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But if you want a small, silent Mac ‘hub’ for a home, or a dinky, portable, modular Mac for creative use, the Mac mini has finally come of age. Typical consumers are now perhaps better catered for by the MacBook Air.

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On that basis, figure out if this Mac is really for you. Apple Mac mini (M1, Late 2020) Review Apple's new M1 chip anchors this A1 mini PC 4.5 Outstanding By John Burek NovemThe Bottom Line With a new lower starting price and Apple's. Again, though, it’s important to remember the mini is now a different beast – more ‘pro’ than (relatively) cheapo Mac. I reckon you’re talking £1159 minimum for a system you’re aiming to keep for years – £1429 with the i7. It can all get spendy remarkably quickly. (RAM, mercifully, can be upgraded at a later point.) You can ramp up the i3 to an i7 for a reasonable £270, if you feel the need but an extra 8GB of RAM sets you back an eye-watering £180, as does a mere extra 128GB of storage. The entry-level i3 model clocks in at £799 – but with 8GB RAM and an inadequate (unless you live in the cloud) 128GB SSD. If you were hoping Apple would sell you another £399 mini, like in 2014, you’re out of luck. Big Sur represents a relatively major design overhaul for MacOS, but long-time MacOS users.

On BestBuy, there’s an impressive 4.6 rating from 117 reviews, with particular praise given to its Ease of Use.

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As The Verge points out, Apple doesnt have to account for the tight. Software translation aside, the M1 Mac Mini runs the latest version of Apples MacOS, called Big Sur. At the time of writing, the M1 Mac Mini has an impressive 4.7 out of 5 score on Amazon US, with reviewers noting its Value for Money as one of its better features. You do, however, very much have to pay, because this new Mac mini does not come cheap. M1 Mac mini Reviews Reviewers found that M1 Mac mini offers the best performance out of the M1 Macs, though its quite close. Chances are you don’t want to be the next Pixar, mind, and so you can at least be happy with a single mini that you’re not tied into a display that might die (like my previous iMac’s – grumble), nor forced to pay for a keyboard or trackpad you might not use. Apple entertainingly showcased to me a bunch of the things working as a tiny render farm. Said compactness and modularity can be a boon elsewhere, too. Because of the Mac mini’s modular nature and generous helping of ports, you can always plug in an eGPU. There are of course ways around the GPU shortcomings, whether you fancy getting your game on or suddenly find yourself immersed in freelance 3D modelling (hey – it can happen to anyone). If you want to play games, get an iMac or a Mac laptop with a decent spec. Watch our latest episode of The Rewind as I take. The modern mini is more about mixed workflows and creative types, aimed at people who use Photoshop or want to run a media server. But the Mac mini remains one of the most value-laden Macs that Apple currently sells, and it’s the second most versatile Mac next to the Mac Pro. For a Mac you might think is aimed at consumers, this seems curious – but then you have to again remember times have changed.

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