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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft to force new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:33:26 -0500, -hh wrote:

> IMO the mini had historically been Apple's product to promote desktop
> customers to migrate from Windows, but its shortcomings have centered
> around how 90% of the market ignored it because it wasn't a laptop, and
> the other 10% are tower fetish geeks who were offended because it
> couldn't easily address every possible niche/corner use case.

Everything Apple sells in its “Macintosh” range is effectively a laptop 
now, just packaged differently. In its move to ARM chips, it has 
completely sacrificed all the traditional expandability that came with 
desktop/workstation machines.