There’s tons of reports of UI lag and stutter when using scaled resolutions with the 2018 Mini. Especially with the 8GB base model.
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The new Mac mini is almost certainly coming
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There’s tons of reports of UI lag and stutter when using scaled resolutions with the 2018 Mini. Especially with the 8GB base model.
If you could buy more RAM or SSD from App store, Apple would take just 15 times more than from software...
Anyone who buys an 8GB base model is asking for trouble in 2018. Let alone 2020.
Indeed. But does the M1 chip need more or less Ram than an i7 intel? Nobody knows yet!Yeah, a now Apple is selling M1 Macs with 8 GB of RAM.
So 8 years after thinking about upgrading my 2009 Mini this might actually be the release to do it !! Some research to do ... my 2009 now has the max 8gb ram with a spinner and that runs ok so don't see why 8 and an ssd wouldn't work just fine for me
An 8GB MacBook Pro is still serving me fine in 2020, and I expect will continue to do so.
MacRumors readers are really not the representative sample of the computing needs of the majority of the population, which is why some of the hand-wringing about the chip transition is so funny. The majority of people are going to buy a new MacBook Air now and yeah, it'll be snappier than their old one, but they're not going to notice anything else weird about it.
I definitely would encourage RAM over the other upgrades if you can, but the idea 8GB will kill your machine's appeal is as goofy as the people who are bemoaning their current machines being "obsolete". If you're still doing work on them, they're not obsolete.
(Also, I've got a long enough memory to remember when 'modern' Apple was shipping machines with 64 and 128MB of RAM when OS X required twice that just for acceptably smooth performance. Once Apple started embedding the RAM they got a lot more reasonable about pricing for upgrades and boosting the minimums.)
But what about the new new Mac Mini? When is that coming?The new Mac Mini is definitely here.
Tuesday, or maybe Wednesday, or could be Thursday or Friday. Or possibly even Monday. New Mac Minis have been coming at irregular intervals since 2005, and will almost certainly continue to do so.But what about the new new Mac Mini? When is that coming?
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Exactly. I won't get a new one until it supports 128GB ram and multiple 6K monitors.But what about the new new Mac Mini? When is that coming?
Just 6K? Why not 10K or more?
The DisplayPort 2.0 standard is here since 2019:
The New DisplayPort 2.0 Standard Can Run Three 10K or One 16K Monitor
VESA has announced the first major update to the DisplayPort Audio/Video standard since 2016, and it's a doozy. DisplayPort 2.0 triples the bandwidth of
I was actually thinking 8K as that is what you can buy today (Dell UP3218K).
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Actually, you can buy a modular 16K TV display, but it ain't cheap.
Forget 8K, Sony’s New 63-Foot 16K Crystal LED TV Is Now Available—for a Few Million
Sony has announced the Crystal LED TV is available for home installation. The ballpark figure for the 63-foot 16K version is $5 million.
robbreport.com
Sony’s massive new MicroLED display stands 17 feet tall and packs 16K resolution
Sony has a massive new 16K MicroLED display that stands 17 feet tall and is longer than a bus. Announced at the 2019 NAB trade show in Las Vegas, the display is located in Japan and will be used for research, while the presentation uses specially created footage produced in-house.
www.digitaltrends.com
Makes sense. If I go for a $5M display I won't notice spending $50K on a Mac Pro.Actually, you can buy a modular 16K TV display, but it ain't cheap.
Forget 8K, Sony’s New 63-Foot 16K Crystal LED TV Is Now Available—for a Few Million
Sony has announced the Crystal LED TV is available for home installation. The ballpark figure for the 63-foot 16K version is $5 million.Sony’s massive new MicroLED display stands 17 feet tall and packs 16K resolution
Sony has a massive new 16K MicroLED display that stands 17 feet tall and is longer than a bus. Announced at the 2019 NAB trade show in Las Vegas, the display is located in Japan and will be used for research, while the presentation uses specially created footage produced in-house.
Anyone wondering if there could be a new Mac Mini that will use the “M1X” chip they’d likely use for iMac, new Apple Silicon MBP 16”? Seems like they have more Thermal overhead and could have a larger chip in for Mini. Plus we could then get one with 4x TB connectors etc.
though when next AS Mac sill be is unknown? First half of 2201 for maybe iMac 24 - but that could run on M1 as it’s low end entry desktop mac
though when next AS Mac sill be is unknown? First half of 2201 for maybe iMac 24 - but that could run on M1 as it’s low end entry desktop mac
The regular iMacs only have 2 TB3 ports so I don't see a mini upgrade for a while.
My guess is that M1X will come out already in spring 2021, and it will double the IO-bandwith and RAM. Then 10Gbit ethernet and more USB ports are possible. Performance wise there could be two to four extra GPU cores and that’s it. M1X could be used in better Mac Mini model, and MBP 14” and MBP 16” entry model. And in the new iMac 24”.
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I sure hope for some kind of „Mac mini Pro“. While the CPU per se would suffice for me, I need more than two Thunderbolt ports. Plus, I really don’t want to give up the space grey enclosure 😬
I wonder if what we'll actually get will be a "Mac Pro Mini" that most of us can't afford? 😂