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How will Apple infuriate users with the 2018 Mac mini upgrade?
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As long as it is newer than the current 2014 model with somewhat similar pricing I'll be fine.
I have 30- 2014's that I need some sort of upgrade path to outside of an iMac.
These are base model computers just chugging along day after day and I don't plan to spend $1,000+ per station.
I have 30- 2014's that I need some sort of upgrade path to outside of an iMac.
These are base model computers just chugging along day after day and I don't plan to spend $1,000+ per station.
By discontinuing it? If one is made I see it being a headless MacBook - fanless core Y, only USB C about the size of a USB external SuperDrive...
Yeah, I could see them using a "Y" processor, just to make it thinner. In which case, it's time for a new NUC!
... but just barely. That’s close to saying the 2012 supports 4K (Fineprint: you’d just need a suitable monitor supporting the resulting 15-20Hz refresh rate).
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Well - I wouldn’t mind having the power of the 2012 mini in a housing the size of the AppleWatch at some day in the future
You shouldn't have to wait long... the iPhone 8 is already almost 50% faster than the top of the line 2014 Mini (or, in other words, about the same as a 2012 2.3ghz quad mini).
https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/370
https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench3/327591
https://browser.geekbench.com/ios_devices/50
More likely to infuriate dilettantes and low rent geeks expecting Pro specs at Mini prices (both groups unlikely to include a large number of Mac Mini users) than the average Joe or Jill with modest needs, seeking a modestly priced Mac desktop.
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Intel 8086 CPU with 64K of RAM, 5 Gigabyte Hard Drive, Monochrome graphics, 160K single-sided 5.25” floppy.
No ports other than keyboard and monitor. Mouse is deemed obsolete and unnecessary.
Unserviceable. It is filled with epoxy gel. All components fully encased in the epoxy.
$1500
It’ll be the first Mac ever targeted specifically at gaming. Unfortunately... the game is “Pong”.
No ports other than keyboard and monitor. Mouse is deemed obsolete and unnecessary.
Unserviceable. It is filled with epoxy gel. All components fully encased in the epoxy.
$1500
It’ll be the first Mac ever targeted specifically at gaming. Unfortunately... the game is “Pong”.
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I remember when 64K was a lot...
Do Mini users even need a keyboard and monitor port? What could a Mini user be doing which couldn't be done via questions/responses from Siri? It's reasonable that if a Mini user can't use Siri for everything then they're doing it wrong.
Yes, I remember the amazing things we could accomplish back in the day with 1K of RAM at 1 MHz. Good ole 6502 CPU. What a workhorse.
Upgrading to 3K of RAM was huge. So much room. What to do??? Lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1K_ZX_Chess
If you can implement 95% of chess in 1K of RAM then I think 3K is a bit much!
Yes, 3K was amazing. We couldn’t even imagine running out of space. Of course, back then the OS was hard coded into firmware, and often amounted to little more than hooks to the hardware for us to make system calls to the device we wanted to operate.
Not pretty. But efficient.
The abundance of waste in modern technology. With everything I’ve done with 64K and 1 MHz, and quite fast... today’s computers and software look pathetic at 3 GHz and 32 GB of RAM.
I’ve had fully graphical operating systems browsing the Internet graphically over DSL modems and practically instant results (yes I added that as DSL came about just because). Synthesizing audio with a full orchestra of instruments being produced as if you were cutting butter with a hot knife. And yet modern hardware at 3000 times the speed, with gigabytes of memory throws me a spinning beach ball.
The good ole days when programmers knew how to actually directly manipulate hardware with assembly and machine language. Now we use slow and bloated API’s.
If we're talking about 8086, 64KB of RAM, Hercules graphics and 5-1/4" floppy drives, then surely you meant a 5 megabyte hard drive. Most people didn't even know what came after megabytes in those days, just like most people don't know how much is a petabyte today.
Yep, 5 Megabytes. I’m blaming Siri... she got greedy and insisted on Gigabytes. Lol