MacMini M4 ... is it still of known Apple quality?

Poisone curve. If it is gonna failo it is more likely to happen early.Everything electronic. Doesn’t matter if its Apple and testing only gets. afew out of the way. Why there iswaranty.

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dave
 
The Poisson curve counts but of course it is about the amount/numbers. Some products have a few % of such defects and others a few % more. People that have owned Japanese and American cars know such.

We’ll see. If the return rate is around 5% the word gets out quickly usually. They were introduced only 5 months ago and mass production started this year.

Only yesterday I learnt that the USB-C ports also have an issue when connecting slow peripherals. That is what the new owner had found out before he bought mine.
 
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In an unexpected spiral of luck despite my "I hate life" spiral (and questionable mental health) I got an M2 24/512 for half its price. Already had an M2 8/512 version which also is good (enough) for many tasks.

Tremendous machine. Unlike the M4 that does indeed seem to have quality issues also at others. Unless Apple improves the design of M4 I predict the M2 will go slightly up in value after initial value loss because of "new is better". Can not recommend the M2 enough, it runs circles around Intel based Macs and is lightning fast. Despite fantastic marketing stories I don't notice any difference with M4 in real life speed with my applications.
 
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