And one thing to add, if you’re a braille user the IOS devices are better with
braille than the Mac unfortunately.
Other wise great points.
I’m upset that there are no user serviceable parts inside any more. I upgraded
my Macbook 2012 with 3rd party memory and SSD and it made a huge difference for
small money. I guess that’s why they changed the design. Can’t have the users
not buying the supported part.
Cisco is another example of this. You can buy the Cisco memory module
for $2000 or the equivalent Kingston for $100.
> On Oct 8, 2015, at 8:22 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> At the risk of being completely useless, more is always better where specs
> are concerned. Apple give you a great experience with Mac, but alas, they
> charge overly for upgrades, and you only get to make those purchases one
> time, when you buy your machine. This is, of course, no coincidence. Be
> prepared to get your wallet out.
>
> The Mac Minis are fine machines, though they would be more fine if quad-core
> were available again. The Air is a good choice for a solo machine, but as
> other people here have mentioned, adaptors like FitHeadless exist to solve
> your virtual monitor needs, and if you are seating the computer in a fixed
> location, you get more bang for your buck with a Mini, even where external
> accessories purchases are factored in.
>
> The iMac is also a desktop you might consider—but never without an SSD or
> Fusion drive installed, for heaven’s sake. I ultimately yielded to
> temptation and now have one, soon as my sole Mac. It is thus a maxed-out
> iMac Retina 5K.
>
> The maxed-out Mac Pro is my dream machine. I can’t afford it. :(
>
> MacBooks may be too limited, and MacBook Pros might be too expensive, but
> they also have their place. I urge you to think positive when it comes to
> iOS devices; often, you can use them in place of laptops nowadays for most
> everyday things, and you still get a better feel with a desktop. But buying
> a MacBook Pro is also an option if you want a machine that will do both
> fairly competently. In my experience the loss of portability is more than
> made up for by the power; a MacBook Air is lovely but you’ll really notice
> when you start running your VMs on it and do heavy workloads.
>
> I hope I have given you some ideas, anyroad.
>
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