Most notable are the fan design, Hitachi hard drive, and connections for the antennas,” according to the aforementioned source. “Under the hood only minor differences are visible. Inside, the new-generation Mac mini is relatively identical to the previous-generation model.
For comparison, a 2011 version updated to OS X 10.8.2 scored 6583 on the same benchmark. They’re also close to parity with some 2010 Mac Pros.Īccording to, an out-of-the-box 2012 Mac mini loaded with OS X 10.8.1 (Build 12B2080) scored 7433 on Geekbench. It’s the perfect iOS management server, and that’s important for SMB and education.”Īccording to the benchmarks results, the new Mac minis are now comparable to the last generation of Xserve computers that Apple discontinued a while back, much to the dismay of several businesses. This Mac Mini has the following dimensions and weight 36mm×197mm×197mm and weight of 2.7 lbs (1.22 kg).
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This Mac Mini is also able to act as a host to Windows 7 (32-Bit) and versions as recent as Windows 8.1 (64-Bit).
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The blog’s author also points out that the $999 / €770 selling point of the Server Mac mini is seriously underestimated, saying “I’ve confirmed over and over that Mac minis are a big selling point for bringing a small business or school to iPads and iPhones. The Operating System of the Mac Mini can also be upgraded from its pre-installed Mac OS X 10.8.1 (12B2080) up to MacOS X 10.13. It’s really quite amazing,” the reviewers said.Īlso worth noting is that the Fusion Drive feature is only available for the middle ($799) Mac mini. Seriously, 16GB of 1600MHz RAM in such a small machine. “The machines now come with 1600MHz DDR3 Memory. Specialists who tore down and benchmarked the systems say Apple has done an impressive job, and that customers will be very pleased.Īccording to Macminicolo, the $799 Mac mini is going to be very popular thanks to the quad-core i7 Ivy Bridge processors and the ability to load up to 16 gigs of RAM inside. Apple’s new Mac mini is now powerful enough to justify Apple’s discontinuation of the Xserve, reviewers report.
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