Got tired of waiting, and so now I do Hackintoshes. Apple has clearly thrown in the towel on their desktops. The 8th generation Intels have been out over a year now...
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Because he gets a better laptop and saves about $700 at the same time.
Same here on the hackintosh, but somehow if Apple has finally listened to the "science/creative" bitching that has been going on over the last 5 years (I am being nice here); maybe they will surprise us.
Right now I am in limbo on whether to build another hack, upgrade the one I have or hold out some more to see what kind of "so-called" pro modular system they keep referring to but have no information to release.
This makes no sense. The Mac Pro has server grade components and the cost is reflective of this. The Mac Mini has laptop grade components. The IO requirements of the Mac Pro far outstrip the needs of the Mac Mini. It would cut into margins to design a Mac Mini with the PCI-E lanes required in a Mac Pro. Add in the costs of ECC memory and true "Pro" grade hardware, the Mac Mini would be too expensive to be a replacement for the current Mini.
The Mac Mini to me was a well priced, headless Mac. It is an oddity in the line up historically. I would prefer it to an iMac because I really don't want another monitor on my desktop. I don't have the room.
I think the Mac Mini will increase in prices as well. I also think it will be all soldered components which will be disappointing but that's the way Apple seems to be headed.
The Intel NUC makes me wish Apple offered an option to license MacOS. The small form factor and TB 3 offered on NUCs make them fine desktop replacements.
If a new Air is coming and it just get a spec bump on the screen I would be ok with that. If they remove all ports and add just USB-C and use that new "keyboard" of theirs then my time with Apple is over.
I have been using their products since 2005: Laptops, iPhones, Ipads and Desktop.
Regarding the Lenovo, what I ment was that if I jump ship I can get a MUCH better laptop for about the same price.
Bump what? To say it’s been bumped? There are no new parts to upgrade to right now.
It's quite embarrassing that the Mini went this long without an update. Then again, I said the same about the Pro. If Apple truly cared about the Mac line, they wouldn't have saw the need to hold a roundtable apology for the Pro last year. Companies that care about their products don't let these things happen. I'm an Apple fan as much as the next guy, but ffs it's time to get serious and stay serious, or go home.
However it turns out, it will never be enough for most.
Still, expecting a ton of cred-building "Finally!"s.
If it’s going to have a couple of xeons then I don’t think it’s going to be so mini.
[doublepost=1540394349][/doublepost]The problem with the applause is that Apple wouldn’t see it as sarcasm. They would see it as they are the greatest thing since sliced bread for making people wait allthis time for a refresh! I mean look how happy they now are!!
For the love of god, no more spinners in the iMacs.
Depends on how you option it. Obviously
Sadly, this is probably accurate.
If the specs are worth that price I don't care. I'd rather have it have a high floor and ceiling than a low floor and ceiling. (Though ideally would like low floor high ceiling so everyone is happy)
Nobody else is surprised at the prediction for a bump on the MacBook Pro? They’re like 120 days old! Really?! I mean cool but that one would be a head scratcher.