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After several years without an update, Apple finally announced a, an immense upgrade that makes the little Mac machine feel like an entirely different device. The latest iteration sees Apple once again offering a state of the art machine for a fraction of the price of an iMac.
The concept of the Mac mini is straightforward – a utility-oriented compact desktop computer that one can carry around and hook up to various monitors and accessories at the user’s convenience. However, one should not underestimate the the power packed into the inconspicuous Mac mini. The new Mac mini features a powerful 8 th gen Intel chip with the options to upgrade to an even more powerful 6-core model, as well as up to 2 TB of all flash storage and 64GB of RAM. All for a price range that begins at $799.00 – and ends at approximately $4,000 if you desire the maximum upgrades.
So what users would benefit most from the Mac mini? Why would you choose a mini over a MacBook Pro or iMac? Read on to learn the top ways we expect the to be adopted in the coming years.
Right now I am using mine in training for the Mavericks certification exams. Then, I'll use it for the Yosemite exams, once I'm done with them, I'll probably set it up as a server as well as a repository for my music. Last October, I picked up a 2012 i5 Mini, maxed out the ram, added a 2gb hard drive and now I'm just learning it. Up to May of last year I never owned a Mac of any sort. Now, I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro, a Mac Mini, and sometime later this year, I'll be adding a 27 inch iMac Retina into the fold. I will still be a Windows user, i'm just expanding my horizons.
And I just added a Toshiba laptop into the fold that I will be loading Ubuntu onto so I can learn about Security Onion and other cyber threat defense applications. Got my geek on pretty strong right now. To be honest my 2012 2.3 quad 16GB mini is just sitting around doing nothing.
It was running Windows 8.1 and was a pretty good Windows machine. I wanted to use more Windows features and to have upgraded hardware so I bought a Windows machine and used the mini's M500 SSD as the Windows C drive.
I am still trying to decide if I should get another SSD and use the mini for something or just sell the thing. While I am really cranked over my Z230 and all its capabilities I still am a mini fan. I will probably keep it around in case my Mac Pro dies or I decide to get serious about HTPC. It's my home media hub and HTPC with 12TB of thunderbolt storage. Through direct connect to my 60' plasma in the TV room, I watch iTunes library and rentals, Hulu, Netflix. Through the network it serves iTunes content to 4 Apple TVs, a couple Airport Express nodes, several iOS and Mac clients, runs an Internet streaming server so I can access my iTunes library when I'm away from home. It runs a virtual mouse/keyboard server for my iPad, dynamic DNS updates to keep my home URL updated should my ISP IP change, same with my OpenDNS service.
And using OS X Server it is the Time Machine host for the home computers, provides software update caching and file sharing services.I'm pretty fond of the little machine. It's my home media hub and HTPC with 12TB of thunderbolt storage.
Through direct connect to my 60' plasma in the TV room, I watch iTunes library and rentals, Hulu, Netflix. Through the network it serves iTunes content to 4 Apple TVs, a couple Airport Express nodes, several iOS and Mac clients, runs an Internet streaming server so I can access my iTunes library when I'm away from home. It runs a virtual mouse/keyboard server for my iPad, dynamic DNS updates to keep my home URL updated should my ISP IP change, same with my OpenDNS service.
And using OS X Server it is the Time Machine host for the home computers, provides software update caching and file sharing services.I'm pretty fond of the little machine. To be honest my 2012 2.3 quad 16GB mini is just sitting around doing nothing.
It was running Windows 8.1 and was a pretty good Windows machine. I wanted to use more Windows features and to have upgraded hardware so I bought a Windows machine and used the mini's M500 SSD as the Windows C drive. I am still trying to decide if I should get another SSD and use the mini for something or just sell the thing. While I am really cranked over my Z230 and all its capabilities I still am a mini fan.
I will probably keep it around in case my Mac Pro dies or I decide to get serious about HTPC.