Apple’s hobbyist expandable “Pro” computer is the 2018 Mac Mini with an external 2-slot PCIe chassis for GPU and whatever, fight me. Price the two out together.
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Here you go, add 3 PCIe slots to a Mac Mink for $500. Change your video card as often as you want. Add more SSD over PCIe to M.2 if you want. Knock yourself out.https://www.sonnetstore.com/products/echo-express-se3 …
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You could get the i7 with 32GB of RAM, leave the boot SSD as 256GB (bring your own cheaper storage!) with a 3-slot PCIe box for $2,400. Bring any GPU you want. If I were Apple I’d start highlighting the modular, expandable Mac Mini+PCIe boxes people can (are?) using.
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Not as tidy as that iMac Pro (cheaper though, and more noisy) and might eat into those sales. But I think people need to understand better what “modular and expandable” means with TB3xPCIe. (Don’t wait for an Apple breakout box, either)
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People keep thinking of the Mac Mini as closed and only for storage. After the Real Truck Mac Pro, Mac Mini needs to be seen as being your own keyboard, monitor, *any damn GPU you want[1]* and any other PCIe card you want. [1] apart from nVidia and I can’t defend that at all
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I mean I understand the nVidia thing from a strategic POV but it totally sucks
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Anyway I’m here all week and Apple MarComm know where to find me if they need any more help explaining their product line-up.
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You could literally buy a tower and put the Mini and the PCIe box into it to tidy things up.
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