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Re: New Mac Mini

#11

Post by ihuman » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:36 PM UTC

This is the page for the old Mac Mini. The new one starts at $799

Re: New Mac Mini

#12

Post by saagarjha » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:37 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #2

If the SSD is user expandable, then its damn near perfect, but I get the feeling they pointed out the DIMM and not the SSD as replaceable.

It’s probably either soldered on or non-user replaceable NVMe, like their other portables.

Re: New Mac Mini

#13

Post by Chazprime » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:37 PM UTC

These are super handy for, say porting a project to macOS without the price tag of a much bettter Mac. Nice to see Apple is keeping them updated.

Re: New Mac Mini

#14

Post by vbezhenar » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:37 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #2

If the SSD is user expandable, then its damn near perfect, but I get the feeling they pointed out the DIMM and not the SSD as replaceable.

Of course it's not user expandable, how they will make money. Very few people will buy 128GB version and SSD increase will have very premium cost, like usual. But you should be able to use external disks via thunderbolt if you want to.

Re: New Mac Mini

#15

Post by dasil003 » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:38 PM UTC

This is probably a better link for the actual specs/changes: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/30/apple-announces-new-mac...

Re: New Mac Mini

#16

Post by ihuman » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:38 PM UTC

saagarjha wrote: post #8

It looks like you jumped the gun, the website isn’t even updated yet ;) But overall, I’m liking the new Mac Mini. Updated processors, new Thunderbolt ports, and new color: I can’t see anyone feeling like they’ve lost anything here.

The only ports that are gone are the SD card slot, and separate mic jack

Edit: no CD Drive in the last one.

Re: New Mac Mini

#17

Post by resters » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:39 PM UTC

vbezhenar wrote: post #14

protomyth wrote: post #2

If the SSD is user expandable, then its damn near perfect, but I get the feeling they pointed out the DIMM and not the SSD as replaceable.

Of course it's not user expandable, how they will make money. Very few people will buy 128GB version and SSD increase will have very premium cost, like usual. But you should be able to use external disks via thunderbolt if you want to.

There's really no excuse for that these days. So disappointing that Apple must bake in this kind of greed into the product. Overall I think it's shortsighted because it will drive away many budget conscious customers.

Re: New Mac Mini

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Post by vbezhenar » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:39 PM UTC

I'm pleasantly surprised by this computer. With external GPU and external disks it could be quite cost-effective Mac. Not sure about those external GPU prices, didn't even saw them yet.

Re: New Mac Mini

#19

Post by JeanMeche » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:40 PM UTC

ihuman wrote: post #16

saagarjha wrote: post #8

It looks like you jumped the gun, the website isn’t even updated yet ;) But overall, I’m liking the new Mac Mini. Updated processors, new Thunderbolt ports, and new color: I can’t see anyone feeling like they’ve lost anything here.

The only ports that are gone are the SD card slot, and separate mic jack Edit: no CD Drive in the last one.

the previous generation already dropped the superdrive.

Re: New Mac Mini

#20

Post by arghwhat » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 2:40 PM UTC

ihuman wrote: post #16

saagarjha wrote: post #8

It looks like you jumped the gun, the website isn’t even updated yet ;) But overall, I’m liking the new Mac Mini. Updated processors, new Thunderbolt ports, and new color: I can’t see anyone feeling like they’ve lost anything here.

The only ports that are gone are the SD card slot, and separate mic jack Edit: no CD Drive in the last one.

The previous generation Mac Mini did not have an optical drive either, so that is not removed.