Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
Not a bad machine with starting specs at 256GB of storage and 8GB RAM. 4-core i3 from the start with up to 6-core i7. It's like they remembered there is a desktop market out there. Vet/Military pricing is even better: The one I would buy is not bad. Haven't checked RAM pricing from Newegg or others but I would upgrade the RAM after the fact now that I can: Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Just to be clear, this is mostly the same model (it also has the same model number) as the 2018 (which, mind you, was no slouch). The only change is the increased storage capacity.
Unfortunately, Intel never made a suitable CPU for Coffee Lake Refresh last year, and it's unclear if they will for Comet Lake this year. Given that Comet Lake for desktops should come any day now, and Apple has opted to release this model, my guess is they know the answer to that to be "no, there won't be a new CPU". Which means we're looking at 2021 (three years!) for newer CPUs. Yikes. |
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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It's basically the same computer, but with higher storage specs.
Edit: Drat, we were posting the same thing at the same time! Truth is, it's exactly the same computer. - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) Last edited by kscherer : 2020-03-19 at 15:40. |
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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That storage makes the difference for me more than anything. Sadly I didn't catch the rest was the same.
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Stow it!
I bought a MM at the end of this past year, however I got a good deal from the reseller so I'll shut it. ... |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Early 2019 was a year ago. It not unreasonable for there to be a new thing in a year!
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Sneaky Punk
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It's not new, it still using the came CPU's, IGP, RAM, all they changed are the default SSD sizes.
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It does seem odd that they didn’t at the least move to 9th gen Intel chips, unless there is a shortage. I mean the hardware was already a year out of date when it first shipped in Oct 2018. Not a huge difference mind you, but at least you’d be getting slightly newer hardware, rather than 3 year old stuff at full price.
I didn’t call it new, or an upgrade, Apple did. |
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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You know, I really need another mini running Intel. Thing is I want something that doesn't have a three generation old CPU in it. I'm just REALLY hoping this gets updated with a current gen CPU. I need to reduce my power consumption and I can consolidate a few machines into a power sipping mini. However, I am having a hard time buying another one that is running an 8 series CPU with 11 is prevalent now.
Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Probably best to get a Tiger Lake NUC.
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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Yeah, I just started down this line of thought and started a new thread since it isn't really mini related anymore.
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