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Which makes it worse, Intel Macs look appealing than these.
Depends what you need it for I guess, and how much differently ARM uses RAM than Intel. Anyone know? Also how much OS X optimisation can help with that. The iPad Pro is a lot faster than most laptops with, what, 6gb memory? And iPhones always seem to have a lot less RAM than Samsung phones but still run faster.
The new M1 SOCs max out at 16GB RAM, which seems like a major limitation, but the timing and latency of this integrated RAM is probably much better than what you could otherwise achieve. Meanwhile, improved SSD performance will probably have a larger impact on the whole system. I remember when I bought a 15k RPM hard drive ca. 2005 - it was like a new computer. Upgrading the slowest part of the storage hierarchy made the largest difference.
One slight disappointment in the Mac mini is the removal of two USB C / Thunderbolt ports and no option for 10G ethernet vs. the Intel model. An odd set of limitations in 2020.
Overall, at the price they're offering the Mac mini (haven't really considered the other models for myself), I think it's ok to take the plunge.
- Sent from my Dell hackintosh
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They can probably out perform them, but only for a few seconds/minutes. That's why they put a fan in the pro.
Which actually sounds like a good fit for a dev machine, where you only compile once in a while, but do not sustain high loads
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Also no more 10G ethernet.
And no way to buy a previous Mini with 10Gbe/64GB now either?... (from Apple)
Max 16GB of RAM on these new machines is really not that great to be honest. The mini supported up to 64GB before.
I bought a Mac mini 2 weeks ago and I was sweating when they announced the new Mac mini, not anymore now that its only max 16GB. Apple has effectively killed expandable storage and memory in all of their line up. No doubt in the future they will offer larger memory options when they release the 16" Macbook pro. Need 32GB a year later down the road for your mini? Just buy a new one!
Completely unconfirmed speculation incoming: There's a solid chance that the logic board is exactly the same on all of the Macs announced today and the only difference is the cooling solution. If you play around with the Apple Store configurator, the specs are all suspiciously similar between every new Mac. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/13-inch https://w…
Most likely this is why the CPUs are all limited to 16GB. It's likely when they unwrap the 16 inch MacBook Pro, it will open up more configurations (more RAM in particular!) for the 13" MacBook Pro and hopefully the mini.
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Yes, they have an Intel emulator (Rosetta I think they called it) and are pushing developers to produce "universal apps".
Here’s more details on Rosetta: https://www.theverge.com/21304182/apple-arm-mac-rosetta-2-em... It actually depends on the app and what it’s doing. For example they said photoshop wouldn’t be available on it until early 2021.
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8GB and 16GB configurations seem more than enough..
Don’t touch Xcode then, it welcomes you to paging hell.
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And it costs an extra €224 to go from 8 to 16gb. This is ridiculously expensive.
Any option in Euros is about 30% more expensive than buying the same in the US or Hong Kong (which is pretty crummy, but possibly related to taxes and the cost of doing business in the EU). EDIT: I don't mean VAT/sales tax, I've considered sales taxes in the comparison, but also exchange rates of $1.18/1€. The difference is almost exactly 30%. It looks like the cost of doing business in the EU is much higher, and/or…