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"HP Elite Slice is like no desktop you’ve ever seen" Well, except for the Mac Mini, which it pretty much looks like.

by CommieBobDole 9y ago

happycube 9y ago
Except for the 35W CPU's - so you can get a real quad-core i5/i7... but yeah, I don't see it moving well at this price. (at least Apple admits up front that they're dual cores, unlike almost every other use of lie5/lie7's...)
- killjoywashere 9y ago
  Enterprise guys will buy it without even thinking about it. You're either a Dell shop or an HP shop.
- shams93 9y ago
  Yeah it's also macosx maybe you want to write for ios, if you're stuck with windows it's not going to help. Apple might be underpowered but you also don't need to use an entire cpu core just to run constant virus protection.
  - wildrhythms 9y ago
    Just anecdotally, my 2013 dual-core i5 (1.3GHz) Macbook Air seems to run smoother and faster than a majority of the "new" PC laptops I deal with. I'm not sure if it's OS X or the hardware, but for a four year old machine I wouldn't trade it for any new PC laptop.
soperj 9y ago
Didn't realize the mac mini was modular?
- robhu 9y ago
  It's not, but that bit is irrelevant for 99% of use cases.
  - sgc 9y ago
    It's the entire point of this offering. I don't want it, but it is all about the modules.
VeejayRampay 9y ago
With better specs, speakers and versatile connectivity.
- wepple 9y ago
  Versatile connectivity? What does it have that a Mac mini doesn't have? Macs have twice the number of USB?
agumonkey 9y ago
Minis have no real official modules I guess. Lenovo made similar stackable thinNUC, but I didn't see it catching wind.
the_arun 9y ago
All the brands have smaller size models. For eg. http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkcentre/m-series-tiny/ThinkCentre-M910-Tiny/p/11TC1MT910Q http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkc... too is tiny & better value for money.

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"HP Elite Slice is like no desktop you’ve ever seen" Well, except for the Mac Mini, which it pretty much looks like.

by CommieBobDole 9y ago

"HP Elite Slice is like no desktop you’ve ever seen" Well, except for the Mac Mini, which it pretty much looks like.

happycube 9y ago
Except for the 35W CPU's - so you can get a real quad-core i5/i7... but yeah, I don't see it moving well at this price. (at least Apple admits up front that they're dual cores, unlike almost every other use of lie5/lie7's...)
- killjoywashere 9y ago
  Enterprise guys will buy it without even thinking about it. You're either a Dell shop or an HP shop.
- shams93 9y ago
  Yeah it's also macosx maybe you want to write for ios, if you're stuck with windows it's not going to help. Apple might be underpowered but you also don't need to use an entire cpu core just to run constant virus protection.
  - wildrhythms 9y ago
    Just anecdotally, my 2013 dual-core i5 (1.3GHz) Macbook Air seems to run smoother and faster than a majority of the "new" PC laptops I deal with. I'm not sure if it's OS X or the hardware, but for a four year old machine I wouldn't trade it for any new PC laptop.
soperj 9y ago
Didn't realize the mac mini was modular?
- robhu 9y ago
  It's not, but that bit is irrelevant for 99% of use cases.
  - sgc 9y ago
    It's the entire point of this offering. I don't want it, but it is all about the modules.
VeejayRampay 9y ago
With better specs, speakers and versatile connectivity.
- wepple 9y ago
  Versatile connectivity? What does it have that a Mac mini doesn't have? Macs have twice the number of USB?
agumonkey 9y ago
Minis have no real official modules I guess. Lenovo made similar stackable thinNUC, but I didn't see it catching wind.
the_arun 9y ago
All the brands have smaller size models. For eg. http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkcentre/m-series-tiny/ThinkCentre-M910-Tiny/p/11TC1MT910Q http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkc... too is tiny & better value for money.