Apple today gave Mac mini a massive increase in performance. Now with quad- and 6-core processors, up to 64GB of faster memory and blazing fast all-flash storage, the new Mac mini delivers an insane five times faster performance, making it the most powerful Mac mini ever made. And with Thunderbolt 3 ports, the Apple T2 Security Chip and a 10Gb Ethernet option, the new Mac mini is a faster and more capable desktop that can do so much more.
Mac mini is a funny machine. I’m not surprised they released a new version, but then again, I wouldn’t have been surprised if they hadn’t. I think this is definitely a great upgrade though.
Obviously, no longer targeted at the market it was originally intended for.
$799USD base and not difficult to get to $2k or even $3k.
Didn’t the original mini start at $399?
I think the lowest it’s ever been is $499, but that was years ago.
Down here in Oz it starts at $1250. That’s a lot for a machine with only 128gb/8gb.
I guess all that recyclable aluminium is pricey…
The 2005 mini started at $499. So did the 2014 mini, for the slowest model with a spinning hard drive. In between, the starting price stayed at $599 except in 2010 when it went higher.
I think the 2018 entry level price is the same as the faster 2014 model with all flash storage?
The stratospheric upper end of the new pricing seems commensurate with the new internals – up to 2 tb of flash storage is not cheap, and if I heard the keynote correctly, for the first time ever the mini uses desktop class processors instead of notebook class ones.
Also, Memory is once again user- upgradable. The part count goes back up, the cost to Apple goes back up.
I am happy to have it and hopefully will be able to replace my 2009 mac mini which is just a bit long in the tooth.
10G ethernet makes me want one, a little, in prep for a move to home 10G…
(I balk a little at paying $179 [lowest spot check] for a T3-10G adapter for my iMac, but probably by the time I considered the new Mini I’d have a new iMac.
And I suspect the next generation of iMac will have optional or universal 10G ethernet.)