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In Reply to: RE: Thinking of ditching my PC for an Mac mini..... ? posted by mbnx01 on April 16, 2014 at 10:32:32
That said, the Mac Mini is WAY overdue for an update, so I would wait. Current models have very slow Intel integrated graphics technology that doesn't come close to keeping up with the cheapest of the current iMacs.
I'm happy with my MacBook Air for a portable laptop and will wait for an updated Mac Mini or if none comes around will go with the new Mac Pro.
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Wha? The latest Mac Mini is less than a year old. Are you kidding me? You have bought into accelerated obsolescence. Congrats to Apple. I'm running a 2010 with no issues, and I have a friend who is running server perfectly with a 2006 model.
Current version of the Mac Mini was introduce in October 2012 and it includes Intel HD Graphics 4000 technology.
"Intel HD Graphics is a series of Intel's integrated graphics processors introduced in 2010 that are manufactured on the same die as the central processor."
Translation of above: SLOW!
OK, HD Graphics 4000 is better than HD Graphics 3000, which was the version used in the 2011 Mac Mini, but seriously...
The computer industry must love you. You help keep Apple executes in their yachts and their kids driving Maseratis to school.
thereby spending much of your time being wrong.
My current work laptop is a Dell Latitude D610, about 10 years old, upgraded to Windows 7 and still alive only because I still use QuickBooks for the company books. That will be gone by the end of the year.
My wife has an about-to-be-thrown-away, 10 year old Acer Netbook, unfortunately running now-unsupported Windows XP.
So I'm sure you would agree that we need to upgrade. Our goal here is to leave Windows far behind and a Mac Mini would be a logical replacement for the long-dead HP desktop in the office.
As far a putting money in Apple's hands, we have done a bit of that, but to my mind it's been a fair deal.
My current personal computer is a mid 2011 MacBook Air. I use it for both home and work/travel (except for the aforementioned Quickbooks) and I see no need to upgrade at this moment.
Other Apple stuff includes my iPhone 5, my wife's hand-me-down iPhone 4 Plus we fight over the iPad 2.
Are you sure I'm keeping "Apple executes" rich by waiting a bit before I plunk down money on a new Mac Mini?
Also I was completely unaware that Tim Cook's kids drove 'Maseratis to school', or that Tim Cook had any kids, for that matter. ;-)
I just find it interesting you can comment on the performance of the current Mac Mini, and it's supposed shortcomings without owning or using one.Not everyone is a spec shopper.
Edits: 04/17/14
Rumor is September and that's just a rumor - could be next year.
I'd like to wait but not sure I can. I might pick one up Thursday.
This will be zero gaming or video, just server, email, banking, etc.
"The problem with quotes from the internet is that many of them just are just made up."
-Abraham Lincoln
Whaaaa? Horror of horrors! You are going to use your computer for purposes besides music????
The men In the white coats will be at your door in the morning. The computer audio police are all knowing.
The 'moderator' has been known to put people on vacation for the mere mention of that fact. =:-0
I think I paid $4K for my Macbook Pro, it was a thing I just had to experience.
I went the Chrome OS route, I use everything google nowadays with my Chromebook.
I'm trying to simplify, I found as I get older and more tech savvy I just like to go with what works. Macintosh is like a hammer, it just works. Like you have a nail you need in the wall, you hammer it. Same thing.
If you wait for every upgrade cycle you'll be buying a new mac every 6 months or so, LOL! shiny!
The Intel integrated graphics solution in the Mac Mini was considered 'old' (for a desktop solution) even when it was new.
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