And if you’re a keyboard and mouse snob (like yours truly), and Apple’s unique designs in these areas are not to your liking, you’ll find this a huge, productivity-enhancing benefit. Here, Thunderbolt is one connector option of many. On the laptops, you need dongles for everything that won’t connect to Thunderbolt, and these can get expensive. It’s enough to house two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports and a headphone jack (just as on both models of M1 laptop), and then add on Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI 2.0 (a must for an external display), and two USB Type-A ports. The Mac mini’s port selection in general is a major plus, too - after all, it actually has room for ports. The Mac mini, the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro all offer support for an external 60Hz 6K (6,144x3,160) display, but the Mac mini lets you also connect a 4K (3,840x2,160) monitor, whereas the built-in screens on the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro top out at 2,560x1,600 and 2,880x1,800, respectively. If the Mac mini doesn’t promise a massive performance edge, why might you want it instead of one of the more convenient laptops?įor one thing, more screen real estate. The Intel Mac mini, which starts at $1,099 and offers a wide variety of upgrade options (including up to 64GB of RAM and 10 Gigabit Ethernet), is also still available for sale. In either case, you can add another 8GB of RAM for $200 and/or increase the storage to 1TB for $200 or to 2TB for $600.Ī fully loaded Mac mini will run you $1,699, before adding any additional software besides the usual gimmies of Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, and GarageBand, though Apple gives you the opportunity to add Final Cut Pro ($299.99) and Logic Pro ($199.99) to your cart before you check out.
The M1 Mac mini comes in two default configurations, each with 8GB of RAM: one with 256GB of solid-state storage for $699 and one with 512GB for $899. (The lower-end MacBook Air is hobbled slightly by its seven-core GPU, and the lack of a fan on both Airs introduces the possibility of restricted performance on demanding programs.) (Obviously less of a concern with a desktop, but no matter.)Īpple has paired this CPU with an on-board GPU like those on the MacBook Pro and the top-tier MacBook Air, the Mac mini's GPU offers an additional eight processing cores of graphics power.
It’s divided into four performance cores and four efficiency cores, the former do things faster and the latter do them while drawing less power. The CPU powering all of Apple’s latest Mac releases is the eight-core M1. Thunderbolt 3 (4), HDMI 2.0, USB-A (2), Ethernet, 3.5mm headphone jack
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