New Apple Mac Mini MGEM2LL/A Desktop (NEWEST VERSION)
This is My Opinion About This Product
After I buy this New Apple Mac Mini MGEM2LL/A Desktop (NEWEST VERSION) (Personal Computers)
There are some benefits and some drawbacks to the new Mac mini. We've tested a bunch already and they are solid units. From what we've written on the Macminicolo blog of ten things to know.
1) The machine received a second thunderbolt 2 port and lost its Firewire 800 port. A few years ago, this would have been a big loss, but I don't think it's as big of a deal now. The Thunderbolt drives are getting less expensive and have more options available. And with the addition of USB 3 in the 2012 mini, that covers a lot of what people need for speed.
2) For home users, the increased Graphics will be a very welcomed upgrade. In a data center, that will be useful for those who process a lot of images and will likely help when screen sharing.
3) The RAM can no longer be upgraded by the user. This option will be sorely missed by a lot of people. At least Apple has decreased the price of the RAM upgrades when you build and order a machine on the Apple Store. Also, nice to see the two higher versions come with 8GB of RAM by default now.
4) If a hard drive is ordered in the Mac mini, you can get to it and replace an SSD but it won't be easy. As was before, replacing the hard drive is not covered under warranty.
5) On the previous mini there was one Gigabit ethernet port, and to get a second one you'd have to take the only Thunderbolt port. Now that there are two Thunderbolt ports, you can have a second Gigabit port and a Thunderbolt drive.
6) There is no more "Server" version, so no more dual-drive Mac mini. From our experience, nearly everyone used that second drive for a cloned backup. Very useful, but having a backup on the outside of the Mac mini can be useful too. (It's much easier to plug that external drive into another Mac and boot from it. This makes for a quick recovery if needed.)
7) Because there are fewer parts in the mini now, the Applecare is down now as well to $99. (Previously $149)
8) It's nice to see the return of the $499 Mac mini. It started there, then the base price went to $599, $699, back to $599 and now a full circle back to $499. It's still incredible having a Mac under $500.
9) When ordering an HDD option, it looks like it is still a 5400RPM drive. That's too bad. The 2011 Mac mini had the faster 7200RPM and that was a nice bonus. I guess we're living in an SSD world now. If you want speed, you know how to get it.
10) Overall it's a nice upgrade. Though to be honest, with these components, it really should have happened about 6 months ago.
1) The machine received a second thunderbolt 2 port and lost its Firewire 800 port. A few years ago, this would have been a big loss, but I don't think it's as big of a deal now. The Thunderbolt drives are getting less expensive and have more options available. And with the addition of USB 3 in the 2012 mini, that covers a lot of what people need for speed.
2) For home users, the increased Graphics will be a very welcomed upgrade. In a data center, that will be useful for those who process a lot of images and will likely help when screen sharing.
3) The RAM can no longer be upgraded by the user. This option will be sorely missed by a lot of people. At least Apple has decreased the price of the RAM upgrades when you build and order a machine on the Apple Store. Also, nice to see the two higher versions come with 8GB of RAM by default now.
4) If a hard drive is ordered in the Mac mini, you can get to it and replace an SSD but it won't be easy. As was before, replacing the hard drive is not covered under warranty.
5) On the previous mini there was one Gigabit ethernet port, and to get a second one you'd have to take the only Thunderbolt port. Now that there are two Thunderbolt ports, you can have a second Gigabit port and a Thunderbolt drive.
6) There is no more "Server" version, so no more dual-drive Mac mini. From our experience, nearly everyone used that second drive for a cloned backup. Very useful, but having a backup on the outside of the Mac mini can be useful too. (It's much easier to plug that external drive into another Mac and boot from it. This makes for a quick recovery if needed.)
7) Because there are fewer parts in the mini now, the Applecare is down now as well to $99. (Previously $149)
8) It's nice to see the return of the $499 Mac mini. It started there, then the base price went to $599, $699, back to $599 and now a full circle back to $499. It's still incredible having a Mac under $500.
9) When ordering an HDD option, it looks like it is still a 5400RPM drive. That's too bad. The 2011 Mac mini had the faster 7200RPM and that was a nice bonus. I guess we're living in an SSD world now. If you want speed, you know how to get it.
10) Overall it's a nice upgrade. Though to be honest, with these components, it really should have happened about 6 months ago.
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