Re:The Mac mini isn’t dead yet, says Tim Cook
by mikestew on Friday October 20, 2017 @12:05PM
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So let's say they do a refresh on the Mini. How long do we get to wait until the next refresh? As an example, I present the Mac Pro. It got the trashcan refresh and then...how many years later and it's still basically the same specs and (surprisingly) the same price. And instead of a new Mac Pro, we get an "artist's rendering" of a hopped up iMac that will come out later this year. No word yet (that I've heard) of an update to the actual Mac Pro.
The point I'm driving at is, fine, Apple updates some product lines. But are these product lines I want to rely on? Next time I need to prop, say, a build server do I want to rely on Apple's good graces to keep their hardware up to date? Or should I find other solutions so that the next time I need hardware to do $A_JOB I know I can find reasonably recent hardware for recent prices? Because a quad core Mini was a fine box for the money back in 2012, but come 2021, I'm not paying 2021 prices for 2017 hardware.
It just seems like over the five or so years, instead of surprising us, Apple finely gives in and updates something, then subsequently seems to say, "there, we updated it, now shut up and leave us alone for the next five years".
The point I'm driving at is, fine, Apple updates some product lines. But are these product lines I want to rely on? Next time I need to prop, say, a build server do I want to rely on Apple's good graces to keep their hardware up to date? Or should I find other solutions so that the next time I need hardware to do $A_JOB I know I can find reasonably recent hardware for recent prices? Because a quad core Mini was a fine box for the money back in 2012, but come 2021, I'm not paying 2021 prices for 2017 hardware.
It just seems like over the five or so years, instead of surprising us, Apple finely gives in and updates something, then subsequently seems to say, "there, we updated it, now shut up and leave us alone for the next five years".