redgreenblue Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The new Mac Mini is not 8 core so disappointing wow what a disappointing upgrade - they only nudged the SSD size up a notch. LOL. I'm not surprised, they weren't going to do anything better than a speed bump on a machine that they completely redesigned only a year and a half ago. It's a great little machine and I'm glad the upper spec has 512 drive standard, having 128 on the lower spec was always silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 wow what a disappointing upgrade - they only nudged the SSD size up a notch. LOL. I'm not surprised, they weren't going to do anything better than a speed bump on a machine that they completely redesigned only a year and a half ago. It's a great little machine and I'm glad the upper spec has 512 drive standard, having 128 on the lower spec was always silly. there is no speedbump - i'd been happy with a speedbump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skijumptoes Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 It's a great little machine and I'm glad the upper spec has 512 drive standard, having 128 on the lower spec was always silly. Yeah exactly that, the worst issue from a buyers perspective was that the SSD upgrades was so disproportional to the price on the base mini. If you wanted a 1TB drive it was $600 on top. Now it's $200 and that sits far better with me, personally, feels less like i'm being mugged off. In fact, when you look at the pricing you can upgrade to the i7 (+$200), 16GB (+$200) AND 1TB SSD (+$200) for the same price that the 1TB drive was on it's own previously - that's quite substantial from an audio perspective. So i think this is a really good move - i'd pick a larger SSD vs a 10th Gen CPU if i could have the choice as it's a quantifiable upgrade in comparison. If we were looking at 10th Gen machines with 128/256 SSD's i'd feel it was a static step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 really? i have 512 and an external Thunderbolt 3 Samsung 970 EVO. External is faster in some scenarios. i'm happy with 512gb and i doubt i'd get 1TB even now - 300gb is free on both Mini and MBP 13", both 512gb. I'd kill for 2 more cores on both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skijumptoes Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Oh, you're thinking i9 levels of upgrade? Well, that's different, and a bit more than a 'speed bump' lol Have they ever put an i9 in the minis? I guess if a laptop can manage the thermals (Within reason), the mini should be able to. Probably more concerned with stepping on the feet of iMac power from a sales perspective i guess, but screw them guys, they get a screen, mouse, keyboard AND cleaning cloth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Oh, you're thinking i9 levels of upgrade? Well, that's different, and a bit more than a 'speed bump' lol Have they ever put an i9 in the minis? I guess if a laptop can manage the thermals (Within reason), the mini should be able to. Probably more concerned with stepping on the feet of iMac power from a sales perspective i guess, but screw them guys, they get a screen, mouse, keyboard AND cleaning cloth! i9-9700 is a drop-in chip, and i7-8700 direct successor - fits the same thermal envelope and comes with the same crappy 630 UHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skijumptoes Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I thought they were 8/9750H's in the mac minis until you mentioned this. I never knew they were desktop CPU's in there. Hmmm. That's changed the landscape somewhat, how did i miss this?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 that was the most significant upgrade to the mini in 2018, they retooled the housing enough to fit a (much) bigger fan and a 65W chip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRobinson Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Generally speaking, I wish that they would just say ... "here is 'The Box.'" This is what you really need – no more and no less. You can pick any color as long as it is black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skijumptoes Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I'd like them to say "Here is latest MacOS, install it on your own hardware. Yes, Even that old Mac Pro with the bent feet that's not been switched on for a month which you now use as a foot rest". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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