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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Why bother with Apple's desktops (as opposed to their notebooks)?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deckyon" data-source="post: 1371129" data-attributes="member: 197651"><p>I can say this, after nearly 17 years as a network engineer, they sell well because they just work. It isnt a matter of dumbing down anything, it is a fact of an interface that works with the hardware and there is still room for those of us who tinker to get in and micro-manage the operations of the OS.</p><p></p><p>5 years from now, if you monitor 2 things (your Disk health and permissions) that iMac and MacMini, as well as the notebooks, will be running as fast as the day you pulled them out of the box. The iMac and MacMini lose nothing due to form factor for people who want a general use computer of any kind. Now, I am not looking at high-end gaming, but just general use.</p><p></p><p>Within 1 reboot (os upgrade) and 1 hour of pressing the power button on my MacMini, it was serving all my iTunes media out to all devices I wanted it to. It took me 3 days to get a Windows Media Server to just pull audio correctly. Did I mention, almost 17 years in the industry, 12 on Windows alone.</p><p></p><p>I also have a 17" MBP which is my main PC. The Mini is hooked up to a 65" 1080 HDTV and is cooking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deckyon, post: 1371129, member: 197651"] I can say this, after nearly 17 years as a network engineer, they sell well because they just work. It isnt a matter of dumbing down anything, it is a fact of an interface that works with the hardware and there is still room for those of us who tinker to get in and micro-manage the operations of the OS. 5 years from now, if you monitor 2 things (your Disk health and permissions) that iMac and MacMini, as well as the notebooks, will be running as fast as the day you pulled them out of the box. The iMac and MacMini lose nothing due to form factor for people who want a general use computer of any kind. Now, I am not looking at high-end gaming, but just general use. Within 1 reboot (os upgrade) and 1 hour of pressing the power button on my MacMini, it was serving all my iTunes media out to all devices I wanted it to. It took me 3 days to get a Windows Media Server to just pull audio correctly. Did I mention, almost 17 years in the industry, 12 on Windows alone. I also have a 17" MBP which is my main PC. The Mini is hooked up to a 65" 1080 HDTV and is cooking. [/QUOTE]
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