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High-End Mac Mini Said to Feature Thinner Design With 'Plexiglass' Top, Magnetic Power Port
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Desktops and monitors should be battery powered too, and charged by a USB C cable like MacBook Pro is.
Exactly the reason I switched to using the mini as my main driver. Plus it let me stagger my purchases — not as much of an issue now that monitors are all so cheap, but when the monitor was an expensive peripheral, something worth considering.
I dunno man, that will seriously impede my ability to compare it to a ham sandwich.
To be fair, there aren't that many with a decent PPI. There are options, but not heaps.
But even a 143W power supply can't provide 100W to four Thunderbolt devices. So what happens then?
If one wants the best of the best, then one must be willing to shell out the bucks. Same as with anything. It always amuses me when people want a top-tier product and then complain that it's expensive. The vast majority of people have no need for the Pro Display XDR. It's simply a want.
I never talked about this new Mac mini being fan less.
I have no such trouble with mine. (2012 MM)
My 2012 MM has a plastic Apple Logo, not sure but I think the antennas are located beneath it.
Awful design....j.k., but really, was it plexiglass or other white plastic, AFAIK it was also matte.Pssstt... I have a picture of a real world plexiglass Mac mini.
As above, no problem with mine.
I like the idea of a more powerful Mac Mini, but an external power supply is terrible for so many reasons. Good for cooling though, I suppose.
.... im not sure what you're trying to suggest here.
In 2021, a PPI above ~130 should not require a "top tier" product.
Heck, my Dell displays from 6 years ago have 183PPI. They weren't super cheap but nowhere near as expensive as the 24" UltraFines are now - but Dell never replaced the model when they finally killed it off.
I mostly don't have problems with my 2018 - because I disconnected Wifi (it's "on" for handoff stuff, but it's disconnected from any network), but it's definitely an issue. Being able to locate the wifi and BT radios away from the USB3 ports (which can produce interference) and not behind a solid aluminium top shell would no doubt help.
The reason I joined MacRumors is to agitate for a portable Mac mini and portable display. Yes, I could get a battery powered M1 and screen combined in a MacBook but with major usability and speed and price compromises that make it useless for serious work and too heavy and hot and expensive for comfortable laptop use.
That is what I do with my power bricks. A ziptie will hold a power brick to a desk leg or an underneath cable rack. And with the mini, since you have a monitor, keyboard, ethernet, and other cables any time you move it you are going to have to redo the cable management.
I'm suggesting that a 6k Retina monitor is overkill for the vast majority of people 😂
There is NO WAY that iMac MagSafe design is cheaper than using the MacBook Pro PSU. And we already pay for the battery management in the M1 and MacOS, but it goes to waste with no battery.
Or I could just boot up my M1 Air and run circles around the 2009 mini.If its the 2009 version, you could max out the ram(8gb), install an SSD and you could run Big Sur on it
I just want a mini so I can reuse my existing monitors, keyboard, and mouse via KVM switching.
Nice. I would under-desk mount the mini. No need to even see it.
Yes, thats right. A redesign with small changes. Sorry, english is not my native language.
Credit to the designers for merging plexiglass and high-end... Or something like that...?