Late 2012 Mac Mini enough for Photoshop CS6?

[Turnpike]

I have a license for Photoshop (just photoshop) CS6 that I'm going to put on a Mac Mini to send a nephew overseas... So he can learn both using a Mac and learn Photoshop. Is a late 2012 Mac Mini enough to run PhotoShop? Would it be completely underpowered for this, or would it easily handle it?

I plan to be sure it has a min of 8GB RAM and an SSD in it, but even if I didn't- does anyone have any experience with PS on a Mac Mini, and how old can I go that it would still handle the CS6 downloaded verison (not CC)...?

Thank you in advance, shipping is $125+ and I want to get this right the first time.

*** Edit: If there is an older Mac Mini that would easily handle Photoshop CS6 or a model that has a significant advantage, I'm very eager to hear from people with experience with this. Thanks!

 

[for this]

With 8GB RAM and an SSD, more than enough I would say, even for the base model. Photoshop is not very demanding anymore compared to the tech these days. Most graphic benchmarking now relies on video and 3D applications.

 

[Partron22]

I run CS5 on a 2014 8gB Mini with 500gB SSD.
It's fairly zippy.
Your setup should be faster.

 

[nathansz]

more than enough

an i7 2012 mini is last best mac you can buy

 

[redheeler]

Of course it's enough. Photoshop CS6 was released in 2012, same year as the mini, but even the latest Photoshop CC should work fine on a 2012 Mac mini with 8 GB RAM and an SSD.

 

[nemofish]

More than fine. I've used the entire CS6 suite on mine with that RAM for years (now have 16GB but only marginal gains)