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Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Does anyone know how many P vs E cores? 10 core = 4 P and 6 E 12 core = 8 P and 4 E EDIT: Updated with known P and E amounts. Thanks HN for posting below. https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/10/apples-new-mac-mini-i...

M4 10-core = 4P, 6E M4 Pro 12-core = 8P, 4E M4 Pro 14-core = 10P, 4E

Where do you see the 14-core version detailed on the spec sheet?

I don't see it stated with the specific P vs E cores are for the 14-core version on:

https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/

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Having a fully fledged computer this small without an external power brick is pretty impressive.

Not making it VESA mountable is a missed opportunity, but I suppose they want you to buy an iMac instead of doing that.

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Love to see that it still starts at $599.

My M2 Mac Mini that I got for $499 is my favorite gaming computer I've had in a long time. Runs many games like WoW, Dota, League of Legends, etc great. Anything that it doesn't run due to MacOS I use GeForce Now over ethernet. And this was with 8gb unified memory, now with 16gb it'll be even better value.

Very excited to see how the GPU has improved in the M4, especially the Pro model.

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Putting the audio jack on the front is a strange design choice to me if you plan on hooking it up to wired speakers all the time. Did they run out of space to keep it in the back?

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16GB base RAM across the board, following the iMac. AI is certainly good for pushing up the baseline RAM that manufacturers can get away with shipping if nothing else.

No mention of the SSD size that was the reason I returned my Mac mini 256Gb last year was just a pain juggling files

> No mention of the SSD size

The base model is 256 gb. You can see it here:

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini

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16GB base RAM across the board, following the iMac. AI is certainly good for pushing up the baseline RAM that manufacturers can get away with shipping if nothing else.

No mention of the SSD size that was the reason I returned my Mac mini 256Gb last year was just a pain juggling files

Base model is 256GB configurable up to 2TB, all others start at 512GB, the M4 Pro model can go up to 8TB

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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This seems like the perfect home media transcoding server (Plex, Kodi, etc). I am curious if these will ever be able to run Linux.

Almost certainly. Asahi linux is getting pretty useable on M1 and M2. They don't support M3 yet, let alone M4, but support will surely come eventually.
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