Re:Mac mini review–a testament to Apple’s stubbornness
by hollerith on Friday November 23, 2018 @04:08PM
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>anyone think a Mac mini will survive daily hauls like that? I am concerned that it will be too much movement for a non-laptop.
It will survive. I've hauled my 2011 mini between my home and my girlfriend's home on approx 200 round trips. Sometimes I hike the distance; usually I take 2 buses.
At first I'd haul it in the very-high-quality white cardboard box it came in but a year or 2 ago I stopped bothering. Since then my only precaution has been to try to remember to put the mini in my travel bag with the "holes" (ports) up so that cruft from the bottom of the bag won't work its way inside the mini.
My model of the mini uses laptop components. If Apple has changed that in the new model, then my experience might not apply to you.
Interestingly, it never bothered me that the mini is about an inch thick. I'd rather it weigh a few oz less than it be as thin as a Macbook or an iPad.
It will survive. I've hauled my 2011 mini between my home and my girlfriend's home on approx 200 round trips. Sometimes I hike the distance; usually I take 2 buses.
At first I'd haul it in the very-high-quality white cardboard box it came in but a year or 2 ago I stopped bothering. Since then my only precaution has been to try to remember to put the mini in my travel bag with the "holes" (ports) up so that cruft from the bottom of the bag won't work its way inside the mini.
My model of the mini uses laptop components. If Apple has changed that in the new model, then my experience might not apply to you.
Interestingly, it never bothered me that the mini is about an inch thick. I'd rather it weigh a few oz less than it be as thin as a Macbook or an iPad.