Mac Mini for photo editing

[Meister]

Thanks all for the input. At the moment i've not yet purchased the replacement higher spec mac mini, I'm planning on doing so next month. At the moment i'm running on my repaired Macbook Pro.

Whilst i'd love a quad core, I just can't afford it. I also have an Apple 27" cinema display, keyboard and mouse already and don't have space for an extra monitor, so an iMac is out of the question.

i7 2012 ...

 

[mjoshi123]

Hi all.

Does anyone use a mac mini for photo editing?
I'm considering a Mac Mini 3.0Ghz & 16Gb Ram.
I shoot 5DIII and RAW only.

I use Photoshop, Lightroom, Spotify, Safari, Word, Excel & iTunes.

Does anyone know how well this mini will perform with photo editing tasks? Will it be unbearably slow?

Thanks

I use 2012 Mac mini, I got i7 version upgraded it to 16GB RAM + 1.5GB SSD. I primarily use LR6 + CS6 for my editing purpose. It is decent machine and have served me well so far. Finally I'm moving to 2015 iMac 5K.

 

[bhtwo]

Lovely photos mars.