Do I really gain any desktop performance going from latest Air to Mini?

I have the latest Air, fully specced. 2ghz i7, 8gig ram, SSD. Intel Graphics 4000.

New Mini is 2.3 i7 4core, same intel 4000. I have 8 gigs of ram for it already sitting in a box, and then I can get a Fusion drive which I don't really care about. I don't need the storage though, my Air only uses about 120gigs.


I really want one for my home machine. I have a Thunderbolt display already. I just don't see any real gains over the Air as far as heavy design work. A bit more processor, but the same ****** graphics and screen tearing and bad redrawing as the Air. No SDD speed boost. No ram boost.

Is there something I am missing? Or is it really just not worth the cash for basically a $1200 i7 upgrade??????

Please weigh in.

donlab said:

16GB RAM and more storage with fusion

side note: have you looked at connecting a high end graphics card via thunderbolt port with sonnet echo express expansion bay and "red the rocket" card?

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The 16gb of ram would be the same in the mini. And I have no need for more storage than 256 SSD at all, which the Air has.

I have never heard of the expansion bays, but those look awesome. Probably not really in the budget though.

I think I am answering my own question here now that I am thinking about it. I need the iMac =/