For the better?... I hope so.
But please re read my post about this: Apple have/had their reputation build upon them not being pc for users (mind you during 80's...): easy to handle with no hassle about setup and all... in practice it was not the case with this particular one model in this specific situation.
Those thingy are now pc with a different os and nice case ( as with all Apple products, design is high on the list)...
I know people 'into' Mac have strong feelings about them. I just don't care as they are tools to me. Randy asked about macmini, i know they works as intended in a number of facility i worked in ( studio) in the last ten years and did not discourage him.
My experience is their reputation is marketing blabla to me.
I found my way with pc, your milage may vary and i'm perfectly fine with it.
The most stable workhorse computer i ever had was an Atari Mega4 ( and still is as it still worked as intended last time i powered it up!!!)... my first ever computer running Cubase and Logic ( or should i say pocket calculator?! 🙂 ).
Yes i'm low tech about computer if i can, but it's another discussion we could have...
But please re read my post about this: Apple have/had their reputation build upon them not being pc for users (mind you during 80's...): easy to handle with no hassle about setup and all... in practice it was not the case with this particular one model in this specific situation.
Those thingy are now pc with a different os and nice case ( as with all Apple products, design is high on the list)...
I know people 'into' Mac have strong feelings about them. I just don't care as they are tools to me. Randy asked about macmini, i know they works as intended in a number of facility i worked in ( studio) in the last ten years and did not discourage him.
My experience is their reputation is marketing blabla to me.
I found my way with pc, your milage may vary and i'm perfectly fine with it.
The most stable workhorse computer i ever had was an Atari Mega4 ( and still is as it still worked as intended last time i powered it up!!!)... my first ever computer running Cubase and Logic ( or should i say pocket calculator?! 🙂 ).
Yes i'm low tech about computer if i can, but it's another discussion we could have...
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It's a good question: litteraly Personal Computer.
Mac were too personal computer but until Apple started using Intel's processors there was difference in processors architecture: CISC and RISC.
Mac were CISC and it was an advantage in multitask processing: cpu clocks were slower than RISC but in practice it made them more stable for this kind of multitasks duty ( and why largely accepted as the computer of choice for 'professionals' in music, pictures treatment,... anything implying multitask).
I suppose MAC OS integration was ( is?) better too compared to windows which was an agregation of different software from different origins, thus making windows less stable overall.
The hardware choosen for MAC is (was?) here again more stable as you didn't had really choice of manufacturer: it was sold as a complete package and so incompatibility issues were theorically less often encountered.
PC had always been more 'open' about hardware ( to my knowledge). But it's a double edged sword as there is ( was?) more options for customisation but more instability too.
Anyway all this have been made 'caduque' (lapsed) once the hardware used is the same between both. Apple probably is still more stable as components are sold under a tryed and tested configuration, but you could say the same from 'branded' pc like HP's, Dell's,...
The real hardware issue with pc comes when unknown components are agregated together, instability can happen ( chipsets can be a nightmare, eg: firewire which was a pita in pc world and worked flawlessly in mac world...).
So yes, for me once the hardware used is the same they are 'now' small differences between them ( except OS of course).
Edit: Koda was faster than me... but it's unfair, you write in your native language, i'm not! 😉
Mac were too personal computer but until Apple started using Intel's processors there was difference in processors architecture: CISC and RISC.
Mac were CISC and it was an advantage in multitask processing: cpu clocks were slower than RISC but in practice it made them more stable for this kind of multitasks duty ( and why largely accepted as the computer of choice for 'professionals' in music, pictures treatment,... anything implying multitask).
I suppose MAC OS integration was ( is?) better too compared to windows which was an agregation of different software from different origins, thus making windows less stable overall.
The hardware choosen for MAC is (was?) here again more stable as you didn't had really choice of manufacturer: it was sold as a complete package and so incompatibility issues were theorically less often encountered.
PC had always been more 'open' about hardware ( to my knowledge). But it's a double edged sword as there is ( was?) more options for customisation but more instability too.
Anyway all this have been made 'caduque' (lapsed) once the hardware used is the same between both. Apple probably is still more stable as components are sold under a tryed and tested configuration, but you could say the same from 'branded' pc like HP's, Dell's,...
The real hardware issue with pc comes when unknown components are agregated together, instability can happen ( chipsets can be a nightmare, eg: firewire which was a pita in pc world and worked flawlessly in mac world...).
So yes, for me once the hardware used is the same they are 'now' small differences between them ( except OS of course).
Edit: Koda was faster than me... but it's unfair, you write in your native language, i'm not! 😉
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I suspected you were inferring PPC vs X86. Apple has been moving to its own ARM silicon since the end of 2020.
No time to write more at the moment.
