People need (!) this type of devices in representative settings, eg the reception of a boutique hotel.

driverdan 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How is an all-in-one better than a mini attached to the back of a monitor, or better yet locked in a cabinet for security?

	▲	tass 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It looks nicer. What you’re suggesting has either a brick attached on the back and/or at least two cables (but probably more).
	▲	swat535 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Aesthetics obviously.. engineers and tech nerds are not the target audience for this machine.
	▲	sparkling 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		>a mini attached to the back of a monitor It is ugly. Especially i places like a reception, where the back of the screen is facing the customer. Plain and simple.

bliteben 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A boutique hotel needs a 27” version. They arent gonna switch from a windows all in one to a smaller mac aio.

msdz 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Good point, but do these settings need the latest M-series chip then, too?

	▲	1123581321 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No, but if you're on a 3-5 year refresh cycle and this is your year, it'd be lame to not have the latest chip! It's simpler and better for both hardware makers and buyers to just keep refreshing instead of trying to get clever about who deserves the current series of chips in their form factor, assuming the refreshes are of similar cost, utility etc.
	▲	asdff 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		These places aren't going to care about saving $200 on a machine that will return an order of magnitude or more than that in sales per hour