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> Seems the value isn't quite there. The MBPs are astonishingly good machines, but I agree the price is always forces tough questions about value and fit. I s
by bredren 5y ago
> Seems the value isn't quite there.
The MBPs are astonishingly good machines, but I agree the price is always forces tough questions about value and fit.
I suspect the lack of a Mini update was in part to buffet purchases of these more expensive laptops. So many people are traveling and commuting less now, cheaper Mini's would have undermined sales of the MBP.
I'm running an XDR Pro Display off a 2018 Intel mini with an eGPU, and going to wait out for presumably a 2022 M2 Mini.
- 8ytecoder 5y agoI don't think so. The iMac sure. The Mac pro, may be. These machines don't compete with the mini. I like the mini in theory but I'd never shell out to buy one. I almost never work just from a desk. With WFH, the average person is likely to lie in bed or couch or work from the kitchen counter and dining table, than they are to work from a proper desktop. (Not even to mention the fact that you'd need to have/buy a good display and keyboard setup to go with it.)
- malshe 5y agoMy experience matches this. I have converted a guest bedroom upstairs into my office but I can't sit there all day and work. I go down to the living room after lunch and also work from the back porch whenever I can. I have a desktop PC but I barely touch it.