At one point, Apple's personal computers were based on Motorola chips... so they had a very nice acceptance in my profession because they did things the "right way".. as in Big Endian. Eventually they moved to the Power PC (PPC) chip... again, big endian... awesome.
We used to buy Apple's PC as low cost alternatives to buying expensive reference 68K, PPC single board computers for hosting embedded real time operating systems ( vxWorks, Nucleus, etc...). It was a lot cheaper during firmware development.
In comparison, Intel has always been Little Endian which is a royal PITA when dumping memory... you got to flip the bytes and then the words... So you don't see so many Intel chips in embedded systems.
Sometime in the late 00s, Apple dumped the PPC and went to an Intel platform. I guess they got fed up with Motorola no longer being interested in state of the art computing cores.
But it's OK, in my profession we went to ARM.
So, yeah, from a hardware point of view there is little difference between the Intel and Apple based PCs. Except that Apple uses Unix under its presentation manager and, if you know what you're doing it, you can use it as an expensive alternative to a Linux machine. Other than that... Apple has nice design and absolutely crappy customer interface.
Apple did move to ARM. but by then the ship had sailed. Given how ARM works, if you use ARM you are either using something like a Xylinx FPGA on SOC... or you have your own emulator, simulator and ASICs. So, we don't need Apple anymore.
The Amiga was a good machine.
Pretty much I'm referring to embedded single board computers.... not personal computers.
And nowadays everything is collapsing into SOC's ( system on a chip ).
Pretty much I'm referring to embedded single board computers.... not personal computers.
And nowadays everything is collapsing into SOC's ( system on a chip ).
I am having USB issues already. This pc only has the OS, updates, VLC, Medeiamonkey and Firefox on it so far. My Bluetooth dongle is erratic with the mouse on some of the USB 3.0 ports, but fine in one of them or the US 2.0 ports. Everything else is behaving on those same ports. I have found things like this common on pc to the point where I have never considered pc USB to be a dependable system. Is this typical for macOS too?
The guys that say the open windows structure can lead to difficult to trace instabilities are on to something
The guys that say the open windows structure can lead to difficult to trace instabilities are on to something
Mouse and keyboard are fine with USB 2.0. Save 3.0 ports for other devices.
Run the following at your own risk.
Right-click the Start button and look for Device Manager. In Device Manager look for any devices with an exclamation point (!).
(Can run update by right-clicking the device and searching internet for new driver, but sometimes doesn't find anything.
Alternatively, if you find any devices that require a driver or want latest version, go to the PC manufacture's web site and find support link. Look for latest drivers for your model PC.
If there's a chipset driver upgrade and is installable from Windows, download and run it.
Can also run BIOS updates, but is a bit more tricky depending on a few things.
It's possible the manufacture's site, such as Dell and HP, can install a small piece of software to search your PC for latest drivers.
Run the following at your own risk.
Right-click the Start button and look for Device Manager. In Device Manager look for any devices with an exclamation point (!).
(Can run update by right-clicking the device and searching internet for new driver, but sometimes doesn't find anything.
Alternatively, if you find any devices that require a driver or want latest version, go to the PC manufacture's web site and find support link. Look for latest drivers for your model PC.
If there's a chipset driver upgrade and is installable from Windows, download and run it.
Can also run BIOS updates, but is a bit more tricky depending on a few things.
It's possible the manufacture's site, such as Dell and HP, can install a small piece of software to search your PC for latest drivers.
Windows 11 22H2? Or are you using the almost EOL Windows 10?
Have you ever tried Linux? The only time I ever have bluetooth issues is when I'm using the microwave and it's between me and the transmitter.
I use the GNOME version of Manjaro, but if you actually like Windows UI (Ew that's dirty!), you might like KDE Plasma.
OTOH, if the computer is old, use the XFCE version because it runs on old hardware quicker.
https://manjaro.org/download/
FWIW I've got Windows 11 22H2 and Manjaro GNOME installed on a 10 year old i3 laptop. It works fine, and Windows 11 uses memory compression (and Linux does if you install the ZRAM kernel module) so 4 gig's of RAM is usable (My desktop has 64GB of Memory now).
I hear Linux Mint is good for Windows users converting to Linux. I installed mint on older Dell desktops for my friend's young kids several years ago. Havent heard of a problem since linux mint was installed.
Hey man, please don't take offence with this, as I truly appreciate your input with troubleshooting this current USB issue. I have now spent a lifetime with device manager and drivers as well as finding chipset drivers and updating firmware and things. There is actual work getting held up with windows. I am so far behind with my 3D work now
Would I be up for the same continuing experience with an M2 mini?
What I meant was that I haven't used macOS before. I have a had a lot of downtime over the years due to troubleshooting drivers, chipsets, firmware, corrupted data and such. Am I setting myself up with a false expectation to be mostly of these issues with the M2 Mini?