. I am well aware that users exist. I was replying to an argument that nobody likes small computers, which is just as false as saying nobody uses desktops. Both exist, but as a minority.
I did not miss the quotes. I have no idea what you are trying to infer by using quotes. All I know is that you made an overly broad and incorrect statement.
I don't. I just know that mine never overheats. Nor do I ever find it slow. And it seamlessly upgrades HD to 4K DolbyVision, does a pretty good job of it, and never gets warm.
While, it doesn’t exist yet. There are other potential solutions for remote control. For example, my old Western Digital WebTV can Be controlled using an app on my iPhone over Wi-Fi as long as the web TV and my iPhone are using the same network. I believe it should be possible to control a Mac mini hooked up to your TV in a similar fashion.
Agree wholeheartedly. Factor in that those who want a larger display most probably want something a little more serious than an iPad in a box, it does feel as though Apple is forcing people who want a larger screen to start with a Studio rather than a mini.
Apologies for being rude. Let me try to explain: The person I was replying to claimed “no one” wants a tiny computer. This is clearly false, some do. I was using the quotes to underline that when you say “no one wants…”, you actually mean a small amount of people, not “no one”. And relatively, desktop users is also a small amount, compared to laptop users. So if you want to argue that Apple should not care for minority groups, they shouldn’t make desktops in the first place.
My experience shows otherwise. Most of the users I know all use desktop computers when at their home location. Probably less than 10% use laptops full time. The only real exception are the kids in high school with their Chromebooks. And that is questionable considering how limited, poorly configured, minimal configuration, those are barely useful for anything behind high school stuff.
No, I don't want argue over anything. I will discuss. The fact that Apple provides both is, in my opinion, a wise move. Giving people the choice to get what they want. Today I don't think either type of user is a minority. I see people walking out of the Apple Store with iMac systems. Probably as many as laptops. But as much as iPhones and iPads.
No problem, thanks. A smiley face would have made all the difference.
Apple's numbers are public, and show laptops being 90% of the sales. Whatever your experience is, desktop users is a minority.
NotedNo problem, thanks. A smiley face would have made all the difference.
Although my English is pretty good, it's not my first language and sometimes what happens in my head is different than what ends up on paper.
Well, OK. I was not restricting my observations to just Apple products. Of all the people I know who have purchased computers in the last two years less than half have been laptops. Most have been all-in-one systems. They all wanted larger screens than a laptop provides.
Impressive, hard to tell.
Your English is very good, as for the part in bold, it happens to all of us. Good discussion over latest posts.Apple's numbers are public, and show laptops being 90% of the sales. Whatever your experience is, desktop users is a minority.
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It's closer, but still no-contest. "Detachable tablets" is outselling desktops. The estimates I can find show desktops being around 20%, and declining. I'm guessing a relatively high amount of the desktop numbers are gaming PC's, where Apple doesn't compete so that may explain why Apple is even more skewed towards laptops.
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