The current lineup just widens the gulf between the mini and the pro.
You either get a very low-end box or you have to jump to the rocketship,
nothing inbetween. That chasm is readily apparent when the minimum
config on the MacPro is $3000 while the max CPU config on the mini is
$1200 (3GHz dual i7 8GB RAM). I bought a mini about this time last year
and with the 2.6Ghz quad i7 and 4GB RAM it was about $900. The minimum
config on the new mini is a 1TB fusion drive so I guess that's worth
something but it feel like an overall price bump.
CB
On 10/23/14, 1:54 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
It's ironic because I very nearly sold mine to a relative for a low price,
which would have meant I couldn't afford an external storage enclosure I've
been saving for. Now it's worth its weight in gold! Guess we should be
careful what we wish for. It keeps the money in my pocket, anyway, and
validates my Thunderbolt 1 peripherals, which I'm always very happy about.
Still sad to see Apple go down this road though. I'm sure if they did it right
we could trust them to put out a machine you'd never need or want to upgrade,
but to me the only explanation for this nonsense is, well, money; lowering the
low-end costs to meet demand would be a great honour if it didn't mean this,
and maybe it's Intel's fault too, but maybe Apple just doesn't want you
cannibalising their Mac Pro sales, or their iMacs, or MBPs, or whatever. You
wouldn't advise someone needing a replacement I7 2.7 GHz machine to go out and
get a Xeon, would you? No, of course you wouldn't. As it stands right now,
buying a top-end Mac Mini quite simply means that you are getting _LESS_ than
you got in 2012 in performance for a similar price, which is absolutely
incredible.
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