oops -- you're right. I guess I was hoping that the Thunderbolt 2 port could support 4K at 60 Hz just like the Mac Pro.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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Same, I have the i7. It's more than enough for my needs.
I came from a 2010 white MB and a 2008 black MB. To use a software that I own that will make any iTunes movie mine forever, would take 16hrs or more on those MBs. On my i7, it took 30 minutes for a 1080 4.8GB video. That is impressive to me and all the speed I could ever want.
I have been toying with this idea for a bit even before today's release. Now looking at the price point most of us would probably have go for the $699 ones, with the crappy hard drive and the amount of RAM which means extra money just to upgrade that.
Has anybody thought of maybe just go after the base Mac Pro directly? Or have already done so? I'm fully aware of the good amount of price different, but considering what is inside the current Mac Pro, you can probably put more upgrade and use it longer before it starts to slow down.
Does the price, functionality, going longer period before showing signs of aging scales up linearly? Or maybe Mac Pro is better in the long run (more future proof so to speak)?
Has anybody thought of maybe just go after the base Mac Pro directly? Or have already done so? I'm fully aware of the good amount of price different, but considering what is inside the current Mac Pro, you can probably put more upgrade and use it longer before it starts to slow down.
Does the price, functionality, going longer period before showing signs of aging scales up linearly? Or maybe Mac Pro is better in the long run (more future proof so to speak)?
It took 2 damn years for Apple to add Haswell to the current Mac Mini? Disappointing to say the least. Not even Iris Pro graphics either, let alone a dGPU.
I think someone here said that the RAM is not soldered but I couldn't see that on the specs for the mini on apple's website.
Does anyone know for sure whether the RAM is soldered or not (i.e., is the RAM user upgradeable?
Does anyone know for sure whether the RAM is soldered or not (i.e., is the RAM user upgradeable?
I think that the people that are writing on this forum are a very very small niche of users of the Mac Mini. I also think that Apple had low margins on the Quad Core models and the users who bought the more expensive models didn't care about the cores much. They chose the in-store version with more ram and storage.
It's replaceable. There's no warning under the BTO RAM options like there is for the Macbooks.
I'm reading more and more comments like this, maybe its a good time to search Bestbuy, and such for discount 2012 Mini's. I'm not particular excited about this upgrade either.
Agreed. I was very suprised at the announcement. "If it sounds to good to be true" etc etc.
Not even Iris Pro graphics either, let alone a dGPU.
As a 2011 MBP user who's been hit by Radeongate, I am absolutely delighted that there's no dGPU in the Mac Mini.
Apple with dGPU = ticking time bomb.