dawnrazor
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what… the mac pro sells three times as many mac studios… that’s utter BS… and I question these results if that’s something they are stating as fact…
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Apple Announces Plans to Begin Assembling Mac Mini in U.S. This Year
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macaddiict
macrumors 6502
Apple manufactured/assembled PowerBooks and ABD keyboards in Colorado in the 90s!
IvyKing
macrumors 6502
The Mini will have a more powerful processor, more USB/Thunderbolt ports, likely more memory and likely more SSD storage. An external monitor will likely have far more viewing area than what's on a laptop and buying a keyboard allows one to get a keyboard that best meets his/her needs (I greatly prefer the feel of a mechanical keyboard to any laptop keyboard).
To top it off, one can keep the keyboard and monitor when upgrading.
ThomasJL
macrumors 68020
If I were shopping for a desktop computer, I’d never get an iMac because I’d rather get a Mac mini and a third-party 32-inch 4K 16:9 IPS display, a 4K webcam, and a 2.1 speaker system. All of that combined would be around the staring price of an iMac.
johnsawyercjs
macrumors 68000
Many people here probably have no idea, but the Mac mini has become the go-to machine for Clawbot, a sort of DIY AI assistant. It'll be interesting to see if there's any perceptible sales bump from this new odd trend.
Bustycat
macrumors 65816
Mac Pro was 200% more popular than Mac Studio???
Are you on an h1b? If not, don’t even think about it! Apple won’t hire you! (Half joking, sadly)
Well, laptops are more popular than desktops even in the PC/Widows market and that trend is expected to continue (i.e. laptops sales continue to increase, desktops continue to decrease). That said, I think that Apple's MacBooks are still the most popular BRAND of laptop in many countries (but NOT by total unit sales of device type).
However, I think there is little doubt that the Mac mini is the "best" desktop computer you can find for under $600, maybe even for anything under $800 or a bit more (depending upon planned usage). Quite frankly, I waiting and waiting for the M5-based Mac mini as my next computer and I hope it doesn't suffer a price increase this year.
However, I think there is little doubt that the Mac mini is the "best" desktop computer you can find for under $600, maybe even for anything under $800 or a bit more (depending upon planned usage). Quite frankly, I waiting and waiting for the M5-based Mac mini as my next computer and I hope it doesn't suffer a price increase this year.
It's not just OpenClaw/ClawBot (whatever it is called this week). Thanks to the RAM and NAND madness, the Mini is a hell of a deal and has 3 Thunderbolt ports that give it a lot of flex capability.
It's a niche product, but people are going to keep finding more niches for them. Especially if places like Micro Center can keep selling the base model for $430 regularly.
I wonder if the move to assembly in the US will coincide with an update to M5?
Really, the Mac Studio is kind of the go-to machine for local LLMs. I picked up a used M1 Ultra with 128GB of RAM for $2k. For $4k with 128GB/2TB and a M4 Max it's still a great deal and more useful overall than the Nvidia Spark.
After 40+ years, let's face it: Mac desktops are a failure.
MacHeritage
macrumors 6502a
Great video and worth the watch! Glad Apple is making themselves a good server again. They look like U2 size instead of the U1 like the Xserve was. I remember back when Apple was running somewhere around 50% of their servers on Xserve.
That was a while ago when the M2 Mac Pro was still relatively new compared to now, where it is outdated and needing an update, badly. Hello M5 Ultra or more. That is why they don't sell as many Mac Pro's as Mac Mini's as Apple stated in the video.
1 million mini a year how much software sold in a year>?
hmmmm....Taxis get paid and move a lot of money.
hmmmm....Taxis get paid and move a lot of money.
Trusteft
macrumors 6502a
It's like the minimum move to appease the clown. By the time he is out of office, then we will see if they continue with it and/or for how long.
How about all products? And the factory is owned and managed by Apple? That would stop all the leakers.
Big_D
macrumors 6502a
Probably the same reason why desktop PC sales have been declining over the last decade or so, most people want the flexibility to use the laptop anywhere they happen to be.
I switched from laptop in 2017 to a desktop, then to a Mac mini M1, but went back a laptop with a MacBook Pro M4 Pro last time, because I sometimes want to use it in other rooms.
At work we were mostly desktop, but most backoffice staff now have laptops and only the logistics office (booking trucks in and out of the sites) and the production and laboratories are still using SFF PCs, because those are positions that can't benefit from flexible working.
I guess Cook is basically just crossing his fingers and hoping the orange overlord gives him the nod of approval.
All of that is already true.
With the tariffs and exchange rate decline, they should already be more expensive in the US. Yet they are significantly more expensive internationally.
Boppi
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mrr
macrumors 65816
Great to see it being manufactured in US. I have the M4 mini and it is a great computer.
There’s still some way to go, if you split the world into four economic groups
1 billion live on $32 or more per day
3 billion on $16
2 billion on $4
1 billion on $1 per day
As you say the world is getting richer, it really is doing well, but there’s still a lot of countries ripe for finding cheaper labour.
That said, I don’t think that this assembly plant will require many/any employees handy with a screw driver. It will be largely automated.
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