Why change it? Because it hasn’t been changed? People are silly. Looks great.
Offer it in midnight, maybe. 👊😝👍
Offer it in midnight, maybe. 👊😝👍
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2024 Mac Mini to Feature No Design Changes
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Leave it alone. If there were anything to add would be more ports, but it's a solid device as it is currently. It makes the perfect solution for folks that have everything else and doesn't want an all-in-one system.
That would be a beautiful color for the Mini.
I want a domed cylinder. Slap a dome on top of the trash can MP.
I'll add some legs, paint and decals.
I actually liked the Space Gray enclosure. Does anyone know if it's possible to retrofit an old Space Gray mac mini with the new M2 internals? Would definitely be interested in any guides/tutorials!
The problem with the price decrease is that it's for the most basic of systems, - 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. You add an extra 8GB and an extra 256GB and all of a sudden your entry-level system is $1000, which is insanity.
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The notch is outdated now. It's all about the Dynamic Island, LOL.
It's still a pretty decent design. Apple wants users to gravitate towards the Mac Studio if they want something with way more computational power.
And if you make the "Pro" version of the mini useable, the price jumps to $2600. So the system might be small but it's certainly not cheap. (Then again, my 2013 Mac Pro cost $3200 for half the computing power.)
While I do think that configuration should probably be cheaper than it is, I personally have a base M1 Air and it never fails me at anything. It works just as well as my 14” MBP for a lot of tasks. A lot of people will be perfectly happy with 8GB and 256GB.
A fanless desktop? One that is already so quiet 90% of the time.. what for?
how many different ways can someone make a small square or rectangle? i just see this design downsizing in footprint, not so much going in a radical direction of something visually different. it's already quite small and very functional. maybe they just give more dark color options, like a matte black instead of just space grey.
they'd then have to offer an external power brick. they can fit powerful M2 Pro/Max CPUs in a thin form factor like the 14-inch pros and that would be a nice design style, but the compromise like the 24-inch iMac would be an external PSU.
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A gorgeous Mac Mini setup. Needs to be in Space Gray tho.
A new design could make it so that you could stack even more Mac minis into the same space, which would be an absolute win.
It feels like Apple fired their whole design team...wild.
My current display doesn't have a TB output, just in. Then I have a couple older drive enclosures that don't have the daisy chain, so for now, each has to be uses separately unless I buy a TB hub. Resisting extra crap on my desk … so this M2 setup looks enticing.
My 2018 seems to freeze when it gets too hot. Putting it on its side seems to fix it. So I would prefer them to fix the thermal problems. That, or I’ll just look at the Studio that seems to have more thought put into keeping it thermally cool.
I'm not surprised the M2 Pro model has the four Thunderbolt/USB-C ports, like the Intel Mac Mini it replaced. Too bad it also doesn't come in a Space Gray color option. But it's still good enough for me!