That doesn't necessarily matter. Mac Minis often sell to people who have other Macs.
The Mac mini is supposed to be the "gateway Mac", i.e. a low-cost Mac to get people away from Windows.
But their last update in 2014 was pathetic, it probably drove people away from Macs. If you make a weak, overpriced computer that can't even be upgraded, of course people won't buy it. And I'm sure Apple will go with the typical accounting thinking of "well, the Mac mini is not selling so we might as well stop making them".
Correction: swapping RAM was pretty easy. The latest Mac minis have on-board RAM and cannot be upgraded, ever. So if you do any serious work with your computer, you absolutely have to pay for the overpriced RAM upgrade directly from Apple when you buy the computer. You can no longer offset the cost of the computer on a few years by doing upgrades by yourself.
Also, the presentation slide from 2014 said "SSD" as if all the minis now had that feature, but only the top model does. Totally misleading advertisting.
So yes, I'm looking forward to see if the Mac mini will finally be "updated" next week but I'm really not holding my breath. Like a lot of people, I may need to go with the hackintosh option.
As far as I know, iTunes music files are in AAC and the non-DRM'ed ones can be played on a lot of non-Apple devices. Copy them to an SD card and you can play them on a Nintendo DSi from 2009. So if you still have players that aren't compatible with AAC in 2016, it may be time to get something new.
Forget preventing auto-playing videos, I want to prevent them from pre-loading in the first place. This is bandwidth wasting and anti-users since it eats in their monthly quota without them having asked for it.
Once we can machines doing proper diagnostics, A.I. should in theory be superior to humans and people in the future won't believe we thought 72% accuracy was good enough for doctors.
You're reading it wrong. They simply used the New York Times website as an example of how their new optimizations are doing with existing websites instead of using benchmarks.
Get every kid a basic Arduino and let them learn on something as basic as 1980's computers but that can also interact with the outside world via I/O pins.
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And I was hoping for a new Mac mini. The poor thing hasn't been updated* since 2012.
* it was downgraded in 2014.
But... but... you forgot to mention they're using previous-generation processors in their brand-new laptops! That takes courage!
"Not enough fiber".
Pixel can also replace Uber? Wow, I'm getting one!
They need to lower their pricing again, $35 ain't low enough for the so-called quality of popular entertainment these days.
I heard stillsuits are efficient enough to allow someone to survive in a desert.
What those designers can't seem to understand is that a lot of people don't have HiDPI displays.
Open Sans semibold looks great, but it should really only be used for headings, maybe footers/copyrights if used properly.
And here I thought even SATA was on its way out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
As a Canadian, I've seen the new Star Wars and let me give you some spoilers: at the end of the movie, Data totally dies by saving Picard's life!
And yet... I thought all intel i5 were quad-cores, but Apple has/had dual-core i5 in some of their machines.
The Mac mini is supposed to be the "gateway Mac", i.e. a low-cost Mac to get people away from Windows.
But their last update in 2014 was pathetic, it probably drove people away from Macs. If you make a weak, overpriced computer that can't even be upgraded, of course people won't buy it. And I'm sure Apple will go with the typical accounting thinking of "well, the Mac mini is not selling so we might as well stop making them".
Correction: swapping RAM was pretty easy. The latest Mac minis have on-board RAM and cannot be upgraded, ever. So if you do any serious work with your computer, you absolutely have to pay for the overpriced RAM upgrade directly from Apple when you buy the computer. You can no longer offset the cost of the computer on a few years by doing upgrades by yourself.
Also, the presentation slide from 2014 said "SSD" as if all the minis now had that feature, but only the top model does. Totally misleading advertisting.
So yes, I'm looking forward to see if the Mac mini will finally be "updated" next week but I'm really not holding my breath. Like a lot of people, I may need to go with the hackintosh option.
This is a whole new meaning for the term "redneck".
As far as I know, iTunes music files are in AAC and the non-DRM'ed ones can be played on a lot of non-Apple devices. Copy them to an SD card and you can play them on a Nintendo DSi from 2009. So if you still have players that aren't compatible with AAC in 2016, it may be time to get something new.
Mine tastes funny.
Oh look, the box says "May contain clowns".
And guess who's going to use that crap first? Advertisers. If you were able to avoid being targeted and tracked so far, you have zero chance now.
Forget preventing auto-playing videos, I want to prevent them from pre-loading in the first place. This is bandwidth wasting and anti-users since it eats in their monthly quota without them having asked for it.
Once we can machines doing proper diagnostics, A.I. should in theory be superior to humans and people in the future won't believe we thought 72% accuracy was good enough for doctors.
https://science.slashdot.org/s...
Posted only a few hours ago.
You're reading it wrong. They simply used the New York Times website as an example of how their new optimizations are doing with existing websites instead of using benchmarks.
I'm pretty sure AmiMoJo meant arabic numerals.
Get every kid a basic Arduino and let them learn on something as basic as 1980's computers but that can also interact with the outside world via I/O pins.
You mean like the teaser for the trailer of the preview of the first script reading for a movie?