Posted on 09/14/2017 8:09:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I am not going to go over the new hardware being brought out by Apple. Fanboys are already cooing over the new iPhones. But something – something that flew under the radar to all but techies – is about to substantially alter the power and cost of computing.
To those following the Apple event, one item was missing: the Mac Mini. The Mac Mini was and is Apple's desktop option for those who want to buy just the core computer and provide their own monitor, speakers, keyboard, et al. In its heyday (the 2012 Server Model), the Mac Mini offered an option of a quad-core (eight-thread) model, which could be easily upgraded by the user in RAM and storage. On top of that, it was an elegant, lightweight, small-form factor gem.
Though it used a laptop CPU, it was highly powerful with great specs and was much loved by techies, who tended to shy away from Apple products as a rule. The 2012 quad-core Mac Mini attracted geeks – as it was the one Apple model that allowed users to tinker.
In 2014, Apple's new and "improved" model dropped the quad-core option, soldered in the RAM, and made storage upgrades more difficult. Mac Mini aficionados were furious. For the past three years, they have been waiting for Apple to undo the insult and to upgrade the Mac Mini back to its quad-core glory days. Instead, Apple has let the Mac Mini rot – and still sells it with underpowered, out-of-date fourth-generation Haswell chip technology.
The usual explanation is that Apple does not want to offer a cheap alternative to people buying its highly profitable iMacs. But there is more to it than that.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
And the Cook makes a public statement to influence other employees trying to curry favor in the bosses eyes. Cook is the public face of Apple. His actions sets the bar.
I have a laptop I need for work. However, my preference is desktop machines in a tower configuration. Easy to work on, room for expansion, parts interchangeability, etc. etc.
I have three tower machines at my desk here at home. Windows/Linux/Linux.
Keep dancing, Okie. The private actions of an employee only redound to the organization they're associated with in the unthinking minds of Liberals. . . and that tells us what what you are and how you think, or rather don't think.
Stop including me in your trollfest, troll.
talk to your friend swordmaker
Swordmaker is not posting to me. You are. Stop it!
I feel very sorry for you. Hope you get the help you seem to need asap.
Me, I didn’t draw you into anything.
Sorry, I don’t want to exchange photo’s with you.
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