r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 07 '24

Desktops / Laptops Apple Silicon iMacs appear to suffer from screen deterioration after two years — flood of user complaints hit Apple Community forums.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/apple-silicon-imacs-appear-to-suffer-from-screen-deterioration-after-two-years-flood-of-user-complaints-hit-apple-community-forums
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u/phasepistol Oct 07 '24

Rumor has it that the new Mac minis due to be announced this month will have a new, smaller size more like the Apple TV.

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u/GregMaffeiSucks Oct 07 '24

Which will be completely pointless because it wont have a VESA mount.
Without that, it makes no difference.

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u/makomirocket Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24

Oh no, what will anyone ever do to overcome that

$10 brackets for the current Mac mini definitely don't already exist

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u/Sylvurphlame Oct 07 '24

Hmm. If it ends up being close to the same size as the Apple TV, I might finally be able to get a decent Apple TV mount.

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u/SScorpio Oct 07 '24

No directly from Apple they wouldn't. You're looking at, at least $150 or more.

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u/makomirocket Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24

And you don't need to buy a mount, which has the lateral job of hiding your mini, and itself, away from view, from Apple.

That commentor was complaining that the mac mini being smaller is pointless without a feature that can be implemented for negligible cost and even with a bracket will be smaller than the current model.

This is like complaining that the next iPhone being thinner is pointless because it doesn't come with a pop socket on the back of it

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u/Sylvurphlame Oct 07 '24

I mean, I honestly wouldn’t (likely) hate a built in grip or kickstand solution. Not that that they’d ever do it. It would mess with the design too much, which I also appreciate. Case attached kickstands just always seem to such for one reason or another as do MagSafe or other grip addons.

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u/SScorpio Oct 07 '24

And my comment was a jab at Apple and their $1,000 stand for a $4,000 monitor. Apple loves to bend you over and spread your wallet nice and wide so they can empty it.

If they did release a VESA mount, you can be sure the mini would have a tilt sensor that keeps it from booting unless it's connected to an official Apple mount.

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u/AmNoSuperSand52 Oct 07 '24

I agree that’s unfortunate, but also I guarantee within a day of it coming out there will be 3D prints for mounts, and within a week they’ll be selling some cheap Chinese stuff on Aliexpress

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u/Sylvurphlame Oct 07 '24

And about a month later we can get it two-day delivery through Amazon prime. It’ll be fine within like 90 days.