Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to improve Windows on Arm

Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by thom_ on Monday October 24, 2022 @01:59PM (#33320089)

They should give them away. I’d never spend $600 on any kind of windows product. Maybe we can install linux on it? But you’d have to be smoking crack not to buy a mac mini m1. It’s the best computer I ever used hands down

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by 1123581321 on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:16PM (#33320285)

When Apple released its $500 ARM dev kit ahead of the M1, they offered a $200 credit in exchange for return. Something equivalent seems appropriate here. This isn’t meant to be a computer for mass consumption so shouldn’t be compared to the M1 Mini.

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by csnweb on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:21PM (#33320356)

It seems to be priced relatively cheap already with 32GB Ram and a 512GB SSD. A Mac mini with only 16GB of memory already costs nearly twice as much and I really wish there were a 32 gb mini at all. I like my Mac mini, but I hit the memory limit from time to time.

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by sliken on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @01:52PM (#33333956)

Rumors claim a M2 mini in the next month, with a max of 24GB ram. Even more interesting is the rumor there will be a M2 pro mini which doubles the max ram and adds more CPU/GPU perf.

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by justapassenger on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:17PM (#33320299)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3dxMGzt5mU

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by swarnie on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:12PM (#33320247)

Can a mac mini m1 run Windows?

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by TillE on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:24PM (#33320409)

Virtualized, yes. For most purposes, an M1/M2 Mac is an excellent platform for developing stuff for Windows ARM64.

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by nottorp on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:37PM (#33320580)

No, not x86 Windows. You can only virtualize ARM Windows, which the other answers mean.

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by dottedmag on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:19PM (#33320330)

Yes, in Parallels.

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by imwillofficial on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:09PM (#33320208)

I mean crack, or a specific use case that isn't Mac bound like some kinds of development.

But probably crack

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Re:Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to impr... by LegitShady on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:11PM (#33320236)

if you don't want to spend money on it, just dont buy one. It's ok for something to be made for people who aren't you.

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