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There are fewer and fewer reasons to buy new PC hardware as the decades have marched on. CPUs and GPUs have been overpowered for all but niche markets - and ye

by EricE 4y ago

There are fewer and fewer reasons to buy new PC hardware as the decades have marched on. CPUs and GPUs have been overpowered for all but niche markets - and yes, gaming is a niche market. I've been averaging 7 years or more for my machines for a long time now; that was bound to show up in PC sales at some point. And i think people are still failing to account for just how muc mobile has utterly taken over most normal people's general purpose computing needs. Frankly I'm surprised PC sales are still as high as they are. I'm typing on a MacBook Pro right now and have zero desire to spend most of my computing time on a phone or tablet - but I also know I am in a shrinking minority too.

simplotek 4y ago
> There are fewer and fewer reasons to buy new PC hardware as the decades have marched on. If Apple provided a way to use Mac minis to serve as distributed compile caching and distributed build tool, I'd have a reason to buy some. Also, mac minis are expensive when compared with other miniPCs in the market. There are some ryzen5/core i5 systems with 16 and 32GB of RAM shipping with Windows 11 being sold right now on Amazon for 300-500€. If all you want to do is run stuff in a browser and do work then you'd be hard pressed to find a reason to buy a Mac mini, let alone a Mac studio.