On Jun 15, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Peter Haas wrote:
On Jun 15, 2010, at 11:27 AM, James Therrault wrote:
...and probably a slow 5,400 rpm drive...
Undoubtedly true.
One way to conserve unit power is to dumb-down the HD from 7200 to
5400 rpm, and from 16 MB cache to 4 MB cache.
And to reduce heat.
And, all this policy essentially does, to the end-user, is to
increase the effective cost of a Mac, that is, the cost to get a
Mac which one REALLY wants v. the cost of a Mac which Apple EXPECTS
us to "make-do" with.
The Mini has always been a price point Mac. Yes, compromises are made
to hit that point and that is the decision the end user needs to
make. Yes, Apple could offer the mini with a 320GB SSD and 8GB of
ram, but not at the same price.
Is it any wonder that the OSx86 crowd is operating Snow machines
which cost one-fourth, yet deliver four-times the performance?
In the same form factor as the mini?
Len
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