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Custom pc vs mini 2014 decision
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Excellent.
The i7-4790 is a beast and runs cool, so does the GTX 750 Ti.
Pick some quiet fans for your case and enjoy!
Custom pc vs mini 2014 decision
Because unfortunately mini could not be updated later.
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Our understanding of "professional" is differrent. I cant waste my money on just marketting tricks. I want power and function. I have seen yosemite and i understood apple have set their route on mobility and general level user functions. I seek productivity and power.
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Because unfortunately mini could not be updated later.
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Our understanding of "professional" is differrent. I cant waste my money on just marketting tricks. I want power and function. I have seen yosemite and i understood apple have set their route on mobility and general level user functions. I seek productivity and power.
Thanks
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I am sure you are great at your activity. The Ph.Ds are too. The average user though will have less headache not going linux. I tried mint, ubuntu, and others. I was glad to return to windows, then macOS.
I do not have any experience with hackintoshes. If it is just a matter of picking hardware and the OS is installed with one button, upgrades of the OS not yielding problems it would indeed suit many. If not it will serve few. Most people just want their computer to work without any hassle.
It's about the cost of one's own labor.
I admit I bought and installed my own SSD in my 2012 i7 Mini - but for me, the Mini is perfect otherwise.
I'm not sure if you can get an equally powerful, equally silent "PC" in the same form-factor, with PSU included (BT, WiFi, FW8000 USB3, TB, two disk slots).
If I needed something even more powerful, I'd have problems because most off-the-shelf i7 PCs are really "Gaming-PCs" in huge cases and with huge GPUs (which I don't need at all).
Or I could get a brand-name PC, but the more powerful you spec them, the closer they come to Apples offerings.
For my day-2-day work, Linux is actually a bit better - stuff like OmniGraffle or iWork doesn't run on it, though.
At some point, if you need so much power, it's better to buy a dedicated server and run everything there (provided it doesn't need OS X).
I am with you on that... I was ready to buy a mini until they crippled the mid-tier with i5 dual-core, soldered ram, and torx security screws. Unfortunately apple cares less and less about pro/power users. They're even discontinuing pro software like Aperture.
The yearly upgrades of osx also are a drawback to those of us that need rock solid reliability because each version of osx never gets a chance to really mature before the next release. MS finally got around to copying expose/spaces in Windows 10. I'll definitely be considering it as an alternative to a new mac.
Cave Man put me onto hackintoshes in 2010, and I've never looked back.
While it's not a Mac Mini format, my latest hackintosh, which I've named Hector (Zippy is the system in my signature block), works great with Mavericks and Yosemite. My build description is here.
Hector's components are:
Gigabyte H97N-WIFI (BT works, but the Intel WiFi chipset isn't supported in OS X)
Intel i5-4590 (Haswell Refresh)
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2x8GB) Memory
Samsung 840 EVO 256GB SSD
Corsair CS550M 550 Watt Power Supply
BitFenix Prodigy mini-ITX Black Case
Hector uses the Intel Integrated HD4600 Graphics to drive two monitors: a Dell 27" U2711 and a HP 24" ZR24W monitors which is good enough to for using GarageBand for recording my band's (me, myself and I) practice sessions. I'm not a gamer, but with a nVidia GTX 750 Ti, this system would make a great entry level game playing system. Plus, if you're masochistic, you can multi-boot this system with other operating systems, too.
While it's not a Mac Mini format, my latest hackintosh, which I've named Hector (Zippy is the system in my signature block), works great with Mavericks and Yosemite. My build description is here.
Hector's components are:
Gigabyte H97N-WIFI (BT works, but the Intel WiFi chipset isn't supported in OS X)
Intel i5-4590 (Haswell Refresh)
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2x8GB) Memory
Samsung 840 EVO 256GB SSD
Corsair CS550M 550 Watt Power Supply
BitFenix Prodigy mini-ITX Black Case
Hector uses the Intel Integrated HD4600 Graphics to drive two monitors: a Dell 27" U2711 and a HP 24" ZR24W monitors which is good enough to for using GarageBand for recording my band's (me, myself and I) practice sessions. I'm not a gamer, but with a nVidia GTX 750 Ti, this system would make a great entry level game playing system. Plus, if you're masochistic, you can multi-boot this system with other operating systems, too.
That's probably a good idea.
If I would mostly use Windows-Apps, I wouldn't bother getting a Mac either. And certainly don't waste time trying to get a Hackintosh working.
It might be worthwhile to check out Windows 10. Much better start menu, "spaces", and a lot of new ideas -- assuming they're all included in the final build (alpha versions aren't always reliable for that).
Only a year away fortunately.
I can see where an hour or two could be too much time for some people, even if it results in a much better computer in terms of speed, capabilities and performance.
I can see where an hour or two could be too much time for some people, even if it results in a much better computer in terms of speed, capabilities and performance.
I am booting to windows in 10 seconds and this pc is dead silent with the ssd, office apps load almost instantaneously and there are even more programs to use.
Do you think i should still try the hack? How will it benefit me apart from the handoff bs?
MS Office apps have always faster to me than the Mac versions. When I open Excel or Word 2010 it snaps to attention. The same apps for Office 2011 bounce a littel while, then finally decide to open. It has always been that way on every one of the Macs. All of my Windows installs have run on Macs.
I couldn't agree with that statement more. I jumped on the Apple bandwagon back in 2009 and have seen a steady decline in quality and a steady increase in problems. The latest "updates" to the iMac, Mini, and iOS have solidly aimed me away from Apple as a future hardware customer.
Yosemite and Mavericks requires a 64-bit chip. That might be the reason your MacBook was let go.
I agree. Apple is going in the wrong direction IMO. They will/are driving away the pros/power users. They want all their computers to be throwaway appliances replaced every 2-3 years. Joe Idiot-consumer might like that, but not people that need to get real work done.
Both mavericks and yosemite run well on my macbook. I like my macbook a lot. But i hardly find any computer i can give my money now. And the pc i bought "just works" for me as much as my macbook did.
Apple restricts their OS to certain configs and hardware to make it work well on just those configs. Probably what you want to do fiddling about with 2nd SSDs for Windows is not what the typical user of Bootcamp is interested. Same with 3rd party SSDs.
If Apple is to allow installing on a second SSD then they need to support that by testing the config. Likewise with TRIM support on non-Apple qualified SSDs, there are a bazillion configs out there and Apple is simply saying we support specific configs and disallow those that are not mainstream and not supported.
I get that. Software testing is a hardy business and you need to use your resources for the configs that will sell, not focus on supporting hackers.
If you really are the patrician pro that you seem to see yourself as, one wonders why you are mixing with plebeian Mac Mini users, for whom your contempt is blatantly obvious?
Surely the Mac Pro, and forum would be more in keeping with your status.
Surely it is where you belong rather than hanging out here, lowering yourself to denigrating the average Joe or Jill, for whom a modestly specced Mini is all the computer we need.
Do you think Apple cares what you think anyway?
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You've got a serious hard on for me don't you. How about you stop replying to my posts?
Apple is one of the 20 richest companies in the world. Their profits are approaching one trillion US$. Maybe you should warn them.
Just because they make a ton of money doesn't mean I can't have an opinion. Last I checked McDonalds makes the most money on burgers... do you want to defend them too?
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You've got a serious hard on for me don't you. How about you stop replying to my posts?