Apple still screwing people on RAM, huh?
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Apple still screwing people on RAM, huh? Oh, you want a reasonable amount of RAM to accommodate the outrageous growth of software in recent years? No problem, that'll be three thousand dollars, please.
And, none of them are upgradable, right? I can't just buy a Mini with 16GB and shove a reasonably sized module in there?
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Apple still screwing people on RAM, huh? Oh, you want a reasonable amount of RAM to accommodate the outrageous growth of software in recent years? No problem, that'll be three thousand dollars, please.
And, none of them are upgradable, right? I can't just buy a Mini with 16GB and shove a reasonably sized module in there?
Holy shit, the SSD is also soldered in and not upgradable? Against the wall with them. That's criminal. It never even crossed my mind they'd fuck their customers to that degree.
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Holy shit, the SSD is also soldered in and not upgradable? Against the wall with them. That's criminal. It never even crossed my mind they'd fuck their customers to that degree.
Apple out here making it easy to buy nothing. I'd like to make the desktop apps I'm working on available for Mac, but this is so hateful.
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Holy shit, the SSD is also soldered in and not upgradable? Against the wall with them. That's criminal. It never even crossed my mind they'd fuck their customers to that degree.
@swelljoe I think the new Mini, if you are crafty enough, you can upgrade the SSD but RAM isn't upgradable in almost any new Laptop as far as I am concerned.
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@swelljoe I think the new Mini, if you are crafty enough, you can upgrade the SSD but RAM isn't upgradable in almost any new Laptop as far as I am concerned.
@lontrachen I'm not interested in a laptop, I certainly won't use the Mac as a daily driver. Just need something to build and test my apps on. I guess I don't really need a ton of memory (or disk) for that. It's just that Apple building their low-cost devices for almost immediate obsolescence is just so infuriating. It's not repairable, not upgradable, and too small even today. You have to spend over $1000 to get 24GB which is...sufficient for light use, I guess? Software has gotten so huge.
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@lontrachen I'm not interested in a laptop, I certainly won't use the Mac as a daily driver. Just need something to build and test my apps on. I guess I don't really need a ton of memory (or disk) for that. It's just that Apple building their low-cost devices for almost immediate obsolescence is just so infuriating. It's not repairable, not upgradable, and too small even today. You have to spend over $1000 to get 24GB which is...sufficient for light use, I guess? Software has gotten so huge.
@lontrachen and, I guess that's software developers fault, more than Apple. But, Apple doesn't have to make it so difficult and/or expensive to deal with the reality of modern software. RAM is expensive, but not that expensive.
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@lontrachen I'm not interested in a laptop, I certainly won't use the Mac as a daily driver. Just need something to build and test my apps on. I guess I don't really need a ton of memory (or disk) for that. It's just that Apple building their low-cost devices for almost immediate obsolescence is just so infuriating. It's not repairable, not upgradable, and too small even today. You have to spend over $1000 to get 24GB which is...sufficient for light use, I guess? Software has gotten so huge.
@swelljoe totally understand but in their defense the Mac Mini is a mini PC, I think they all come with soldered RAMs. This is my point.
Question is if it is cheaper to build a PC, or get a Raspberry Pi but you can't expand the RAM as well.
It is just the reality.
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@swelljoe totally understand but in their defense the Mac Mini is a mini PC, I think they all come with soldered RAMs. This is my point.
Question is if it is cheaper to build a PC, or get a Raspberry Pi but you can't expand the RAM as well.
It is just the reality.
@lontrachen $500 buys a mini PC with 32GB of RAM. Several models, in fact. The M4 chip blows the x86_64 CPU away in those cheap mini PCs, but RAM is at least as important to how responsive a system will be (moreso, almost certainly).
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@lontrachen $500 buys a mini PC with 32GB of RAM. Several models, in fact. The M4 chip blows the x86_64 CPU away in those cheap mini PCs, but RAM is at least as important to how responsive a system will be (moreso, almost certainly).
@swelljoe We apple users pay a high price to not have to deal with Windows ;)
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@swelljoe We apple users pay a high price to not have to deal with Windows ;)
@lontrachen we Linux users pay nothing to not have to deal with Windows or MacOS. (But, here I am spending several days getting a Windows build and thinking about what Mac to buy to build for Mac, because I can't make any money selling software to Linux users.)
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Using a Level 2 Charger to Work Around Slow 120 VAC Kettles
To those of us who live in the civilized lands where ~230 VAC mains is the norm and we can shove a cool 3.5 kW into an electric kettle without so much as a second thought, the mere idea of trying to boil water with 120 VAC and a tepid 1.5 kW brings back traumatic memories of trying to boil water with a 12 VDC kettle while out camping. Naturally, in a fit of nationalistic pride this leads certain North American people like that bloke over at the [Technology Connections] YouTube to insist that this is fine, as he tries to demonstrate how ridiculous 240 VAC kettles are by abusing a North American Level 2 car charger to power a UK-sourced kettle.
Ignoring for a moment that in Europe a ‘Level 1’ charger is already 230 VAC (±10%) and many of us charge EVs at home with three-phase ~440 VAC, this video is an interesting demonstration, both of how to abuse an EV car charger for other applications and how great having hot water for tea that much faster is.
Friendly tea-related transatlantic jabs aside, the socket adapter required to go from the car charger to the UK-style plug is a sight to behold. All which we starts as we learn that Leviton makes a UK-style outlet for US-style junction boxes, due to Gulf States using this combination. This is subsequently wired to the pins of the EV charger connector, after which the tests can commence.
Unsurprisingly, the two US kettles took nearly five minutes to boil the water, while the UK kettle coasted over the finish line at under two minutes, allowing any tea drinker to savor the delightful smells of the brewing process while their US companion still stares forlornly at their American Ingenuity in action.
Beginning to catch the gist of why more power now is better, the two US kettles were then upgraded to a NEMA 6-20 connector, rated for 250 VAC and 20 A, or basically your standard UK ring circuit outlet depending on what fuse you feel bold enough to stick into the appliance’s power plug. This should reduce boiling time to about one minute and potentially not catch on fire in the process.
Both of the kettles barely got a chance to overheat and boiled the water in 55 seconds. Unfortunately only the exposed element kettle survived multiple runs, and both found themselves on an autopsy table as it would seem that these kettles are not designed to heat up so quickly. Clearly a proper fast cup of tea will remain beyond reach of the average North American citizen beyond sketchy hacks or using an old-school kettle.
Meanwhile if you’d like further international power rivalry, don’t forget to look into the world as seen through its power connectors.
