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A comment on M4 Mac mini's efficiency. Parent comment

Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by MBCook on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @06:29PM (#42121156)
RAM is completely fair.

Apple is certainly out of their mind on storage. But on a desktop it’s trivial to plug-in an external disc that you can buy at an absolutely reasonable price instead of the insane Apple one.

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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by goosedragons on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @07:28PM (#42121586)
$200 bucks for 8GB RAM extra is not fair ($200 to go to 24GB, another $200 for 32GB). 64GB DDR5 kits can be had for less than $200.

And while you can plug in storage, I think it does kind of ruin the appeal of having such a small device by having a bunch of spaghetti cables. And if the boot drive goes it's not easily replaceable and makes the machine a brick until it is.

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