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Jacking up the price on the Mac Mini the same year as ditching the 5S speaks volumes about how much they care about creating ‘affordable’ anything.

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Apple’s hardware is affordable because it lasts so long. The Mac Mini I bought in 2012 can run the latest OS.

I don’t know if you know this but a pc built in 2012 can also run the latest os...

Running the latest os is one thing... does it run well, though? Probably depends on the os!

Running the latest os is one thing... does it run well, though? Probably depends on the os!

a decent new PC 2012 has a quad core ivy bridge CPU, a 600 series Nvidia Geforce card and quite possible an SSD drive. What latest OS won't run well on that hardware?

huh? I am a huge Apple fan but my grandad uses a PC I built in 2012 and it's running the latest Windows OS (with updates). In the PC market that is no feat tbh. In the mobile market - yes.

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