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Ask HN: Would you like an Apple desktop device similar to the Raspberry Pi 400?
Today the Raspberry Pi 400 has been released. Considering that Apple is embracing ARM, I wonder if a similar device would be a successful entry-level product.
- geophile 6y agoHow is plugging a keyboard into an iPad all that different from plugging a monitor into a Pi 400? I left Apple for the hardware (butterfly keyboard, touchbar), and stayed away because of the software.
- zepto 6y agoApple IIf
- aurizon 6y agoCould such an ecology ever be truly open?
- st1x7 6y agoIt would be very off-brand for Apple to cater to a niche market, with a product that focuses on hacking and customisation, at a low-price point. Everything about it is anti-Apple.
- person_of_color 6y agoSad because thats how it began.
- musicale 6y agoThat may be true, but Steve Jobs famously dreamt of an appliance computer and the Macintosh/iPod/iPhone/iPad are all, to some extent, reflections of that vision.
- cercatrova 6y agoAn entry level Mac is the Mac Mini. They already have the development kits for ARM in a Mac Mini case, I assume they'll sell that as an actual Mac soon.
- runjake 6y agoNo. For the past several years, Apple has been notoriously bad at manufacturing keyboards. If anything I'd rather have a budget Mac Mini Mini in something like an Apple TV 4K case.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoThat seems such an obvious direction now the Mac mini has been pushed up market. A Mac Mini SE. Mostly though I'd like to see a modern version of the Time Capsule, a local version of iCloud.
- ThePhysicist 6y agoWould be terrific for casual computing, testing and development. I can't imagine Apple would do this though as they'd probably cut into their own flesh with a product like that. Many people use iMacs as office computers, for them there would be little reason to buy a machine for thousands of Dollars just to write text documents, read e-mails and browse the Internet if you can get a MacOS device for a few hundred Dollars. Apple already has the Mac Mini which starts at 800 USD, so I don't think there's much pricing room below that for Apple. But then again, who knows, as they're building their own chips now it would be feasible to design a slightly underpowered Mac Mini and sell it for 300-400 USD. If it works well enough it could be a great success, I think.
- schappim 6y agoIt depends, would it have a butterfly keyboard?