The Mac has been relegated. They're more concerned with fashion and numbers these days. Sad, but true.
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The new Mac mini Pro is almost certainly coming
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If it weren't for the fact that Win 10 runs constantly hot, it would be my primary OS...on my Mac mini. This is probably a power setting and I need to lower the overhead on it (likely on high performance options for power). I just keep forgetting to check it when I'm in Windows.
When you place users in a situation where Windows 10 is quite usable and the Mac OS is not as usable, it is not a good thing for Apple. It's making me constantly ask myself, "Why am I running the Mac OS?"
PS--I've been running the Mac OS since 2001 on a 700 MHz iMac G3. I even ran Mac OS 9 (and still do today). I am not a fair weather user.
Has anyone looked the
Mini PC Intel® NUC Kit NUC6i7KYK
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc6i7kyk-features-configurations.html
Intel's Skylake 4 core with up to 32GB Ram and Dual (Raided) Flash and Intel Iris Graphics. I hope Apple uses this idea with their design savvy. Could handle a lot of Pro workloads.
Managing over 100 Mac Mini Daily.
Mini PC Intel® NUC Kit NUC6i7KYK
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc6i7kyk-features-configurations.html
Intel's Skylake 4 core with up to 32GB Ram and Dual (Raided) Flash and Intel Iris Graphics. I hope Apple uses this idea with their design savvy. Could handle a lot of Pro workloads.
Managing over 100 Mac Mini Daily.
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I think there's question marks over the cooling/noise on the Skull Canyon NUC for major workflows. I wouldn't mind if Apple went and solved those by inventing a clever Mac Pro style case and cooling system and priced accordingly but I can't see them allowing punters to bring their own M.2 SSD or even RAM.
With their price tiers they'd certainly fill the gap beneath the new Mac Pro after the flash options have been added.
Seems like a lot of tech writers speculating redesigned smaller Core M Mac Mini with basically same specs as MacBook.
Kind of makes sense for an entry level Mac and Apple do things to encourage people to move to iMacs, Laptops and the iPad Pro especially.
Kind of makes sense for an entry level Mac and Apple do things to encourage people to move to iMacs, Laptops and the iPad Pro especially.
The following picture of Steve Jobs' home office reveals what looks like a mini Mac Pro. It's much smaller than a Mac Pro, but much larger than a Mac Mini.
I've always wondered what it is though. It might not even be a computer. And there are no cables coming out of the back.
Non-working physical prototype of a Mini Mac Pro?
Or maybe just a knick knack? The fact that there are handles on the top leads me to believe that it was created for nostalgic purposes, those handles aren't needed on a device that small and actually serve no useful purpose.The following picture of Steve Jobs' home office reveals what looks like a mini Mac Pro. It's much smaller than a Mac Pro, but much larger than a Mac Mini.
I've always wondered what it is though. It might not even be a computer. And there are no cables coming out of the back.
Non-working physical prototype of a Mini Mac Pro?
I'd have thought that the Mini was heading towards using the U series 15w CPUs all round (especially with Iris Graphics 540 on Skylake variants) before the prospect of 4k displays came up.
Core M is surely for a tablet form factor rather than a desktop PC, especially one liable to have a 2.5" hard drive which will need cooling.
Those "handles" are on the top and bottom, and therefore serve as a built-in stand to elevate the case above the surface it is sitting on. (Which is a feature of the pre-2013 Mac Pro design.) But yeah, it does look kind of toy-like; probably some sort of mock-up?
If Apple continues in the direction they took in 2014 refresh they will trend towards limiting the Mini more. A core M would be fanless and eliminate extra parts and enough ports for display and a couple of usb type c and maybe a couple of USB 3 plus bluetooth for keyboard and mouse and wifi for internet eliminating more hardware. If you need type c adapters for ethernet or other porting Apple will sell you those. If you need more than the flash size you can use an external drive.
It's entry level and they have shown they no longer want to compete in the mini PC market.
Just speculating here but I'm pretty sure they will eliminate that chunk of a case and as many parts as possible.
Good guess. On further research, it does appear to be a scaled-down mockup of a PowerMac G5:
Also, the photo is from 2004 and the PowerMac G5 came out in 2003.
Yep style over substance. Tried one of the new magic trackpads today. Absolutely awful. No tactile feedback whatsoever when clicking. Sorry Apple, I'm not into this 'force click' gimmick just give me something that clicks when I press it so I know I've pressed it.
I have never rated a trackpad, magic or otherwise - nothing competes with the good old mouse, though not an Apple version. £109 GBP for a trackpad - at these prices Apple are simply taking the proverbial.
I can get people sticking with a mouse cos they have been around so long and it wasn't until Apple started with their glass trackpads that I used one at all, before that I always preferred the tracepoint on thinkpads. I've found with a PC I actually quite like a trackball. less arm movement when you need to scroll around lots, but still very controllable for the detailed stuff.
I had a trackballl for over a decade before it finally died. Yes, it was that nice (and a Microsoft one to boot).
+1! I'm using Kensington "Expert Mouse" trackballs on most of my machines now (which reminds me, I need to get another one soon). Very large trackball makes fine control easy, no need to move the device means it fits onto a crowded desktop.
Try the logitech trackballs. They are a lot cheaper than the old microsoft ones and work quite well.
Will do! I have very limited mouse space anyway, so a new trackball is DEFINITELY on the horizon.
I used a Logitech trackball for many years for doing Cad/Cam work. I loved it but developed Carpal Tunnel in my thumb and wrist area from drawing all day. Just an occupational hazard. I have one now and use it once in awhile.
I still prefer the Trackpad for OS X. It's just easier on these old bones.
It's from Macally and it seems they discontinued them, because they don't sell them anymore on their website.
There are only pictures and a manual.
But there are still a few available new on Amazon and maybe elsewhere. I have two of them with a 3 TB HDD in it as backup drives for my 17-inch MBP Late 2011. You can daisy chain them by FireWire 800.
They are very expensive just for a case without a drive. I luckily got them for "just" € 89.95 each on Amazon Germany/Austria, now there are only two left for € 129.95:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00BESJ12A
There are also two on Amazon.com for $ 99.99:
https://www.amazon.com/3-5-Inch-Alu...465407208&sr=1-1&keywords=Macally+G-S350SU3B2
And a version without the FireWire ports:
https://www.amazon.com/Macally-3-5-Inch-Aluminum-Enclosure-G-S350SU3/dp/B00B7MVLUI/ref=pd_sim_147_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41JcCWXQXlL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=EK4J0F6CNN3C9N3R0H2B
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