It's ironic because I very nearly sold mine to a relative for a low price, which would have meant I couldn't afford an external storage enclosure I've been saving for. Now it's worth its weight in gold! Guess we should be careful what we wish for. It keeps the money in my pocket, anyway, and validates my Thunderbolt 1 peripherals, which I'm always very happy about.
Still sad to see Apple go down this road though. I'm sure if they did it right we could trust them to put out a machine you'd never need or want to upgrade, but to me the only explanation for this nonsense is, well, money; lowering the low-end costs to meet demand would be a great honour if it didn't mean this, and maybe it's Intel's fault too, but maybe Apple just doesn't want you cannibalising their Mac Pro sales, or their iMacs, or MBPs, or whatever. You wouldn't advise someone needing a replacement I7 2.7 GHz machine to go out and get a Xeon, would you? No, of course you wouldn't. As it stands right now, buying a top-end Mac Mini quite simply means that you are getting _LESS_ than you got in 2012 in performance for a similar price, which is absolutely incredible. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
