The front and sides are almost entirely flat, broken only by the Apple logo on the top and a tiny, tiny LED on the lower right corner. It’s still a thin, slab of metal, sitting on a round rubber base that’s invisible when the desktop is in use. Though the 2018 Mac Mini is a redesign, it doesn’t throw out the previous look. Is the Mini still the perfect gateway drug for would-be Apple addicts? Blink, and you’ll miss it It’s not an outrageous price, but it bumps the Mac Mini into competition with a different league of hardware. Mac fans must pay at least $800 - $300 more than the previous entry. The new Mini, with the latest Intel chip, fixes that problem. Now, we’re finally seeing the fourth design which hopes to compete with the best desktop computers. That left budget Mac fans settling for old hardware.

Apple has sold the same design for eight years and didn’t update the internals for four (since 2014). A quick update followed the original, but the third-gen didn’t appear until 2010. Unlike the MacBook Pro, however, the Mini was neglected. You could upgrade the RAM, but you won’t want to try.Thunderbolt 3 is in, but it’s not all-in.

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