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Why did apple downgrade the new mac mini?
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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1617867" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>You can get away with less RAM on an MBA since it has incredibly fast flash storage which doesn't solve the lack of capabilities but does offset the slowdowns that come with having less RAM.</p><p></p><p>I say what I do having seen my partner struggle with Yosemite. She has 4GB of RAM in her MBP with the stock HD (which I imagine is quite common since most people won't touch the default hardware) and it is really sluggish. Even my machine with 8GB of RAM and a decent (not the best but still good) SSD hiccups more than it should (which should be just about never). Everyone's experience differs of course but with OS X growing in functionality, a growth not accompanied by higher requirements, I have to wonder why Apple is resistant to acknowledge that their machines need more power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1617867, member: 71075"] You can get away with less RAM on an MBA since it has incredibly fast flash storage which doesn't solve the lack of capabilities but does offset the slowdowns that come with having less RAM. I say what I do having seen my partner struggle with Yosemite. She has 4GB of RAM in her MBP with the stock HD (which I imagine is quite common since most people won't touch the default hardware) and it is really sluggish. Even my machine with 8GB of RAM and a decent (not the best but still good) SSD hiccups more than it should (which should be just about never). Everyone's experience differs of course but with OS X growing in functionality, a growth not accompanied by higher requirements, I have to wonder why Apple is resistant to acknowledge that their machines need more power. [/QUOTE]
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