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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by eropple on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:14PM (#16850739)
"Neutered" is a weird term. The line is due for a refresh, I think it's got an i7-4578U Haswell in its top-end machine, but that's not "neutered". Yeah, they want you to pay for upgrades themselves and that sucks, but, whatever--my 2012 one has an Ivy Bridge i7 in it and it is still plenty fast for build tasks in my (fairly price-conscious) environment.

If I needed a beefier machine, I would be making much more money and justifying its purchase.

Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by orangecat on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:38PM (#16853045)
my 2012 one has an Ivy Bridge i7 in it and it is still plenty fast for build tasks in my (fairly price-conscious) environment.

That's the point: the current mini is worse than what you could get in 2012, due to removing the quad core option and upgradeable memory.

Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by eropple on Monday April 16, 2018 @10:25PM (#16854934)
OK, so buy one used. It's just not a big deal for a home developer.
Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by abrowne on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:20PM (#16851389)
I'm guessing they mean the lack of memory slots in the current model.