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I read the laptop review testing the brightness at 234 nits, that seems subject to verification, the published brightness is 300.  time will tell.  also the T2 chip it is a worthy mention, it functions as a super fast SSD controller, hardware transcodes to HEVC, does security, and a whole bunch more.  I found a review (sorry, google it) comparing video transcoding on the T2 and comparing it to the built-in video encoding on the Intel Xeon in the iMac pro, and the embedded video card - The T2 transcoded using ffmpeg something like 30 times faster than CPU encoding.

tylersdad said:

StrangeDays said:

toxicman said:

Seriously!  A fully configured Mac Mini without keyboard, mouse and monitor is over $4299!

for what?  I7 6 core, with 64gb ram and a 1.5tb SSD.   That’s a $1800 PC.  Come on apple.  Get real.  

Who’s forcing you to order the maxed-out top-tier machine? Are you OK? Do you need help?

Oh, you’re just whining about price. Would it make you feel better if Apple didn’t offer that top-tier? If everyone of all income-levels had to buy the same exact lower-tier machine? Would that make it better?

Even the lower spec'd machines are ridiculously overpriced. I guess some people don't mind paying for "awesome engineering as a feature". Count me out. The value proposition just isn't there. And don't give me that crap about Apple using more awesomer components than every other computer manufacturer. They source the same parts as every other manufacturer. They don't get better Intel I3 chips. They don't get better RAM. They don't get better hard drives. 

Just for grins and giggles, why don't you find the magical machine that you think is out there.  For a $799 price, you get a quad core coffee lake i3 (8100 on ark) that consistently benchmarks at 15000-16000 on Geekbench for similar configurations (http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/search?dir=desc&q=8100&sort=multicore_score), 2666 MHZ ddr4 memory, and fast SSD.  That does not seem overpriced at all (even given that Apple almost sells at premium)

I will say when others have tried this, they were comparing vastly inferior machines e.g. dual core i3, and surprise! they were cheaper.

I will admit, I am guessing on the intel chip, but the 8100 is the only quad core 3.6 ghz i3 on Ark (and apple does use this chip on other builds). 

Excellent Article, In-depth and pointed.  More like this, please.