• kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    24 days ago

    Its not, you can build your own mini pc with a ryzen 9700X, more ram, more storage, and it would probrally cost less. In addition you wouldn’t be locked into the Apple ecosystem and you would be able to upgrade it.

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        24 days ago

        Same, I loved building my own PC but I also have a Mac mini because Macs just ✨fucking work✨ always

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      23 days ago

      Ok, let’s put together a mini PC with a ryzen 9700X for under $600. What case, power supply, motherboard, RAM, and SSD are we gonna get? How’s it compare on power, sound, form factor?

      It’s an apples to oranges comparison, and at a certain point you’re comparing different things.

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        23 days ago
        • Case/mothedboard: minisforum ms-a1
        • Power supply: external
        • Ram: ddr5l (sold separately)
        • ssd: pcie gen 5
        • power: slightly worse single core performance (can be overclocked) slightly better multi core performance (with a better AM5 CPU)

        My point isnt that Apple sucks and nobody should ever buy it, my point is that you’re paying an Apple premium for a fully assembled computer. That premium is greater over time since you cannot upgrade it, meanwhile every part of the minisforum ms-a1 can be. Its convenience and a premium product vs freedom and upgradability. I cannot say that every person does or should value freedom but I do and thats my opinion.

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          23 days ago

          So with the case/mobo/power supply at $259, the CPU/GPU at $329, you’ve got $11 left to work with to buy RAM and SSD, in order to be competitive with the base model Mac Mini.

          That’s what I mean. If you’re gonna come close to competing with the entry level price of the Mac Mini (to say nothing of frequent sales/offers/coupons that Best Buy, Amazon, B&H, and Costco run), you’ll have to sacrifice and use a significantly lower-tier CPU. Maybe you’d rather have more RAM/storage and are OK with that lower performing CPU, and twice the power consumption (around 65W rather than 30W), but at that point you’re basically comparing a different machine.