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As someone who is mostly happy with Apple's operating system, I love this idea. I can buy a Mac mini and use it as a primary desktop/ dev system until Apple dro
by ogre_codes 6y ago
As someone who is mostly happy with Apple's operating system, I love this idea. I can buy a Mac mini and use it as a primary desktop/ dev system until Apple drops support for it. By that time, we should have working Linux drivers and support for keeping it running until it rusts out. Since it's sitting on my desk and the only moving part is the fan and the slowly degrading SSD, I could see getting 10-15 years out of it.
Obviously it would be better/ ideal if Apple financed this or better, made a full OSS Darwin install. I see dropping $3/ month for a couple years is cheap insurance.
- nix23 6y ago>moving part is the fan and the slowly degrading SSD Even when it's called Solid State Disk they should not move, maybe you have to fix your setup.
- ogre_codes 6y agoI know it's not moving in any normal sense of the word. It degrades over time with use. As opposed to most every other non-fan/ non-SSD piece of the system which does not degrade over time.
- nix23 6y agoCondensers do, depends on the temperature. High temps = less lifetime hours.
- tuldia 6y agoSolid State _Drives_ degrades over time and require wear levelling[1] to avoid frying the chips. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_leveling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_leveling
- nix23 6y agoIt get even worse when they rotate.