10-17-2014, 10:16 PM
GuyGene wrote:
My old fashioned long time Mac user says I want replaceable RAM, drive, etc. But, when I look at Apple Store Mac mini, my current self says - BUY, BUY, it'll be good. With education discount, middle model, 16 GB RAM, DVI cable, it comes to $888, a good round number.
Oh, one other thing - wha' y'all think about only i5 processors now? No Mac mini with i7 now, eh? Wait, yes there is, but it only shows as an upgrade. Seems none of the regular Mac mini on main page shows i7.
i5 vs i7 means almost nothing when you are speaking about laptop processors of the same generation (which we are here). Just look at the number of cores and the processor speed. Confusingly there is a difference between i5 and i7 at the desktop processor level but I'll not go into that here.
For my needs, last year's 2.3GHz quad core will be my Mac of choice especially at the newly lowered refurb price.