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What a great little computer at a very reasonable price. A few interesting things with this announcement: 1. Interesting that they did not have this as part of
by etempleton 2y ago
What a great little computer at a very reasonable price. A few interesting things with this announcement:
1. Interesting that they did not have this as part of an event. I think this either means they do not have much else to share around the Mac right now or the opposite, there just won't be room to talk about the iMac or Mac Mini. I am leaning towards the former as a I suspect the other computers in their lineup will just receive a spec bump soon.
2. On the product page (https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/ https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/) Apple highlights a number of third party accessories. Notably the PS5 controller and several keyboards and mice from different manufacturers. This seems small, but it would have been almost blasphemy under the jobs era.
3. This is quite the little powerhouse. Honestly it is so good it eliminates the need for most people to even consider the Mac Studio.
- Writingdorky 2y agoThats actually a really good price. The mac book air with the M chip was absolutly a steal already. I'm surprised by this. Is that some thing to allow cheaper MX / Arm architecture in DCs? Is getting Apple affordable oO?!
- etempleton 2y agoI have to think economies of scale are coming into play for Apple. They can cut deals for chips and other components at a scale no one else is really capable of and they have the luxury of being able to pay up front in advance if they need to.
- Writingdorky 2y agoI mean yes for sure but apple always had a high margin. I'm pretty sure they did not suddenly become 'nice'. Would be interesint to know though if the margin stayed the same and they literaly just save a lot of money.
- detourdog 2y agoThis whole week will see a Mac annoucement according to what this Greg Joswiak said last week. https://www.apple.com/leadership/greg-joswiak/ https://www.apple.com/leadership/greg-joswiak/
- ErneX 2y agoiMac was yesterday, Mini today and MacBook Pro tomorrow. Mac Studio and Mac Pro are getting upgrades next year apparently.
- makeitdouble 2y ago> This seems small, but it would have been almost blasphemy under the jobs era. I feel like Jobs was a lot more pragmatic than we give him credit for. I mean we had the HP iPods, iTunes on Windows etc. And the iMac's catch copy was "BYODKM" at the very start, fully putting the spotlight on third parties and composability.
- ethagknight 2y agoI've followed Apple all my life and never heard of HP iPods!
- etempleton 2y agoIt was a weird win-win for Apple if I remember correctly. They were able to sell more iPods, get iTunes installed on all HP machines, and block HP from creating a rival music player. I honestly am not sure what HP got beyond the logo on the back of some iPods and the ability to try and associate themselves with a popular and cool product.
- sgerenser 2y agoI think HP in that era was definitely trying to be more "popular and cool." Not sure how much it really helped though.
- throwaway48476 2y agoHP of the era was falling apart and making stupid acquisitions.
- ethagknight 2y agoWould that have been pre-apple store, an effort to use HP's distribution/sales channels to get iPod into, like CompUSA or CircuitCity?
- seec 2y agoJobs was extremely pragmatic, which is why for all his fault Apple would always come up with a desirable technological solution. Most things said about Jobs are pop culture caricature derived from peoples talking shit about him (mostly because of success jaleousy).
- hbn 2y agoApple has shown people gaming with PS5 controllers at events for I believe a few years now. Someone can fact check me on that but it's not the first time I've seen it.
- Refusing23 2y agoIt's a great controller. works flawlessly with the mac and you can remoteplay to your ps5 (or ps4) which also works great if your internet isnt terrible