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Wow, that's quite the downgrade. What's the logic here? To save energy to keep it fanless? Or is this cost-cutting?
by drzaiusapelord 12y ago
Wow, that's quite the downgrade. What's the logic here? To save energy to keep it fanless? Or is this cost-cutting?
- Tloewald 12y agoI would imagine being energy efficient and cheap is their main goal. This is the kind of computer people will leave on, plugged into their TV.
- calinet6 12y agoDing ding ding. My TV and home media and general server needs are powered by a Mid-2010 Mac Mini 4,1 with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, which is most certainly less than half the horsepower of this new model [1], and it works great. This would only be an improvement for this or any other use. [1] Hey, I was right: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2238&cmp[]=1483 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2238&cmp[]=14...
- jsmeaton 12y agoYup. If I was to put together another HTPC, this would be the ideal product I think (something that runs XBMC). I spent about $800 (sigh..) on putting together something a lot bulkier and noisier about a year ago.
- cjensen 12y agoPerhaps it is just that modern CPUs are powerful enough that even the low-end ones are now Good Enough for most people. There have always been cheaper CPUs available; Apple just avoided them in favor of a better experience.