Comment by karmakaze
18 days ago
I don't really care how they price different spec'd models, as long as desktop units are user-upgradable for both memory and storage.
I thought I'd be excited for the Mac Mini announcement but when I heard it, I wanted to be excited but couldn't really see a use for me. If I want a beefy AI GPU machine I wouldn't buy from Apple, similarly for a gaming PC. Otherwise I'd use a MacBook or Linux desktop/server.
They aren't though. Everything is soldered down or uses custom stuff that's hard to replace.
32GB RAM is not enough for AI either - the problem is that they lock down any user upgradeability and over price every possible change.
If you were buying a beefy AI gpu machine today would you get? I’m in the market and because I’m quite Mac based was considering a MacBook Pro M4 Max but they are painfully expensive. So then I was considering the Mac mini as “chuck stuff at this box” but keep my existing Mac laptop. But if I’m just chucking stuff at the box it doesn’t really need to be a Mac at all…
Those days are long gone in Apple land.