Hehe!! Finally the New Mini is here!! Nice one. Would be great to have a dGPU but was expected not to so not disappointed. Going to grab one
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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yeah it will run loud when you are pushing the i7 hard. I think the i7 8700t would have been better choice.
What’s more impressive is that we went through around 14 Apple events (all iPhone events since 2014, all iPad events, all WWDC events, plus the oddball Mac events) and people never once lost hope in this thread.
This Mac Mini unfortunately does not cost $199 and does not come with a 50-core Xeon. overpriced! I’m waiting for the next one.
I had heard of noise issues with modern 27" iMacs when specified with the i7 CPU - wouldn't the fact that the i7 is the presumed same one destined for the 2018 21.5" iMac make a difference? Both at 65w rather than the 95w K series parts in the 27 iMac? Obviously proper reviews taking into account heat, noise and vibration will be important this time around.
At least Apple have acknowledged this with the development of the cooling system which has eliminated the HDD drive bays entirely. The noise factor under sustained load will definitely be one to watch in reviews.
Wouldn't an App be just as good in this case if not better? This is aside from any issues from audio pass through in the Mini which I would presume could be fixed by buying a USB-C DAC with suitable specs?
The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming.
I wonder whether the existence of this mammoth thread-that-would-not-die had anything at all to do with influencing Apple to keep the Mini alive?
Wouldn't it run better with a matched pair of RAM sticks? I'd be intending to put 32Gb of RAM in (matched pair) having left the 8Gb standard RAM in a box.
And isn't the 2Tb SSD going to be slower than the internal one (which is admittedly is going to cost more). To be fair, I'd probably be happy doing that too given the price of Apple SSD.
I'm on the fence with the i7 - it's not out of the question because of price (for a change) - but the potential for additional heat and noise under load due to the extra threads is one to be checked out first. The i5 is enough of an upgrade from a base model 2012 anyway.
AppleInsider's Mac mini FAQ about just one Thunderbolt controller tying into the 4 TB3 ports is a bit concerning so I'd want to see if there's any serious downsides with this configuration if an eGPU was added. I was only expecting 2 ports anyway, with 4 USB-A ports.
The AppleInsider guy is conflating iGPU limitations with the limitations of the TB3 controllers. I would expect dual controllers at a minimum, if not one on each port. There's no reason not to if they didn't stuff in an dGPU.
So happy for all the folks that stuck with this thread over the years. Today must seem like Christmas morning x1000!
Wrong color.
Won't match any of my other minis.
Couldn't they have made it a bit slimmer?
Does it come with a full upgradeable emoji set, or are we getting screwed?
Won't match any of my other minis.
Couldn't they have made it a bit slimmer?
Does it come with a full upgradeable emoji set, or are we getting screwed?
Let's wait for the tear down. Depending on the TB3 chip used it should be able to power 2 ports at full speed at the very least if there really is only one. It's unclear how the PCIe lanes are arranged in relation to the PCH and there will be 2 controllers in the Macbook pros with Touch Bar and probably only one in the 2018 MBA and 2017 nTB MBP.
To be fair they need the money. They only have $243 billion in the bank.
Not satisfied yet, now i want to see yearly spec refresh.
Maybe 2 years can be acceptable, but that is it. Anything else is a pure neglect.
I’m hoping to get at least a couple more years from my 2012, then pick up a used/refurbed 2018.
I'd vote to let the thread run until 7 Dec 2018, five years from the first post, then "stick a fork in it." That should give time for initial teardown reviews and feedback. Since OP is still around I'd also let GabrieleR have the honor of last post.