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What's the point of OSX on the NUC when Linux or even Windows does everything a NUC is usually used for?
by rocky1138 10y ago
What's the point of OSX on the NUC when Linux or even Windows does everything a NUC is usually used for?
- jmkni 10y agoI'm thinking more about what people use Mac Mini's for. Apple clearly aren't interested in the Mac Mini anymore, so why not license macOS on a superior machine in the same category instead? Similar to how they no longer make their own monitors, and now recommend an LG 5K monitor. For example, I use a Mac Mini for Xamarin. When it dies, I don't want to spend money on a new one because they are really overpriced, would rather buy a NUC and a copy of Mac OS and use that instead.
- mobiletelephone 10y agoThe mac mini just works because apple put the effort into making it work. If they were to license macos for the nuc then they would have to put the work in there too. If they are not interested in working on the Mac mini, why would they be interested in working on the nuc?
- protomyth 10y agoI once believed that, but it really isn't true anymore. Intel made quite the effort to kill third party chipsets. We are not living in the early 90's. Intel decided (quite differently than ARM) that it would have a set of configurations and take over almost every aspect of it chips. Look at the NUC, it is a stock Intel everything design. It would be rather easy to support from Apple's perspective.
- Koshkin 10y agoWell, obviously, the Mini is the only viable (non-AIO) desktop offering from Apple. As with any desktop PC, its price is substantially lower than that of their laptop with comparable characteristics. It is a good, affordable developer's workstation, and as such it has its user base.
- petercooper 10y agoSome of the NUCs are so fast now they're totally fine as desktop machines. You can even get i7 ones.
- remir 10y agoBecause a lot of people actually love macOS and its exclusive apps?