Le Big Mac.Extremely bold prediction considering they just released a mid-to-high-end desktop that looks exactly the same just moar thicc. (Which I call lovingly the "Big Mac".)
Le Big Mac.Extremely bold prediction considering they just released a mid-to-high-end desktop that looks exactly the same just moar thicc. (Which I call lovingly the "Big Mac".)
Yep - plus - the design is great. And to me it still looks modern because the one I look at on my desk every day is from 2009.A new design would be welcome but really what I care about is getting an M1 Pro in there!
MacBook Air is throtteling. MacBook Pro maybe too at a certain point (and when its hot in the summer).M1 has been passively cooled. In modded cases and MacBooks Airs. Even compared to the MacBook Pro 13" with active cooling, the difference has been found negligible.
That said, even an actively cooled M1 Mac mini could do just as well in a smaller form factor.
Big Mac, that’s great ?Extremely bold prediction considering they just released a mid-to-high-end desktop that looks exactly the same just moar thicc. (Which I call lovingly the "Big Mac".)
I don't see customers complaining about their experiences with their MacBook Airs.Yeah but Apple want people to have a good experience, perhaps with a mini that is silent in the current case with the M1. Smaller case = potentially less airflow, running hotter and maybe noise that will annoy customers.
Not too tightly is putting it mildly. The current case is very much oversized.The Mac mini has the best cooling of all M1 Macs. It seems that it finally has reserves and isn't designed too tightly.
I'm not saying they "should".I can't understand this way of thinking at all, that one should make the cooling worse for senseless "features".
But that point isn't at it current dimensions.I doubt if anyone has much of an advantage if a Mac mini is even smaller or thinner. After a certain point, there is no real value in making something smaller.
You are the target customer for the Studio. Thats the point.I also had issues with only 16GB RAM. With more complex Final Cut Pro projects, it was constantly complaining of running out of RAM and failing to export.
I haven’t encountered this issue on my M1 Max machine with 64GB RAM.
Those that perpetuates the myth that “16GB is more than enough on M1” is doing anyone they convince a disservice.
Yep. When I first dipped my toe in, M1 with 16GB was the top, so my 7,1 was still working hard. My m1 Max MBP made the 7,1 redundant so flipped it while it was still worth a fortune.You are the target customer for the Studio. Thats the point.
Totally agree. Why update it? We'll certainly get higher performance and more power consuming chips in the future than the current M1, so having some additional room inside to spare for a bigger heatsink and fan makes good sense. It seems Apple finally realized that having something that is slightly bigger and silent, is better than something getting thinner and unnecessarily noisy. Now that's progress.Nothing wrong with this design, it matches up with the Mac Studio quite well, since the Mac Studio is just a giant version of this with ports on the front.
In my eyes, the cooling of an M1 MacBook Air is (very) poor for desktop use.I don't see customers complaining about their experiences with their MacBook Airs.
I don't agree. Even if the cooling should not get worse in a smaller case with an integrated power supply, a significant downsizing does not make much sense from my point of view.And as it currently stands, case size does nothing to reduce noise of provide cooling. It's literally more than half-empty.
Not too tightly is putting it mildly. The current case is very much oversized.
In other places, much more can be done to protect the environment.I'm not saying they "should".
I'm saying they may and would.
But that point isn't at it current dimensions.
Making it smaller would make the Mini
- less expensive to manufacture
- more environmentally friendly (less materials used, less CO2 in production and shipping)
Yes, exactly. You risk making a Mac worse for such pointless and empty slogans that no one has anything to gain from. Just like J. Ive made everything thinner with no rhyme or reason. Function follows design and not vice versa.- a more marketable product ("x% smaller than previous gen", "x% than comparable PCs", "smallest Mac ever")
Mac mini doesn't really make sense in the rack. If that is done, then only for lack of alternatives. This is a very special scenario.- a more portable product or fit more units in the same rack space
Watch that chancer backpedal faster than a politician...Kuo's claim runs contrary to a rumor from leaker Jon Prosser
Wish you were on the ios7 team. Maybe you could have stopped that abomination whose anti-intuititive remnants haunt us to today.I like it how it is. Nothing worse than change for change's sake.
I expect that for the next couple of years the M# will always be up to 16GB; the M#-Pro/Max up to 64GB; the M#-Ultra up to 128GB; and the M#-UltraMaxPlus will be 256GB or more. So the real question is whether the next Mini will also get the M2-Pro to sit below the Studio's M2-Max/Ultra.3) allow for 64 gigs of RAM
Until the memory chips available double in capacity at current price, I agree. And with worldwide chip shortages, that isn’t happening any time soon.\
I expect that for the next couple of years the M# will always be up to 16GB; the M#-Pro/Max up to 64GB; the M#-Ultra up to 128GB; and the M#-UltraMaxPlus will be 256GB or more. So the real question is whether the next Mini will also get the M2-Pro to sit below the Studio's M2-Max/Ultra.
but a case which is too large is not something to be proud of.