Bizarre! I have one too and love it. Pity I decided on the standard 8gb version.
Nothing is ideal and the products are expensive so they really should perform but the Mac Mini M1 is the best computer I posessed till now. One thing that annoys is the power switch still located at the back which is a stupid design mistake.
Critical user so I keep an eye on Apple and they should not push it too far. Well they already do that 🙂 Zealotry comes with Apple and Pass stuff and it does not take the best out of people. It is stuff, not a living thing one should defend like a child!
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I see that Mac Mini M116G is pretty much a $1k box...a little too tall order for me. Maybe I'll get lucky like Tom!
Yeah too much money but once accustomed to Mac Mini and MacOS one has a hard time to kick that habit. A negative issue is their apparent wish to integrate smart phone stuff with the desktop computer OS. Why? Will the next Mac Mini be one that one can use as a phone? 😀
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I like integration. When the iPhone rings and I'm on the iPad, I just answer it, I don't have to get the phone. When I plug the phone in to the iMac, it automatically sets me up with the Photos app and has a one click download of new pics. I like that a pic I take with iPad auto transfers to iPhone and vice versa.
Old guys like me like that sort of integration.
Old guys like me like that sort of integration.
Integration is OK to an extent but some things really work out better on a smart phone (like calling) and some work out better on a desktop computer. That is because they are different devices for different purposes (doh!) 😉 Personally I think that we otherwise could do all tasks with just 1 device. Still Apple likes to sell Iphones, Ipads and Mac Minis to us. All three bloody expensive too.
I compare it to combined washing machines/dryers which usually are neither good at either one of those tasks.
I compare it to combined washing machines/dryers which usually are neither good at either one of those tasks.
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I have been programming as a hobby since the 1970s. My programs have run on no less than a dozen machines, four CPU architectures, and three OS families.
My most important consideration is longevity. Software will outlive any hardware. I use C++, Linux, and x86_64 because they are closest to future-proof.
Ed
My most important consideration is longevity. Software will outlive any hardware. I use C++, Linux, and x86_64 because they are closest to future-proof.
Ed
I had a cube & a slab. Yes, Apple’s resurection from near dead in the mid 90s was because NeXT took over Apple, a case of the subsumed rising to the top. But MacOS is decidely not NeXTstep.
dave
Keep in mind they typically last 2-3 times as long as a typical PC. IBM found significant savings with Macs over PCs once they let employees decide whatthey wanted to use.
Do not forget that Apple Silicon started with chips for the iPhone. The first M chip came after Apple practised for over a decade practising on the phone.
My 2012 MacMini (cost me some cookies), is still going strong as a music server. And the MacPros and PowerMac downstairs are even older. And when they die i can use the lovely Aluminimum cases for amplifier boxes.
dave
I replaced my aging 2012 i7 Mac Mini with a new M2 mini (16Gb/512Gb). The 2012 is still running fine, with a 512G SSD and 16G of RAM, but stuff like TurboTax keeps demanding newer OS'es. I did load the required OS onto its 2nd HD, but it runs very slow. The M2 Mini is very nice, and didn't hurt that we could use my wife's edu discount for it.
Me too. Don’t forget the watch. Over half my phone calls are answered on my watch and is it ever nice to get texts on the watch and be able to have speech to text AI (IS=Idoit Savant) lets me talk a text to the watch.
dave
OOP was developed late 60s early 70s. Nothing to do with next
What about security in IT environments? Seems to be more and more of a goal than doing some work 🙂
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no need to apologise. I just wanted to avoid polluting the thread with too much drivel ( from me) 🙂
That's been my experience as well. And you get OS upgrades (not just updates) for quite a few years and OS updates for years thereafter.
There's no doubt that the Apple computers cost more than the cheapest PC, but if you make and apples-to-apples comparison (pardon the pun) you'll find that the cost riser of the Apple isn't all that much. I would compare against a high spec Lenovo Thinkpad, for example. Those aren't cheap machines either.
Apple products also tend to have a pretty good resale value. Last I upgraded my laptop I was able to sell the then five year-old one for a pretty decent price.
But we don't all have to like the same stuff. I use Apple products because they work well, work well together, and allow me to work uninterrupted.
Tom
Right, but I sure don't mind when one helps out the other and it makes things more convenient.
I don't need to make a call on the iPad but it sure is handy to be able to answer it, especially if I'm in the easy chair with the tablet and the phone is charging in another room.
Same with the pics. No need to remember which device took the original, they are always there on both.
Same with finding the 'missing' unit. Both the phone and tablet have locators for one another.
There's lots more but that's enough.
I know why I saved my pennies and bought what I did.