On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:25:57 -0500, nospam
wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:


The word "power" and Macs do not go together. My mom has a fairly
recent Mac Mini and even with 8GB of RAM, that thing is so sluggish
that it's embarrassing.

either it's misconfigured or you're lying.

Yeah, because adding RAM to a Mac Mini is soooooo complicated.

8 gig memory is plenty for most people, certainly for parents who
aren't likely to be doing much more than web surfing and email.

you were also talking about hd versus ssd speeds, not memory.

since you're trying to move the goalposts, it's clear that you're lying.

Idiot. In a previous conversation with other zealots such as yourself,
I mentioned the fact that my parents' Mac Mini had a default
configuration with an HD. They all claimed that despite the standard
configuration, the operating system ran slow not because of the HD but
because of the RAM. *I* was the one who said that the HD was likely
the culprit, especially running at 5,400RPM. However, lying zealots
like yourself were the ones who suggested the RAM.

4GB later? The performance hasn't changed even slightly. My Core i3
laptop from 2010 with Windows 7 and 8GB ran better than their 2013 or
so Mac Min Core i5i with OS X and 8GB RAM. Your beloved company is
_that_ incompetent at creating a decent product. The _only_ thing
Apple is capable of doing is taking a load of ****, putting it in a
nice-enough package and sticking their stupid logo on it.

I imagine the fact that Apple is cheap enough
to continue selling that hardware with HDs in an era when everyone
else has at least an SSD/HD hybrid is a part of it and no, it's not up
to my parents to shell out _more_ money to remedy Apple's decision.

it wasn't apple's decision. *she* chose the configuration.

A Mac Mini purchased from Best Buy doesn't offer a "choice," you ****.

yes it does. best buy and other resellers sell every configuration.

Not free of charge. The slightest change in configuration costs money
and not just for the parts. If you don't want to pay for warrantied
installation (because I could install it myself but lose the
warranty), you have to pay. Only with the Apple Store do you get
treated better.

Not everyone believes in going to the Apple site to replace a Mac Mini
that just died. They wanted one NOW and that's what they got. The fact
that Apple uses an HD in a default configuration and still charges top
dollar is a testament to what kind of thieves run that social justice
clown company.

it's not apple's fault if best buy was out of stock of the other
configurations.

Yes, let's blame my parents for not paying more and expecting the
standard, default overpriced machine to run adequately. That's the
solution with Apple apparently, spend more money. If you spent $700 on
a new machine, you're crazy for expecting it to run properly. You
clearly should have paid $800, you twit.

they could have gone to another store or ordered online with next day
delivery.

Yes, they ordered the wrong thing. Had they ordered the _other_ Apple,
it would run better than the one they chose. Of course, if they had
chosen THAT _Apple_, it would be their own fault for not choosing THIS
one. You people are such clowns that I truly don't think you even
consider how stupid what you're saying is.

imacs and mac minis offer a choice of hd, hybrid or ssd.

macbooks are entirely ssd. not a single hd in the lineup.

And I'd wager that they're STILL slower than the same machine running
Windows or Linux because optimizing code or making it secure doesn't
sell as many overpriced Macs.

you'd lose.

Bring it on then.