robedge wrote:
In the real world where people pay real money to buy things, a lot of people think that cost is relevant.
Price of the M1 computers with 8 cores, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD:
Mac mini: US$1100
MacBook Air: $1450
MacBook Pro: $1700
And yes, there are a lot of people who already own a monitor or who want more screen real estate than they get with a 13" laptop.
If you know of a comparable computer to the M1 mini (footprint, weight) that delivers the same performance, at a similar or better price, what is it? As far as I know, the NUC is the main competitor to the mini. Is that what you're talking about? Do you think that there might be a reason why the self-declared anti-Apple author of the video that you treated us to maybe had a reason to recommend the M1 mini, despite his avowed dislike of Apple?
I think that your posts in this thread are nothing more than attempt to turn a useful discussion about what the M1 computers can and can't do into an Apple bashing session. That's crystal clear from suggesting that people watch a video that runs almost 20 minutes that is mostly a rant about Apple. Guess what, you aren't being original. [/quote]
For someone who hates Apple that guy owned and still owns a lot of Apple products. My reason for showing that video was not the Apple bashing but the performance comparisons charts that I think you should pay more attention to rather think of me as Apple bashing. My comments are purely performance and price.
I think you are the one who is trying to make me look like I am bashing Apple. Far from it. As I have said I think the M1 products are great in their own way. I also specifically said that my view of a competing PC does not meet the Mini attributes of space and power use. My comments were purely performance and price, on those two the PC options are many. No, the current PC NUC's do not compete as most are Intel or just starting with low power AMD parts. No competition here the Mini wins. That was not my point please don't put words in my mouth I specifically pointed out that the PC would be larger and use more power. From your input of $1100 US is currently just short of $1500 Can. I can get a lot of PC for example Ryzen 7-3700X, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, Windows 10 Home $1499 Can. A HP model that comes with keyboard and mouse. This is almost twice as fast at multithreaded tests and close to 4 times faster for games than the M1 products. But this a big box that weighs 25lbs.
If you put your own PC together rather than buy HP , one could upgrade the 3700 to a 5900 for maybe $450 Can ( CPU and different motherboard that is also PCI 4.0 ) get 10% better single thread and 4 times the multithread performance than the M1 products. Everyone can make their own choice.
To clarify I think the MacBook Air is great and much better than most competing PC's. If you want the small size and weight of the Mini it too is great but please don't assume that they also have the best performance for cost.
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