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Keep the mini the current size, toss the USB-A ports, and add more TB-4 ports. That's the USB-C connector supporting Thunderbolt 4. I'll keep my Lightning peripherals for as long as I can.

I'm fully capable and comfortable using and charging with both connectors, and for Apple peripherals I prefer Lightning. They're pretty scarce now so I'll have to switch to all USB-C soon enough.

USB-A will be avoided and I do have adapters for just about any contingency. I also agree that the way tech goes, USB-C being the standard for a decade or more is iffy. USB-A is still a standard for awhile but no longer the standard. 

DAalseth said:

I think that there’s a point many people are not catching here. Why Apple handles the transaction like this.  

It's been made multiple times now. Anybody not getting it is no smarter than Dr. Einstein.

It's only a scam or misleading to people too stupid to do simple arithmetic. It may not be incentive enough when the card buys you only Apple kit. That's a choice

The article explains it and NYC362 explains it even more clearly. Not a scam, not misleading.

Here's the offer costing $XXX. You walk out paying $XXX. Not $ABC, not $XYZ, not $ZZT, but $XXX. The exact amount you expected to pay when making the order. Same-same.  Scam? Misleading? Idiot.

I doubt very much that the Einstein got Apple to "get rid of that" $100. I don't see them giving away $100 in a circumstance like this. More likely a claim to impress her TikTokers.

GrannySmith99 said:

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

'mounting ass well'

Ha ha, love it!

That what she said.

If all this Mac miniest is true I hope they keep the power supply internal. And don't skimp on the ports for the sake of style.

"Look how thin our MacBooks and iPhones are! Now – less mini, more style!"

 I'm ok with the T-4
 port compliment of the M2 mini Pro. To lose even one would be disappointing to me.

AI said:
DHS's success in cracking Tan's ring serves as a warning to other fraudsters.

What really serves as a warning is lengthy state prison sentences without parole eligibility after on a few years served, or lengthy federal prison sentences, for with there is no parole option. Otherwise crime does pay.