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points by baxtr 2 days ago | 0 comments

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

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 2 days ago

It looks nicer. What you’re suggesting has either a brick attached on the back and/or at least two cables (but probably more).

[–] sparkling 2 days ago

>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.

[–] swat535 2 days ago

Aesthetics obviously.. engineers and tech nerds are not the target audience for this machine.

[–] bliteben 2 days ago

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

[–] msdz 2 days ago

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

[–] 1123581321 2 days ago

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 2 days ago

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

[–] mrweasel 2 days ago

Most I've seen are just used to RDP into a Windows box anyway, so probably not. That does make it a little strange that no one seems to design a nice looking terminal PC.