I can hardly wait for the porting of AppleScript to iOS.
That should produce some interesting politics, whether it ultimately happens, or not.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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That should produce some interesting politics, whether it ultimately happens, or not.
This will end Bootcamp for Windows for the people that use it but both MS and Apple have this covered somewhat with MS office apps already available.
I think I would switch to Windows 10 for a desktop PC if that happens but keep my iPad and iPhone for IOS Apps.
I think I would do that too. Why not? I already have Windows 10 on my gaming machine.
I like Widows 10 but it does sucks a lot of data. My data plan is caped at 150 GB with a Mac, 2 iPhones. an iPad, Ooma phone, smart TV, satellite on demand receiver, Roku and AV receiver.
Gawd.....life use to be much simpler.
I have never invested in nor required any Windows software, so if I switch it will be to Linux, and even then it will only be a partial switch for the straight grunt factor (pretty much entirely for video processing).
I will still have a Mac as my main working comp, the one I actually look at all day, with the Linux box sitting off in the corner quietly grunting away, as required.
I will still have a Mac as my main working comp, the one I actually look at all day, with the Linux box sitting off in the corner quietly grunting away, as required.
Yes, it did, technologically speaking. But it isn't any more.
Has its pros and cons.
Thankfully my life remains quite simple, with just one Mac Mini, no iDevices and no TV. I only ever want to watch the odd rugby international and MotoGP, which I prefer do at a pub with a few mates. My recently installed broadband is the basic 10 MB per sec down / 0.5 MB up plan, with no data cap.
The office geek (a recently employed ex-student, now a colleague, which suggests I have been teaching at PKRU for too long), installed Windows 10 on 2 of the 4 office computers. It doesn't do any more for me than the previous versions of Windows, though I'll concede I have spent little time on them. I do most of my non contact work at home.
I live easy in the knowledge that, should my 2009 Mac Mini fail, I can be in action again within a day or two. The local dealer provides good service, in my experience. The only real choice I will have to make is whether it is more cost effective to repair what I have now (probably just replace the HDD) or get the new Mac Mini that is almost certainly coming…… A mid tier model could be tempting for photography, which I am doing a lot more of now.
And I am almost certain that Macs will remain OS X (even the Mini) albeit more integrated or communicative with iOS devices.
That's funny because I only get 6MBps DSL and pay a fortune to ATT for that. The price I pay for living away from populated areas.
That's funny because I only get 6MBps DSL and pay a fortune to ATT for that. The price I pay for living away from populated areas.
A bit off topic, but
I have lived most of my life in sparsely populated areas.
Where I grew up, on a hill country farm, our nearest neighbour was a mile away. The district had a manual telephone exchange, and we shared a party line with five or six other households.
Where I first lived in Thailand, for two years about thirty years ago, the nearest telephone was about ten miles away, and that sometimes didn't work because the copper wires got stolen. The district had no mains power, but were lucky to get a couple of hours each evening on the livestock breeding station where I lived, if the manager had not sold the fuel to run the generator.
These days I live on a fairly densely populated island, on the outskirts of the main town. However, when i got my first Mac Mini in 2005 I had no internet connection. That came in 2007, when mobile broadband first became available. Nominally up to 156 kb/sec, but rarely above 50 kb/sec @ about $US 22/ month, with unlimited data. That went up in a couple of steps (and expensive changes of dongle) to nominally up to 7.2 MB/sec, again uncapped, but throttled to 385 kb/sec after 4 GB of data @ about $20 a month. I seldom saw more than about 300 kb/sec.
One of few the benefits of living in a relatively populated area, is that sooner or later mod cons come. A few months ago they strung fibre around the neighbourhood. From that I now have copper to my apartment at the base rate of 10 MB/sec, and I usually do get at least that. It costs about $22 a month, and I had to front 12 months in advance to get it installed.
For about $27 I could go up to 15 MB/sec down and 1 MB up. About $40 would get fibre to my room and 30 MB down/ 3 MB up. Various incremental options are available up to 100 MB or more.
Times change, tech has moved on, thus the new Mac Mini is almost certainly coming….. could be as soon as later this year, but it could well be as long as a year or more.
Methinks my 2009 Mini should soldier on to see out the current 2014 generation, at least, and maybe even the next before a new Mac Mini comes to me.
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Based on your analogy above my MM Late 2014 should soldier-on to see out the MM 2020!
Despite the scepticism of some, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't….. And as long as it still fulfils your needs, why bother chasing the latest tech?
My early 2009 is good for the next iteration of OS X, though El Capitain may be the last. Not that it bothers me; I am still on Mountain Lion, which is fine for me. Newer versions don't bring any significant benefits from my point of view, though if I had a more recent Mini I would probably do the upgrade.
My original 2005 G4 Mini was limited to Leopard, which is one of the reasons I replaced it rather than repair it when the HDD and power supply failed. I am still on the original 120 GB HDD in the 2009 Mini, with a 500 GB external HDD to archive seldom used files and photos. I am on my second Time Machine HDD, currently 1 TB.
I make this pronouncement.
We haven't gotten a new mini yet because of global warming.
Heck, they blame everything else on it so why not this?
We haven't gotten a new mini yet because of global warming.
Heck, they blame everything else on it so why not this?
You know, you may be right. The energy efficient little Mac Mini, especially in its 2014 iteration, is not doing nearly enough to contribute to global warming. Multiple cores are required to produce vast amounts of heat.
by default Windows 10 is set to share the patches it download with everyone on the internet (P2P network). If you want it to suck less of your data, follow the instruction: link
It's actually going to be much closer. The A9 scores around 2,400 for single-core and 4,300 for multi-core. I'm expecting the A9X to score around 2,700 for single-core and 6,700 for multi-core.
The new entry-level Mac Mini in 2016 will probably score worse than an A10, not to mention an A10X.
Wow, the new mac Mini could almost certainly coming sooner rather than later?
Is this when they announce the new Mac lines? I thought they usually did that at WWDC...or wait maybe that is software only?
People are saying there might be upgrades along with El Capitan. There are rumors of a 4K 21" iMac. There could be an event in October, or event-less upgrades, or nothing.
All the BTO configurations of the Mac mini currently have slightly increased manufacturing times: 4-6 business days instead of the usual 1-3 business days. Well, this could be just because of the OS release or all the workers delegated to assemble iPhones.
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