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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’m not very happy with Micro$oft’s product, especially 10 (have you actually tried to install 10? I have. Goodness, talk about a step back into pre-history!
It refused to install because there was a CHANCE that it wouldn’t boot – even though I had just proven that it WOULD boot in that configuration – and no way to override their ‘help’!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So, for me, its ‘buy the most powerful, RAM-loaded system I can manage (with SSD if possible), and install Linux Mint.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">But that’s just me ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Schwartz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Main PLUG discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: OT: Mac Mini obsolescent? When next release?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>I’d be tempted to get an all-in-one Windows machine (most seem to have touch-screens now) or a small iMac.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>AIO Windows machines are well under $1k.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Stick to the KISS principle here. <span class="smiley-happy">:-)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>-David Schwartz<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>On Nov 30, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Victor Odhner <<a href="mailto:vodhner@cox.net">vodhner@cox.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Spun off from the Genius discussion:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Apple CEO reportedly says Mini is still part of their product line, but he won’t say anything about the next release.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I was another Mini shopper, for supportability and video resolution reasons. Our church music team needs to update a 2009 Mini. I want to get a
<strong>new</strong> desktop (laptop wouldn’t fit our config): my goal is to give them hopefully 5+ years of reliable operation. Any comments would be welcome.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now looking at ditching the Mini, going to Windows or Linux to drive our video projector (MPV rocks) and an MP3 player. The Mini is where our Digital Performer lives (music synthesizer), but I’ve converted most of our library to MP3s and I can still use
the old Mini if I need to get creative.<o:p></o:p></p>
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