A Mini that I can't run my own compiled (via the GNU compiler set) programs on is a Mini I will never buy. I can certainly see Apple doing this, however.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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Ordered another 60 of the old 2014 design today. Should help use up the old stock so Apple can release a new one!
It's hilarious how even though Tim Cook and his staff say the two won't merge, how the two require different OS, many people continue this myth, including the morons at bloomberg. At least they actually mention at the end of the article and I quote
Basically they (Bloomberg) are acting like those clickbait youtube videos "IS THE END OF THE WORLD NEAR?!!!!"
"DID HE REALLY SAY THAT????LOL" and other such BS.
Even in the video (in the link provided) from 01:15 onwards, the journalist (or "journalist" I have no idea) clearly says that Apple DENIES any such plan and that Apple wants two separate devices, and right at the end of that sentence at 01:32 the same person says that this denial is a strong indicator to the OPPOSITE. So much stupidity in just a few seconds.
I guess this is what one would say Fake News, although I just call it stupid news for whoever is willing to swallow the whole thing in one go.
*sigh*
Of course they will deny it forever and a day... until "...just one more thing...". I would wager that they have teams working on various projects that Apple would deny because it is quite possible that those projects will never see the light of day. This may be one of those projects.
Meanwhile, Wired Magazine just named the iPad Pro the "best laptop of the year". https://www.wired.com/story/gear-of-the-year-2017/
Probably because they think a laptop is for playing movies on a screen bigger than an iPhone.
I replaced my 2011 MacBook Pro with an iPad Pro this year, and I’m very happy I did. Now for that new Mac mini (almost certainly coming) to replace my 2012.
My wife chose it over all the laptops we tried out for the past 2 months. She picked the 12.9.
If it just had mouse support it would be great for doing less demanding tasks.
The 12.9 is damn nice. But it could never replace a laptop/desktop for me.
Yep, as a main device it wouldn't work for me neither. Makes a nice complement to my hack tho and my wife mostly needs word processing and whatever.
iOS is just garbage, i have 2 iPad pros and they are pretty much redundant. I've tried and I've tried to use them as a "replacement laptop device" and the only thing it actually works for is movies on the go and cheap games the rest just a trillion times better on any laptop be it a mac or a PC.
There is some correlation I suppose to productivity, ergonomics and form-factor. No matter what - for me information derived over a desktop engages all parts of my concentration - a large screen with wireless everything is just not the same just like using a laptop vs an iPad is not the same.
When I have to do work, computations, filtering, mastering and learning - things just go better with a desktop and the physical, mental and perceived space is what's needed along with the ability to freely flow with configuration needs and connectivity ... you know being good at being a basic computer.
When I have to do work, computations, filtering, mastering and learning - things just go better with a desktop and the physical, mental and perceived space is what's needed along with the ability to freely flow with configuration needs and connectivity ... you know being good at being a basic computer.
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I see there’s a Mac mini for $899. It has a 2.6/3.1GHz i-5 dual core CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD drive.
If that $899 mini were refreshed today with a newer processor that could support 4K, is that a good machine you’d recommend for the average home user?
If that $899 mini were refreshed today with a newer processor that could support 4K, is that a good machine you’d recommend for the average home user?
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Where are you seeing this? I don't see a system like this at this price point, or with these components, in Apple's current line.
Yes, but Apple doesn’t want to lose the sale of a single iMac, MBP, MacBook/air.
Perhaps I’m confused, you said imac Mini. And the Mac mini hasn’t been “updated” since 2014. Apple is more concerned about Macs with higher margins, and that ain’t the Mac mini - thus, no updates.
Sorry to confuse you, I wrote iMac mini, there is no such Mac. I meant Mac mini. Edited to correct.
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NP. But I still stand by my stance. Apple doesn’t want this low-margin Mac to take sales away for other Macs. That’s why they don’t update it, and why they downgraded in 2014 by removing the quad core option.
Sorry, I wrote iMac mini, edited my post to correct. I meant Mac mini, there is no iMac mini.
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Ok but my question was assuming a refresh; unless you take Cook’s statement to imply the mini won’t ever be refreshed, it apparently will get updated at some point.
They could take the easiest path and do nothing other than a processor update. So that was my hypothetical, just a CPU refresh.
But I didn’t follow your original answer about stealing sales from other low end Macs. If that were a concern to Apple, then it seems like they wouldn’t currently be selling the machine I mentioned ($899 for the 2.6/3.1GHz i-5 dual core CPU, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD drive).
And at $899 there should be a ton of margin. Maybe not for the $499 base but at almost twice that... it just doesn’t seem like a low margin box.
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Would I recommend a $900 non-existent computer with an unknown procesor and video card? I don't see how anyone could answer this question. When Apple actually introduces a new mini, then we'll have something to talk about. For me personally, a little over a year ago I considered a comparable Mini - the 3.0ghz model with 16gb RAM and 256gb SSD which was selling for about $1400 at B&H Photo at the time. This was for a machine that would be dedicated to video editing.
I passed on it, just didn't feel it was a good value considering the perfomance. I got a used 2012 quad core Mini with 16gb and original Apple 256gb SSD with 90 day warranty from Mac sales. It is about 50% faster than the 2014 top of the line Mini I was lookiing at and it was about $200 cheaper. Have never regretted my decision, the used Mini from MacSales looked like new and has been flawless for over a year. And the faster cpu makes a huge difference in rendering times for big videos.
I don't really care about 4k compatibility at this point, maybe I'll feel differently a year from now? The HD 4000 is clearly the main weakness of the 2012 Mini though.