hi mike, I just went to the Apple UK website and priced out the exact same mini I mentioned (16G RAM, 512GB SSD, including Logic Pro installed). The price is £1248.99 compared to US$1198.99, which accounting for currency differences, say that the UK price is about 30% greater .. but that price does include VAT, where the US price does not include state and local sales tax, usually about 9.5% where I live in California. So the cost overall is about 20% more expensive in the UK, and most of that difference is in taxes.
Regards the SPAM filter ... about three-quarters of all the messages I get from PDML are assigned as SPAM including my own, no matter what I do to change that. I think this is a problem with whatever the PDML server is putting into the message header. Because of this PDML glitch, I have a 'deSPAMPDML' script which I run on my SPAM mailbox whenever i want to look at PDML email. It puts all the messages in the right place and turns off the SPAM assignment. G — Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." – Charlie Brown > On Oct 11, 2024, at 8:54 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Sadly, you need to convert those figures to sterling and add quite a bit to > obtain an equivalent here. And you hit SPAM as well. >> On 02/10/2024 01:10 BST Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: >> >> >> I don't know what a "normal video connection is". >> >> A new Mac mini cpu configured with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD drive and >> delivered with Logic Pro installed is approx $1200. It has an HDMI port to >> drive video output, so any display with an HDMI input is usable, and any >> keyboard/mouse/trackpad input device with Bluetooth, USB-A, or >> USB-C/Thunderbolt outputs will be useable. >> >> I would spend the extra couple hundred $ and go with 1TB SSD because sound >> and video manipulations generally consume a lot of disk space. External >> drives for extended storage with USB-C connection are best, and are >> reasonably inexpensive for capacities of 4 to 6 TB. >> >> Apple systems are generally supported for about 5-6 years of macOS >> revisions, so that gives your daughter a computer she can rely upon for an >> entire University degree program, rather than buying an old system that will >> go out of date and not be upgradable to the next revision of the apps/macOS >> she needs. >> >> (This is pretty much precisely what my partner and I gifted our niece with >> over the Summer because she is starting her University degree program as >> well. We went with a MacBook Air laptop, though, because she needed/wanted >> mobility use, which added a bit to the cost. Call it $1900, and that of >> course includes the display and keyboard in the unit rather than having to >> purchase them separately. She'll use it for the entirety of her degree >> program, so $500 per year if it was then just tossed into the garbage (which >> it won't be), so that's really not a lot for an essential part of a modern >> student's annual University budget.) >> >> G >> >>> On Oct 1, 2024, at 7:31 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>> >>> My daughter is just starting uni and "needs" some form of Apple computer to >>> run the software (Logic) she will be using. Needs at least OS13.5, >>> apparently. >>> >>> After wailing and gnashing my teeth for some time because of the utterly >>> ridiculous pricing structure, I am having to work out a way to make this >>> happen. So, bearing in mind that I am looking primarily at an Apple Mac >>> mini MMFJ3B/A, some questions: >>> >>> Will this cope? Fairly sure she will have to use some form of external >>> drive for storage. >>> >>> Does Apple use normal video connections, such that I can attach a non-Apple >>> monitor? >>> >>> Will any bluetooth keyboard/mouse work - can I use a cabled one? >>> >>> Many thanks in anticipation. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
