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Apple Announces New Space Gray Mac mini With 4-Core or 6-Core Intel Processor and Up to 64GB RAM, Starting at $799
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Thunderbolt uses the USB Type-C port.
The CPU is simply doesn't have enough cache/bandwidth to deal with that much RAM if you have a large work set. For VMs, it might actually work though as a sort of fast cache unless you intend to use all of them simultaneously at the same time. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining. Even though I don't believe that 99% of the users would care about having more than 16GB of RAM, it was a smart move by Apple. Using 4 SO-DIMM slots doesn't sacrifice anything (they have enough space in a small desktop box), disarms bashers and it is a nod to people who use Mac Minis in farms. And it opens possibilities for some pro-level applications. I could for instance imagine using a cheap Mac Mini box as a fast database server.
Solder and no repair beyond Apple‘s sanction.
I wonder how this will pan out in the long run in countries like France where you could claim that this is a sort of planned obsolescence.
Seeing SO-DIMMs being used here is nice, but man that „untamperable storage“ I do hate with a passion.
Too bad it‘s getting harder and harder to escape that BS.
Between this and the new Air starting at $1200 with a DUAL CORE APU mind you in 2018 I‘m really not excited.
I wouldn‘t have expected even Apple to try and pitch a dual core at that price in 2018, but alright.
Glassed Silver:ios
I wouldn't have been frustrated with the $800 starting price if I hadn't come with a 128GB hard drive 
Will trounce my 2012 i7, but at least it still gets to chime when I turn it on!
$4,199 MAx.... buhh... I feel like an old man.
Replacing my $799 Mac mini 2014 with similar specs would be $1,699... obvious plus with SSD..but not $900
Why?
Replacing my $799 Mac mini 2014 with similar specs would be $1,699... obvious plus with SSD..but not $900
Why?
Or a Time Capsule with USB hard drives
Agreed. I paid $773 nearly 6 years ago for my i7 based late 2012 Mac mini. I immediately upgraded the ram to 16GB and installed a 256GB SSD to run alongside the 1TB HD. Last year I upgraded the SSD to 1TB and the HD to 3TB. This little thing is still trucking and is working as a great family computer and runs Adobe Lightroom perfectly. No need to upgrade at this time but hoping the new one will last me as long...
Blame advertisers. Many OEMs advertise they have USB-C ports, not specifying which protocols the port supports, leading to a lot of misunderstanding of what USB Type-C is. OEMs treat it like it's the latest version of USB or something, which it isn't. Just a port, which can do a number of different things.What?
This thing has 4 USB-C ports:
Who cares? If you are serious about computers you have a NAS
I'd go further...anyone serious about keeping their data is backing it up to a NAS on a regular basis.
Maxed out configuration is 4,969.00 €!!
RAM is too expensive. Better to buy less RAM and then upgrade on your own later. This will be my configuration Which costs 1699:
Unfortunately NO. Apple is frustrating in that they come so close to making great products. But they ALWAYS screw something up. So pay $800, $1300 or more for this mini. The SSD goes out and you are screwed. No way to replace it. This fascination they have with having things integrated is truly frustrating. Sometimes I understand it is necessary because of size constraints etc. Though often even then there are better ways. But in the case of the Mini, no on cares how "mini" it is. If it had to be a few MM thicker to allow the SSD to be swapped out, that would be fine with everyone. I know Apple is a premium product with price to match. But their greed is sometimes bothersome. They have the SSD integrated primarily so they can charge you more than it is worth for the upgrade. Nothing new here I know. They've been doing it for years. But I still don't like it. And for the record our house has 3 iPhones, 3 iPads, and iMac and a MacBook Pro. So I am not an Apple hater by any means. It's just that they could do SO much better if they would just let go of the greed just a little bit...
How is this even targeted to Pro users when it uses integrated graphics???
A dGPU would have been for me something to get excited for...
A dGPU would have been for me something to get excited for...
Oh! I didn’t know Thunderbolt 3 == USB-C. That’s nice! Why do companies do this terminology dance, it only confuses consumers, stick to one name dammit!
Yup! The pictures on the Apple website really do make it seem like it's upgradable! Now if I can only figure out how to attach an image...
For a file server or plex server or anybother smaller tasks it’s a great machine.Will trounce my 2012 i7, but at least it still gets to chime when I turn it on!
On mine I run Mojave very smooth and you still have the option to place an SSD and go 16GB of Ram.
Gigabit internet service is actually a thing now as well. For maximum throughput, something faster than gigabit ethernet is ideal. Naturally, faster internet service is foreseeable at this point. I'd say that any new computer should come with 10Gb ethernet, if for nothing else but future proofing.
Although, we all know that most people have piles of CAT 5e cables. It'll be awhile before the average user is actually able to take advantage of 10Gb speeds, although 2.5Gb and 5Gb should be possible anyway, so I doubt most users will care.
Since I'm out of the loop since my days of selling computers at Best Buy lol, I always thought i3 were hyper threaded dual cores...this is said to be a quad core i3...does it have hyper threading? If not what makes it different then a Quad Core i5? Maybe no turbo boost?
Looks so to me: