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Late 2014 Mac Mini Benchmarks Indicate Decreased Multi-Core Performance
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Most people are going to be using their computer for web browsing, working on word documents and maybe some powerpoint, and listening to music. That's not going to take multiple cores. Even IF the other things people will end up using their Minis for will take multiple cores, the benefits of having 4 cores over 2 will be negligible for most, especially compared to the benefits of a Fusion Drive/PCIe Flash, newer processors, and enhanced iGPUs.
Love the way you persistently use the word "only" again and again; are you in Apple marketing?
Ok there's a smiley face so I'll not take you too seriously but I will say the 'only' is used relatively. The only 'marketing' I'm in, is marketing clear rational thinking.
After seeing the "update" and reading about the soldered RAM I went and grabbed a 2012 quad core off eBay.
I was ready to pull the trigger on a new mini, it instead pick up an older version and when that gets too long in the tooth may have to evaluate hackintosh or even *shudders* Windows! options??
I got away from iPhones and iPads when I got tired of paying a premium without any options. I really hope OSX isn't now the same thing
I was ready to pull the trigger on a new mini, it instead pick up an older version and when that gets too long in the tooth may have to evaluate hackintosh or even *shudders* Windows! options??
I got away from iPhones and iPads when I got tired of paying a premium without any options. I really hope OSX isn't now the same thing
that might have been true 2 years ago, but now it's a very simple process if you have the right hardware.
A Mac Pro will work so much better for those tasks, and professionals will be able to afford one.
And, if the average user gets Windows computers, why should Apple not target that group as well?
Yes, I want a 2015 model with quad core option. And apple has updated the mini in the past from previous version well under a year cycle, so it's totally possible. Here's a timeline of past mac mini updates:
https://buyersguide.macrumors.com//#Mac_Mini
Only 231 days between updates in 2009... Let's hope for the same or better for a 2014->2015 update to QUAD CORE.
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After seeing the "update" and reading about the soldered RAM I went and grabbed a 2012 quad core off eBay.
I was ready to pull the trigger on a new mini, it instead pick up an older version and when that gets too long in the tooth may have to evaluate hackintosh or even *shudders* Windows! options??
I got away from iPhones and iPads when I got tired of paying a premium without any options. I really hope OSX isn't now the same thing
Why do many Mac users always have this compulsion to have to say something derisory about other platforms? It's almost as if they think THEY invented, designed and built the Mac. It seems to be a Mac cult thing... as if they're insecure, and it's "the done thing" - so they say it so as to "fit in". Hey, guess what? If Macs didn't exist, you'd be all over Windows like a rash, baby
You're right - it's not going to need many cores... or even Apple products
What's that supposed to mean?
Right, so it's a 5k display with an embedded, under-powered, iMac. Of course, the new retina iMac can not be used in target display mode, so it's can't even be used as a standalone 5k display.
True. I suppose what those of who want mid-level machines really want is a top-end iMac, with discrete desktop-class graphics and a powerful desktop-class CPU, but without the built-in monitor. It's true that the Mac Mini is probably not the platform for this.
But if the Mac Mini is going to be the only other Mac without a built-in monitor besides the Mac Pro, and if it's going to be glorified laptop hardware, it should at least have an option that is closer to the low-end 15" Retina MacBook Pro.
Obviously from a business and profit angle they are doing the right thing because Mac users are captive audiences and will just buy from the limited choices (a negligible percentage of OS X users will do a Hackintosh).
^ What's that supposed to mean? You have a brain and critical thinking, I assume? There's no hidden meaning or agenda in the way I talk - work it out. I say what I mean and I mean what I say - I don't play mind games.
Uhmmmm... Yes.
March 2009 iMac 9,1
Late 2009 iMac 10,1
There are others. See:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac
That's 2009, and you're showing me iMac when we are talking about the Mac mini... are you struggling with counting and product naming?
Okay. You win
- knock yourself out - message me when it's released in 2015, and I'll pay for HALF of it.
apple phasing out computers?
seems like apple is not trying very hard with their desktops anymore. makes it look like they would be plenty happy and profitable just selling mobile devices.
the iPad killed those mini laptops, maybe they ,along with larger phones, will kill off desktops too
seems like apple is not trying very hard with their desktops anymore. makes it look like they would be plenty happy and profitable just selling mobile devices.
the iPad killed those mini laptops, maybe they ,along with larger phones, will kill off desktops too
You are an alternating tic-TOC buyer... You bought a tic, but will skip both a toc and the following tic to wait for the 2nd subsequent toc.