Mac mini late 2012 i7 2.3 GHz - Is it worth a buy?

[MacCheetah3]

My 2012 i5 (2 x 2.5 GHz) with 16GB of RAM seemed to playback 4K YouTube videos fine. However, I am not certain it counts because the quality was down scaled (I was using a 1080p monitor).

 

[timidpimpin]

Even the 1.6 GHz dual-core i5 in the 2011 MacBook Air? 😉

Joking aside, my 2011 MacBook Pro with a 2nd-gen 2.3 GHz dual-core i5 totally chokes on "4K" video — unless I have a reasonably modern eGPU handle it.

Let me re-word that then. Any i5 or i7 that wasn't thermally crippled by design can play 4K video.