We’re talking ~$950 more to get a Mac Pro vs Mac Mini (I’m counting the cost of 16GB for the Mac Pro in there). On the other hand, Apple certified refurbished 2.8 GHz quad-core Mac Pros are reasonably priced, so maybe it’s really only a solution if the budget has to be kept in check. And so the above might make sense for those on the fence waiting and currently without a Mac Pro. To be clear, 16GB memory is way too limiting for my uses, but for many users it will do the job. The memory won’t move forward, but if you install a fast 6G SSD, that handily solves the disk I/O speed issue, and it and any USB 3 backup drives can move forward into a Mac Pro, as can a display.
Waiting for a new Mac Pro sometime next year? A quad-core 2.66 GHz MacMini with 16GB memory from OWC will cost you about $1014. Could a MacMini tide you over until the next Mac Pro model? Apple always seems to truncate Mac products short of greatness. And so what if it were twice its diminutive size? It would not be quite as chic, but would still be very small, and it would be a Mac Pro alternative for some users. Perfect for networking.Īnd disappointing: what would happen if it had four memory slots to make 32GB possible, one short PCIe slot and two Thunderbolt ports and four USB ports and a slightly faster CPU? It would be killer.
This is a critical improvement it allows connecting high-speed peripherals, such as backup drives. Up to two internal hard drives or SSDs ( 960GB X 2 SSD possible via OWC upgrade).Fast quad-core CPU up to 2.6 GHz (for only $899!).The MacMini can now be a hot little number!
With up to a 2.6 GHz quad-core CPU, the new MacMini is a winner for anyone who already has a screen and keyboard. Send Feedback Related: backup, git, hard drive, Mac mini, Mac Pro, Macs, memory, RAID, source code and versioning software, SSD, Thunderbolt, USB
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