To those who are curious Apple added 10Gb ethernet to the Mini about a month ago.
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Apple Working on High-End Mac Mini With Additional Ports and More Powerful Chip From Next-Gen MacBook Pro
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming.
Sorry I couldn’t resist.
Sorry I couldn’t resist.
10Gbe Ethernet is back on the mini line. They added it as an option (For M1 based machines) a few weeks ago.
What was not " decent " enough on previous generations??
I have three generations of intel Mac minis, from core2duo & quad core i7 at launch ... to a recent six core i5 ( because the DisplayPort bug really got on my nerves ) ... they've all been quite fine, maxed RAM, fastest HDD or fast SSD.
Hopefully a version with 32-64GB RAM is not too expensive. With the chip shortage it would be crazy expensive but realistically it's only ~$240 worth of RAM in normal-day retail prices.
Mini Max -Day one for me. It would be nice if the ethernet power cord came over from the new iMacs as well.
even better — the mac pro mini and the mac mini pro. you can't lose!
Of course the real reason Intel based Macs are as big as they are, is because they famously use Wooden CPUs. No silicon in sight.
Ever tried carving wood? Getting fine detail is hard.
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Seriously though.
It's been nearly a year. Do people still not understand that essentially all processors are "silicon", and that the contextually important/relevant part of the term "Apple Silicon" is "Apple".
The term "Apple Silicon" is a branding exercise, which could be better explained or used in conversation as "Apple-designed silicon", or "Apple-designed chips".
A realistic comparison of the two current options for Macs in terms of processor is not "Apple Intel" vs "Apple Silicon". It's "Mac with Intel silicon" vs "Mac with Apple silicon".
To give you a terrible car analogy.
Imagine if Ford said they're going to start selling a line of (gas/petrol/fuel/insert local terminology as appropriate) products, with some specific blend of oils and ethanol and what have you. They call it "Ford Fuel" for marketing purposes.
Would you then say "Because ford can make Fuel so efficient, <insert comparison to other brands>". No. Because fuel is just a term to describe the thing generically. It's only specific when you reference it in terms of that specific brand, because they chose not to use a specific product name, like say "Helix Ultra Zooper Dooper Go Juice".
You know it's going to cost an arm and a leg for 64 GB
Only an ... ARM.
32 GB is enough for me (for now).
You may want to keep your arm for typing and sacrifice a leg insteadOnly an ... ARM.
32 GB is enough for me (for now).
I currently have a 2019 27" iMac (i5, 32gb RAM, 256gb SSD, 570x 4gb GPU) would it be worth trading this in for a current Mac Mini (M1, 16gb, 256gb SSD) as I use a lot of Affinity Photo & Designer and I'm starting to see a lot of lagging with the software!
I'm not worried about hard drive space as I have a 1tb external SSD that I use for storage as well as a separate 1tb SSD that I use for Time Machine.
I'm not worried about hard drive space as I have a 1tb external SSD that I use for storage as well as a separate 1tb SSD that I use for Time Machine.
You may want to keep your arm for typing and sacrifice a leg instead
Let's just say that it will cost me a RAM which is an anagram of arm.
I know Apple want to focus on selling as many Macbooks, Macbook Pros, and iMacs as possible, but I've never understood why they haven't tried to dominate more of the personal computer market share by making a more attractive, functional, and affordable Mac Mini. What I mean is, there are so many PC users who might switch to a Mac via a Mac Mini purchase if it was built and marketed in a more appealing way. I think a lot of it has to do with price point, but always felt like there's a huge potential to do more with the Mac Mini. 🤷♀️
Very interested what I would love to see in addition to this chip are 2.5G Ethernet standard, Wifi 6E, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.0, SD card reader, more RAM (24GB is perfect for me but I'll take 32GB), more USB/thunderbolt ports and I'd still love silver to be at least be an option.
Obviously I won't get everything I want, but let's see how close it gets.
Obviously I won't get everything I want, but let's see how close it gets.
You said "more appealing" twice but never actually articulated what you mean.
1) Give us bootcamp support. Win for ARM exists.
2) This would be a nice announcement @ WWDC
2) This would be a nice announcement @ WWDC
This is great - hows the fps on the mba? I had the xplane 11 on the mac pro but my 8gb rx580 died so stopped playing it.
The Mac Mini Pro variant - would be nice
I love the ease of parallels and windows ARM on my mbp M1 - i can get to use software from work and so quick and easy. I can just imagine how fast next gen chips would be.
I love the ease of parallels and windows ARM on my mbp M1 - i can get to use software from work and so quick and easy. I can just imagine how fast next gen chips would be.
Yep, I work for the fruity computer company and our users are typically in a few categories.
1.Ones who know technology and know that whilst Apple is more costly, that they are better off buying the most machine they can afford at the time of the purchase because they will get more longevity with a beefier machine.
2.YouFanbois who think because they have a shelf with everything we ever produced at home they are tech savvy(and they are not). The usual tell is when they say "I have had Apple products since the 80s." Yet cannot identify Spotlight or Finder and want to know when they were added to Mac Os.
3.And the combined group of people who need a computer right away and people who do not want to spend money either because they cannot afford it or they are cheap.
They tend to buy the lowest specced machines and wonder why that 4 gig Macbook Air is not churning out 4k video with the quickness.
I have a lot of high end Apple gear, well, because work sends it to me. But I cannot use it for personal use.
I have 2015 Macbook Air that I tote around for personal trips and browsing while on the couch. It is quick and gets the job done. I got it for free from a friend.
My main personal Imac is a 2013 quad Core I5 with a terrabyte SSD and 32 gigs of ram. Officially it only supports 16 but when I was putting in the SSD I tested it with 32 and it worked.
I am not a gamer(well i run Blue Stacks so I can play casual android games with a mouse while i am working on stuff).
However, I can"
1.Drive 3 screens. Built in, a 50 inch TV, and a 32 inch Samsung curved screen.
2. a Plex server in the back ground. Which if it us after 5 pm usually has two devices streaming from it. An Apple TV and my sis in laws LG TV in Colombia South America.
3.Working in Photoshop and browsing on the Samsung
4.Android Emulator with a game on built in screen.
5.Using VLC or Netflix to push video to the 50 inch.
6.and a handful of other apps and a gazillion tabs open.
I cannot justify buying a new machine, cause it still runs quickly, does not aggravate me because it is hardly slow.
Reasons I currently would not buy an M1.
1.First generation
2.Lack of ram expandability(as efficient a processor is especially with direct access to the memory, operating systems require more resources as they are updated, changed).
3. The ability to only connect one display natively. Otherwise I would have to buy a dongle for port expansion and then usb adapaters for each screen I wanted. Which means more **** on my desk and I would have to pray that the dongles were all properly shielded so they did not **** all over bluetooth.
Someone needs to make a dual m.2 bay mini footprint dock with missing ports, like the old newer models for the original mini. That way you don’t need to waste money on SSD upgrades from Apple. Just move your user folder to the external SSD, keep the system on the internal, and you won’t notice a difference in speed but you will be free to upgrade more in the future.