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Sponsor: Get AirBuddy 2 to level up your AirPods on Mac. Apple Silicon Mac mini, it’s a longer-term look at my day-to-day experience with Apple’s petite desktop. But this isn’t a head-to-head comparison of the Intel Mac mini vs. More importantly, the entry-level Mac mini comes with just 8GB of unified memory, which cannot be upgraded after the fact like the Intel-based models can.Īpple still sells the Intel Mac mini starting at $1099, but despite its ability to accommodate money-saving RAM upgrades, along with two additional Thunderbolt ports and an optional 10Gb Ethernet port, it’s hard for me to recommend Intel-based Macs given the leap in performance made possible by Apple Silicon. The Mac mini starts at $699 for the entry-level model with 8-Core CPU, GPU, and 256GB of storage.

Is Apple’s compact desktop computer worth it? Watch my M1 Mac mini diary for more details. In this look back at the M1 Mac mini, I discuss my experiences with Apple’s most affordable M1-enabled Mac.

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