Gordon.

im really enjoying this mini pc era.

im glad i kept an open mind and listened to you...
there are so many exciting things happening in mini pc's.

the reason i suggested apple have to be carefull re the low end is the pi is one example...but my mini pc i use for the net and useing it now cost peanuts under 150 buks.
now its processor is slower but will turbo up to 3ghz etc.
in a pinch if it was optimised fror music production it could handle i reckon a 40 track song possibly with a few low resource useage plugins.
on my production ry mini bb loads in blink of an eye.
but this el cheapo 20 secs. so its no speed demon.
just good for email/general tasks etc. win boot from cold is surprisingly fast but ive turned off boot stuff i dont need.
but to be fair i reckon if this el cheapo was around years ago the great producers of songs would have still produced kick A songs.

why i think apple has to be carefull is imagine this puppy mini had a 5ghz processor or the PI...and could do big music production projects with big track and plugin counts all for under 250 bucks...watch out world....lol.

my concern is if Apple offer only higher priced products that the rug might get pulled out from under them.
its MBA basics...and repeated over and over in various markets.
for example usb audio interfaces where lots of people are buying cheap
interfaces because of price and bearing in mind the low end is getting sooo very good due to competition.
im just riffing off your comment re pc's people used to use yonks ago to make music.

finally the win mini pc's techs are advanceing very very fast now for little
money...
..multiple m.2 slots
..5ghz cpu's
..usb 4 speed busses.
..higher speed memory.
..expandibility features
etc etc.

the only thing one has to be carefull is power wattage needs.
which is why i chose a lower wattage ry cpu.
but its way more than i need as im not running 200 tracks and plugins...lol.

so lots of things happening that are exciting in both the apple and
pc worlds.

so im keeping myself aware of the mini pc offerings from various companies...eg beelink/minisforum/geekom and many others.
these companies ARE selling product....and if you read reviews on the net and
you tube lots of good star rateings....plus some will take 64 gb memory...eg..this beast...
page down for tons of tech info. notice the bus speeds and other beastly features...lol.

https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-PCIe4-0-Desktop-Computer-Fingerprint/dp/B0DXKR32ZP

fun times...lol.

happiness

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 04/01/25 07:00 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)