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Ī removable panel was attached to the bottom of the chassis of the Mac Minis to allow for Random Access Memory (RAM) upgrades for the third and the fourth models. Mac Mini was the company's only consumer computer that shipped without a paired display, keyboard, and mouse since its original release in 2005. It was initially advertised as "BYODKM" (Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard, and Mouse), aiming to expand Apple's market-share of customers using other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Linux.
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It featured more advanced components and internal software updates, and it switched the CPU to the Intel Core Solo. In February 2006, Apple announced the second-generation lineup. In January 2005, the original Mac Mini was introduced with the PowerPC G4 CPU. The machine was initially branded as "BYODKM" (Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard, and Mouse) as a strategic pitch to encourage users to switch from PCs running operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Linux. Since launch, it has shipped without a display, keyboard, and mouse.
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A desktop PC for $570 would likely be a turd compared to this. This sale price makes the point of entry very affordable for what you get. The larger the storage the faster it will be making the swap file even faster.įor those on a budget I highly recommend the base Mac mini. Many reviewers are finding the same thing and recommend lower ram amounts to save money or use towards storage instead. There is zero concern about wearing out the flash storage with heavy swap file usage. After a year of heavy swap file usage on my MBA 8GB the usage cycles for the life of the drive was between 1% and 2%. So really I have mixed feelings on the subject of 16 GB. I did the same type of work on my 8 GB MBA as well without any issues at all. I develop cross platform mobile apps for work and having a ton of development tools and applications open does eat into the ram pretty quickly. I still have a MBA with 16 GB my work provides and honestly it doesn't feel all that much different than my 8GB model. 8GB is also more than enough for most users out there. More than enough for 95% of users out there. Casual YouTube video editing is perfectly fine on the MBA or Mac mini. If one is a content creator on a daily basis 16 GB might be nice to have but I wouldn't really call it a must. The M1 can do a lot with 8 GB of ram and the super fast storage makes the swap file act like a secondary source of ram without much noticeable slow down. With that said after using the 8 GB MBA for a year I can honestly say the ram was rarely ever an issue. I also wanted the base 16 GB of ram vs the MBA base which had 8 GB. I upgraded to a base 14" MBP for the XDR Display for Her video grading but honestly the MBA was still la great performer. I had a base M1 MBA that was unbelievable how good it was for app development, graphic design and 4k video editing. This is really a killer machine for the price.