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Re:Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake review: Is the desktop CPU ... by kogepathic on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:56PM (#13312448)
> Those 2013 chips cannot properly drive a 4k display.

Which honestly seems pretty fair. 4K wasn't mainstream in 2013, you needed to spend a lot of money to buy a 4K display or projector. [0]

I wouldn't say that most people purchasing a Mac Mini are planning to use a 4K display with it, considering its target market is people who want to buy a Mac (without an integrated display) but don't want to shell out for a Mac Pro.

The Mac Pro not supporting 4K is a problem, one that has been brought up by many other people as an example of how Apple is ignoring the Pro market segment.

[0] http://www.alphr.com/news/382774/asus-takes-pre-orders-on-fi...

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Re:Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake review: Is the desktop CPU ... by potatolicious on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @04:16PM (#13313180)
The Mac Mini's specs were pretty fair for 2013, but selling them in 2017 is pretty atrocious.

4K display prices are down, way down, and well within the normal consumer range now - you can pick up a very nice 4K monitor for $300 or less. It's not unreasonable to expect a Mac being sold new in 2017 to be able to drive it...

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