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"Mac mini? Coming up on 2 years without an update. And we lost the quad core options." Also, they dramatically reduced its utility by removing the optical driv
by rsync 10y ago
"Mac mini? Coming up on 2 years without an update. And we lost the quad core options."
Also, they dramatically reduced its utility by removing the optical drive.
It is stupefying that you cannot buy a mac mini with an optical drive. It's ridiculous. It takes most of the interesting use-cases off the table and makes many other use-cases a pain in the ass.
I would have kept buying mac minis, continuously, every 3-4 years, forever. Instead, I bought two of the fastest/latest ones with optical drive and that's all I'll ever have.
- hiram112 10y agoI haven't used my CD drive for probably 2 years, at least since my car can play USB and Bluetooth music. You can buy a USB DVD-RW for about $20. I am glad most laptops and small form factor PCs are doing away with the drives as default.
- carterehsmith 10y agoCan you not use external optical drive?
- rsync 10y agoOf course I could. There's all kinds of lame things I could do. The mac mini is about the form factor. The form factor is broken if there's a second device hanging off of it.
- slantyyz 10y ago>> The form factor is broken if there's a second device hanging off of it. That perfectly describes my problem with the tubular Mac Pro. Call me old school, but I loved the old Mac Pro chassis and its internal expandability.