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It makes sense. The Mac Mini is what you get if you want to make a Mac or iOS app, but you want to keep your Windows or Linux system for daily use.

pell 4y ago
Are you sure? I don't want to go the anecdote route here but I know plenty of people who use Mac minis as daily driver desktop machines.
- TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago
  There's no conflict? It's a good daily driver for some, and a good second machine for others.
- klodolph 4y ago
  Yes, I’m pretty sure that the Mac Mini is good as a machine for developing Mac and iOS applications. I have myself used it for this purpose in the past, and it worked very well.
dijit 4y ago
There's a lot more use-cases though, of both systems. If you want a "good" small computer and you already have a screen (or want to buy cheap ones) then these systems are fantastic. Performance is completely fine for moderate-to-heavy workloads (assuming the heavy workloads are bursty) for the Mac mini, and hopefully this. Both systems are what you would get if you didn't need a display or keyboard already, they're desktop replacements with a small footprint, and fantastic for the majority of computer workloads including a lot of development ones.
TwoNineA 4y ago
What's wrong with using a Mac Mini as a daily driver?
- klodolph 4y ago
  I think you may be responding to something I didn’t write :-)
gopalv 4y ago
> The Mac Mini is what you get if you want to make a Mac or iOS app This is probably closer to the Mac Mini with M1 that they shipped to kick-start the Apple Silicon transition for desktop apps. Because if I was a windows programmer for today's customers, I can't really build things on a "Windows on Arm" device like this. Like Apple before, I hope this is just the first salvo against the Windows+Intel, before we all switch to Arm chips (including Intel fabs).
- porbelm 4y ago
  I imagine Dr. Su a couple of years ago whispered to a couple of lead technicians "you are going to start a little garage side project here at AMD; it will be the future" AMD releases 32-core + ARM APUs
  - marwis 4y ago
    https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/221282-amds-first-arm-based-processor-the-opteron-a1100-is-finally-here https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/221282-amds-first-arm-ba...
ArtWomb 4y ago
I think I have to get one. To replace an obsolete HP Steam. I was gonna do the Mac Mini, but I don't think the M2 model is out yet. Just worry about Win ARM compatibility across remote desktop, citrix daas, etc ;)
wumpus 4y ago
I have a mac mini as a desktop in my home office and actual office, multiple screens, and almost all my windows are either browsers or shell windows to my Linux dev server. I've never developed a MacOS or iOS app.

pell 4y ago

Are you sure? I don't want to go the anecdote route here but I know plenty of people who use Mac minis as daily driver desktop machines.

TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago
There's no conflict? It's a good daily driver for some, and a good second machine for others.
klodolph 4y ago
Yes, I’m pretty sure that the Mac Mini is good as a machine for developing Mac and iOS applications. I have myself used it for this purpose in the past, and it worked very well.

dijit 4y ago

There's a lot more use-cases though, of both systems. If you want a "good" small computer and you already have a screen (or want to buy cheap ones) then these systems are fantastic. Performance is completely fine for moderate-to-heavy workloads (assuming the heavy workloads are bursty) for the Mac mini, and hopefully this. Both systems are what you would get if you didn't need a display or keyboard already, they're desktop replacements with a small footprint, and fantastic for the majority of computer workloads including a lot of development ones.

TwoNineA 4y ago

What's wrong with using a Mac Mini as a daily driver?

klodolph 4y ago
I think you may be responding to something I didn’t write :-)

gopalv 4y ago

> The Mac Mini is what you get if you want to make a Mac or iOS app This is probably closer to the Mac Mini with M1 that they shipped to kick-start the Apple Silicon transition for desktop apps. Because if I was a windows programmer for today's customers, I can't really build things on a "Windows on Arm" device like this. Like Apple before, I hope this is just the first salvo against the Windows+Intel, before we all switch to Arm chips (including Intel fabs).

porbelm 4y ago
I imagine Dr. Su a couple of years ago whispered to a couple of lead technicians "you are going to start a little garage side project here at AMD; it will be the future" AMD releases 32-core + ARM APUs
- marwis 4y ago
  https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/221282-amds-first-arm-based-processor-the-opteron-a1100-is-finally-here https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/221282-amds-first-arm-ba...

ArtWomb 4y ago

I think I have to get one. To replace an obsolete HP Steam. I was gonna do the Mac Mini, but I don't think the M2 model is out yet. Just worry about Win ARM compatibility across remote desktop, citrix daas, etc ;)

wumpus 4y ago

I have a mac mini as a desktop in my home office and actual office, multiple screens, and almost all my windows are either browsers or shell windows to my Linux dev server. I've never developed a MacOS or iOS app.