Base Mac Mini if doing only HTPC?

Discussion in 'Mac mini' started by akm3, Dec 4, 2014.

Most Liked Posts
  1. akm3, Dec 4, 2014

    akm3 macrumors 68020

    Joined:
    Nov 15, 2007
    #1
    I am considering upgrading my old 2007 Mac Mini to a new base model.

    It would be connected via HDMI to a television, serve AppleTV's throughout the house, and do occasional handbrake conversions and run Transmission. It would have to host/play/serve blu-ray rips and in the future 4k video, and run Plex as well.

    Is there any reason the base Mac Mini (1.4ghz) can't do all this?
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  2. akm3, Dec 4, 2014

    akm3 thread starter macrumors 68020

    Joined:
    Nov 15, 2007
    #2
    I should have searched before I posted, this is a common question.

    General consensus seems to be that it is very adequate unless you are doing real-time transcoding and then to bump up the 2.x ghz.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  3. jdphoto, Dec 5, 2014

    jdphoto macrumors 6502

    jdphoto

    Joined:
    Jan 13, 2014
    #3
    Pretty much, maybe bump the RAM to 8GB just for future proofing, other than that totally agree.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page