If this thread is any indication, very roughly half are in the instant sale camp, and half in the overpriced camp. It doesn't take very many $1400 for a $350 SSD upgrade and $1400 for a $350 RAM upgrade to more than make up for all the lost sales, so I can see where Apple is coming from.
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Apple Announces New Space Gray Mac mini With 4-Core or 6-Core Intel Processor and Up to 64GB RAM, Starting at $799
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When has Apple ever done this in the modern era? Even under Steve's control Apple never did this. What they did however was actually compete in regards to price compared to other computer companies, which is why even today the Mac Pro Tower is so reviled: it really was a Pro machine worthy of that title; not the trash can that came out in 2013.
Ahh, thanks for clearing that up. That makes sense. At least in the Desktop realm lol. I'm sure the mobile is a whole other cluster*$K
Please, your upgrade prices are wrong.
Apple buys in such quantities there is no way it's actually paying $350 for the upgrade.
The RAM is clearly VERY user upgradable, at least compared to how damn difficult it was to upgrade storage on the 2014 Mini, which I also did.
If I could have just taken off the black cover and been able to upgrade the storage on the 2014 mini, it would have been a cake walk.
This is VERY user upgradable, but like all things, if you take it upon yourself, you also take the liability that comes with it.
I upgraded the turbo(to IS38) on my 2017 GTI, but that doesn't mean my warranty is void, it just means that if the turbo lets go and ruins the engine, I wont be getting a new engine. But if the infotainment system breaks or the suspension needs work, it will be replaced under warranty. Its similar with this mac.
Yeah especially SSD prices. Why is SSD so much more expensive compared to traditional HDD with the same capacity?
Dont thank that person, the info on the i3 is wrong. Its a quad core /4 thread CPU.
I won't, as I am not going to buy it from Apple. I am patient person.
There are two ssd speeds, slow and fast. We’ll need benchmarks but Apples pcie typically push over 2000, vs the 600 you may be getting now. So booting off those 2TB will be slower but not slower than you are getting now.
The smart play is to put those in these with your data
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N52Z26D/
And leave the boot and apps on the pcie.
Yes, in countries with mandatory warranties and sales tax, it’s better to compare against USA + AC
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Wouldn't they have to demonstrate that the turbo was the cause of the failure if the engine goes?
Yep. Lots of reasons. This is basically the headless Mac that folks have wanted for a decade. Plenty of power and a cheap option to use the Mac software.
Yeah, they would. But that would be quite easy if it really were the case. Theres no mistaking a blown turbo thats taken an engine with it.
I believe it falls under the magnuson moss warranty act.
It would be absurd, for example, if Apple were to deny a warranty repair for a bad Wi-Fi card simply because you had upgraded the RAM.
Because there are a handful of companies producing the chips. Even they have throttled back production because the prices dropped this year. There is actually a slight glut of SSD in the market. Add in the fact that HDD is decades old technology and an order of magnitude slower it's clear why there is a price discrepancy.
A real, living, flesh and blood work horse costs a lot less than a new pickup truck.
Can you? Because if you do the math, it would make far more sense to sell full computers at a slightly lower price point than to HOPE that people will splurge for about 5x more than the base price to max out a Mac mini ($799 vs over $4000). to say nothing of alienating half of the potential buyers into either building their own Hackintosh and giving Apple ZERO money OR saying F-You to Apple entirely and going in another direction. It's not like there aren't a myriad of other Unix based OS' available, to say nothing of Windows which even I'll admit has come a long way.
I've had Apple computers and other products (iPods, iPhones, etc...) since the I bought a Newton when I was in middle school but, I'm fed the f up. Insane prices for half a s s e d hardware, worse and worse MacOS with features removed for ZERO reason (I'm looking at you Cover Flow and HiDPI), and removal of 'Insanely Great' features like MagSafe: seriously which Fields Medal Winner genius thought it was a good idea to remove MagSafe??
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Pixel density and hz are unrelated.
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4K is 4K..... be it at 24Hz, 30 Hz or 60 Hz.
60Hz is the default for most displays.
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By looking at the picture provided, also having experience getting into a 2014 mini to replace the storage.
Grumble. I will likely buy one. Price is a touch high to just get whichever one and figure it out later. I will have to figure out stuff first. Storage, longevity, incept-dates .. oops last one was for my killer organic robots.
But how would that compare to a comparable Mac Pro? Or a decked out Lenovo CAD station running Win 10? I would think the Mac Pro would be close and the Lenovo would be far cheaper, but that is still Windows.
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Ebay the removed sticks, somebody has to have a windows box with a couple of open slots begging to be used.