Buying a new Mac & the future of the Mini

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Buying a new Mac & the future of the Mini

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My main Mac is a 7-yr old iMac (10.6.8) on its last legs. Gotta wait till summer to buy a new one. I'm getting tired of throwing away a perfectly good monitor every time I throw away the old CPU.

The Mac Pro is too expensive and too much tool for my uses. The Mac Mini is perfect, but the new one is not as powerful/flexible as the one it replaced, causing people to wonder about the future of the Mini.

While I'm waiting for this summer's purchase, I got a question: Is it wise to purchase a Mac Mini & a 3rd party monitor, only to have an extra monitor 5 years from now when the Mini dies & Apple discontinues the Mini? Does anyone have informed tho'ts on this?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2012 iPod Touch

Posted on May 1, 2015 6:43 PM

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Answer 1

Lanny

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May 2, 2015 12:21 AM in response to woodrackets

None of us work for Apple, we're just users like yourself. IAW the Terms of Use Agreement, members aren't suppose to speculate about Apple's future products.

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tbirdvet

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May 2, 2015 4:35 PM in response to woodrackets

You can try to get a used late 2012 Mini and then a monitor. Then you can upgrade the Mini with an SSD and more Ram if you want.

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woodrackets Author

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May 2, 2015 4:36 PM in response to tbirdvet

Thanx for helping out.

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