Mac Mini Expected to Receive First Major Redesign Since 2010 Very Soon

[mac-imperator]

I'd think a raspberry pi is better suited to such applications.

agreed. I did this in 2012... If I remember correctly Pi cannot not run OSX natively then or now and If it can now, It would probably run like S**T. Sticking a Mac Mini in a trunk as a project and POC was fun.

 

[Cirillo Gherardo]

Except networking does not work correctly, VPNs are screwed up, Spell checking is not working, Safari only loads half a page, Firewall is not setable or does not remember the settings from the UI, etc. You need to check the news from someplace other then than here.

Or I could just use the things personally and professionally all day every single day for the last 20 years, and know that you're completely wrong.

 

[MacBH928]

Yeah, I picked up a Windows 11 Mini PC from Amazon for under $300. It comes with 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM, both Onboard. The little guy is very quick although it's using an older GPU which can only do 4K @ 60hz.

Which? I am interested. I currently using Mac Mini 2014 nearly just to watch youtube videos on tv, will keep around until it dies.

I imagine many do. First off, lately I've seen brand name, well-regarded 27" 4K monitors one can buy and have shipped from Amazon for $300 or less, likely with sales tax (U.S.). Unless someone is dealing with tight space constraints, getting a 24" monitor seems like needless sacrifice of potential space. I, too, date back to smaller sizes; I fondly remember my old Viewsonic 15" CRT monitor, a 17" CRT monitor, a flatscreen Dell 24" monitor for many years...now a 27" iMac.

Mac Pros are so obscenely expensive they might as well be sold on Mars as far as their relevance to the average consumer. Mac Studios start to look good when you decide to future-proof your Mac Mini by going to the Pro chip and 32-gig RAM, and realize the Studio for just a little more gives you more ports, a Max chip, etc...

24 inch for less than $100 on amazon

I have been out of the game for so long. In 2008 I bought an external monitor that had a nice brighter explosion like effect in the middle of the screen. I thought to myself "never again". I was always under the impression that a good monitor would be one those more pro-expensive ones for like $400+ for smaller sizes.

So are these cheaper monitors any good now or what?

Except networking does not work correctly, VPNs are screwed up, Spell checking is not working, Safari only loads half a page, Firewall is not setable or does not remember the settings from the UI, etc. You need to check the news from someplace other then than here.

How is VPNs screwed on new macs? VPN is a software thing

 

[nt5672]

How is VPNs screwed on new macs? VPN is a software thing

The firewall keeps disconnecting them. There are numerous firewall bugs.

 

[Chuckeee]

The firewall keeps disconnecting them. There are numerous firewall bugs.

Was any of that fixed in the Sequoia 15.0.1 [bug fix] update?

 

[nt5672]

Was any of that fixed in the Sequoia 15.0.1 [bug fix] update?

Some were, some were not.

 

[Kim Chi]

The current size and design is spot on, if you ask me. Smaller will most likely mean that the thermal performance will suffer, and the price will be higher because... you know... Apple. Smaller will also mean that there will be no way to upgrade RAM and SSD.

 

[CWallace]

Considering RAM and SSD cannot be upgraded on models with shedloads of empty space, chassis size is not the reason.

I do believe the Mac mini will hold the line on price at the entry level model, at least, as it is going to be cheaper to manufacture a smaller case. And if Apple Silicon is not suffering thermal issues being passively cooled in an iPhone or an iPad, it's not going to suffer being actively cooled in a Mac mini.

 

[Kim Chi]

Considering RAM and SSD cannot be upgraded on models with shedloads of empty space, chassis size is not the reason.

You could change RAM on the 2018 model an earlier, and RAM and SSD on the 2014 model and earlier.

Edit: You can change RAM and SSD on the 2010, 2011 and 2012 model, RAM on the 2014 model and SSD on the 2018 model.

 

[turbineseaplane]

You could change RAM on the 2018 model an earlier, and RAM and SSD on the 2014 model and earlier.

Yep -- it was wonderful

We are in full regression mode on the "good for consumers" front here

 

[bondr006]

Yep -- it was wonderful

We are in full regression mode on the "good for consumers" front here

My first Mac Mini was a 2012 model. I got the least expensive one and upgraded the ram to 16gb and a 1tb hd for soooo much cheaper than having Apple do it. I have an M2 Pro Mac Mini now and I miss those days. Seems funny to me that Apple has taken that route(for the same you mentioned), because I also have a couple of mini PC's that are fully upgradeable. I have upgraded both of them to 32gb ram, 1TB NVMe SSD's, and one of them I even put in a second 1TB SATA SSD. With the upgrades I did, they cost under $500.00 each(which is less than I paid for the M2 Pro mini), and do everything I throw at them. Not knocking Apple...because

, but just saying.😉

 

[iAssimilated]

You could change RAM on the 2018 model an earlier, and RAM and SSD on the 2014 model and earlier.

You could not upgrade the RAM on the 2014 model.

 

[turbineseaplane]

You could not upgrade the RAM on the 2014 model.

Was it 2014 you could do SSD but not RAM and 2018 you could do RAM but not SSD?

(going off memory here)

 

[iAssimilated]

Was it 2014 you could do SSD but not RAM and 2018 you could do RAM but not SSD?

(going off memory here)

Correct.

 

[Kim Chi]

You could not upgrade the RAM on the 2014 model.

I stand corrected.