You get that from a 2010-2012 models by upgrading to an SSD and inserting 16GB max. The 2014 doesn't have that longevity as it's got glued memory and the SSD needs an expert to upgrade. Maybe it could be upgraded by a Best Buy Engineer - not sure.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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After looking at the ifixit instructions it seems quite easy to replace the drive in the 2014 mini. Easier than removing the video card from my 2011 imac.
There's a special customer Apple engineering device needed to dislodge the logic board. Looked like expert level engineering work to me.
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The Geek Squad guys.Best Buy doesn't have any Engineers.
The geek squad are idiots. I wouldn't trust them with anything.
They told me they were engineers when last they dazzled me with their expertise. They said only the best of the best can work for their team.
Surely that's 5 years after it stopped becoming available - so the 2012 model goes obsolete sometime in October 2019? The current 2014 model Mini would be supported until December 2022 and counting.
But does that mean software as well as hardware? I suppose it does. There's very little going on here to obsolete the 2012 Mini - it's only the HD4000 graphics holding it back now.
Yeah....like I said.
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Right. The guys that can't make Best Buy's Geek Squad relegate themselves to jobs at NASA. /s
I have fully opened a 2007 24" Aluminium iMac, and a 2012 Mini, to replace drives and do a general clean out. Rather open a Mini, it's a lot less fiddly than the iMac.
That HD4000 is the only thing I don't like about my 2012 Mini. Getting too outdated and pokey, not enough snap to it, and no 4K capacity.
I don't need a discrete GPU, just a current or even recent version of integrated GPU.
Exactly.
It's not difficult to update the internals of a machine. I mean... it will take some effort... but it's a normal amount of work. Apple has made 12 models of the Mac Mini over the years. It's obviously not an impossible task.
It's not a problem for other manufacturers to update their machines. Most do it EVERY YEAR.
We don't see threads on the Dell forum titled "Waiting for the next Inspiron laptop" because new machines pretty much get released like clockwork. There's no wondering when, or if, the next model is coming.
But since it's been 3 years since Apple made a minor update to the Mac Mini... and 5 years since the last major update... it might be dead, Jim.
But then in the midst of terra-forming there is new life - thus there will be a headless desktop (logically) but not necessarily the Mini we knew.
I see you're in Canada so perhaps the version of "Best Buy" up there isn't the same as we have here in the United States?
The new Mac mini may, almost certainly, already exist in a parallel universe.
Pretty sure they would have the same standards for "Geek Squad" up here as they do in the US.
As was suggested above, a 2014 4gb Mini will always be a 4gb Mini. So do you think 2022 software will run in 4gb? I have no idea. I suppose it could still run in virtual memory, swapping from the speedy 5400 rpm drive.
I believe they use kilometers in Canada, not mileage. Just saying.Lol....mileage may very....
I wonder how long they will last?
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/12/08/jony-ive-retaking-control-design-team/
"With the completion of Apple Park, Apple’s design leaders and teams are again reporting directly to Jony Ive, who remains focused purely on design."
This seems to suggest that the new mac mini, almost certainly coming, will be thinner, lighter, and have amazing battery life.I wonder how long they will last?
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/12/08/jony-ive-retaking-control-design-team/
"With the completion of Apple Park, Apple’s design leaders and teams are again reporting directly to Jony Ive, who remains focused purely on design."
Well, the change of a mini just increased, simply because Ivy can make one thinner than the current offering.
So we got that going for us, which is nice
So we got that going for us, which is nice
This seems to suggest that the new mac mini, almost certainly coming, will be thinner, lighter, and have amazing battery life.
And will have no ports, use a wireless connection to an iPad app for a head, and be power by batteries charged via induction. Wait, that IS an iPad, sort of.
Chances of a new Mac mini are thin to thinner with wireless port connections only. No dongles.....innovation to it thinnest. Revolutionary
Revolutionary The next mini will have no dongles and no wires. Wireless video connections as well as using the wireless charging plate. It will be a piece of art that you place on your living room side table. The shape will be officially a cross between an obelisk and a tetrahedron. It's only function will be to drive the wirelessChances of a new Mac mini are thin to thinner with wireless port connections only. No dongles.....innovation to it thinnest.
Actually, it will be a completely closed system - nothing in, nothing out. Can't get any mini-er than that! And it will have the same form-factor as a Thin Mint (tm): the ThinMini!
I think we're all getting a bit punch-drunk.
I think we're all getting a bit punch-drunk.
Yes, I haven't been there in years but yes we use kilometerage, that's our standard term. "Kilometerage may vary".
I just woke up from a dream, a vision if you will, of the next Mac Mini being available in gold. Double the options already.