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People used to complain how a desktop PC had a 24 month lifespan and now that a 4 year-old Mac Mini still works fine people think it's too old.
by guyzero 9y ago
People used to complain how a desktop PC had a 24 month lifespan and now that a 4 year-old Mac Mini still works fine people think it's too old.
- wmf 9y agoI know Moore's Law is coming to an end, but it's not over. The Mac mini has a 3.5GHz dual-core i7-4578U while today for the same money you can get a 4.2GHz quad-core i7-8650U. Only double the performance.
- richardknop 9y agoThat has less to do with Moore's Law and more to do with Apple putting underpowered hardware into its desktop products. For example new Macbook Pros have been very underpowered on day one which is why many professionals who need powerful machines for work have been complaining (basically saying Pro in the name is meaningless now as it's just a normal consumer laptop with average performance, not a powerful workhorse for professionals such as engineers and designers it used to be).
- kalleboo 9y agoThere's nothing wrong with using a 4-year-old Mac Mini. The thing that sucks is selling it as new, because how will it perform 4 years from now. It shouldn't be this difficult for Apple to keep up with basic spec bumps - unlike the iPhone, not every update has to be revolutionary!