I so need a new computer…

Many websites are difficult to navigate now because my version of Chrome is so old. And Firefox is not of much help on some websites.

I’ll likely just get another Mac. But I’ve been browsing the mini-PC market… and I’m a bit underwhelmed. It seems like the PC gamers are driving the Windows market and they want flashy cases with huge Nvidia cards and kilowatt power supplies.

The mini-PCs seem stuck on old interfaces (USB-A, Display Port), and most are lacking in aesthetics.

I am hoping that Intel’s Meteor Lake family will find its way into the mini-ITX motherboards. That should help a lot. But Intel’s “Ultra” family is not going to be sold over the counter, not intended to be user upgradeable (no CPU mount that a use can access.)

Probably the PC diehards will whine about things being soldered on the system board and not user upgradeable. It’s why they dismiss Macs (all current Macs but the Mac Pro tower have no user adjustable items inside.)

Anyway, my eyes gloss over when I look at Windows-world. And Linux is a no-go for me. Therefore I will likely stay with Apple.

The current iMac is a work of art, but limited in memory specifications. The Mac Studio can do about anything… for a price.

I really think the desktop computer market is fading away. People want phones, and maybe a tablet.

But I am old and used to a keyboard…. which makes it all a bit old fashioned of me to want something like I bought 20 years ago.