Re: OT: Mac Mini obsolescent? When next release?

well if you are looking to maintain portability you can look at the Intel
NUC. but really this relies entirely on what your budget is.

Looking at your existing application Digital Performer installs on Windows
or OSX, also you can look into the Hackintosh. there are some build guides
out there that run with a fully tested hardware configs to consider.

But the Mac mini is a viable system even with the age of the device.

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Carruth, Rusty <Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com>
wrote:

> 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’!)
>
>
>
> So, for me, its ‘buy the most powerful, RAM-loaded system I can manage
> (with SSD if possible), and install Linux Mint.
>
>
>
> But that’s just me ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On
> Behalf Of *David Schwartz
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:23 PM
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: OT: Mac Mini obsolescent? When next release?
>
>
>
> I’d be tempted to get an all-in-one Windows machine (most seem to have
> touch-screens now) or a small iMac.
>
> AIO Windows machines are well under $1k.
>
> Stick to the KISS principle here. :-)
>
> -David Schwartz
>
> On Nov 30, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Victor Odhner <vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Spun off from the Genius discussion:
>
> The Apple CEO reportedly says Mini is still part of their product line,
> but he won’t say anything about the next release.
>
> 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
> *new* desktop (laptop wouldn’t fit our config): my goal is to give them
> hopefully 5+ years of reliable operation. Any comments would be welcome.
>
> 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.
>
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