- APPLE MAC MINI 2012 REVIEW DRIVERS
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- APPLE MAC MINI 2012 REVIEW PRO
Yes, I advise avoiding a 2012 unit altogether, ditto for the 2014 units.
There's no way I'd buy an 2012 i5, and I'd avoid Catalina at all costs on a 2012 Mini. I replaunits in my company with 2018 units, my personal unit has been bulletproof, still running Mojave - it'll be sold in the next few months. Regarding Apple's macOS support? 6-18 months for the 2012, long gone for hardware.
APPLE MAC MINI 2012 REVIEW DRIVERS
For Boot Camp, Intel has supported the iGPU in the Mini much better than Apple over the years - the drivers from Intel for the iGPU were updated just a few months ago. Parallels is focused on Metal right now, the 2012 will be cut off in a year or two from improvements in Metal. Regarding Windows? Parallels - just don't. More money spent on a 2012 unit that could go toward buying a 2018 unit. You'd need to max out the RAM just to get decent video performance - the RAM resources are shared with the iGPU. You'll be reading for a bit, grab a beer first. The 2012 unit review were littered with complaints about failed components, bolstered by Apple employees offering that there were plenty of "backroom" parts in this EOLed Mac - google for yourself along the lines of this and "Mac mini slow drive". No, the 2012 units are not worth it - this coming from an owner of one on my desk. The 2012's mobile CPU is a dog when compared to the desktop CPUs in the 2018. I respect your budget, I wouldn't buy my Mini at your budget when I know I could find a newer i3 unit that performs much better.
APPLE MAC MINI 2012 REVIEW PRO
The Fusion Drive and Core i7 processors are impressive bits of hardware, but they're luxury additions - in every day use, the more modest Mac mini will be ample for almost everyone.Owner of a 2012 i7 Mini Server here, 16GB RAM with a Samsung 850 PRO installed as the main drive. ConclusionĪpple's upgrades don't come cheap - and we're not sure of their worth to most businesses. It's gots its own high-end storage upgrade, too: fitting the machine with a pair of 256GB SSDs adds 480 to the price. The server edition includes the 2.3GHz Core i7 processor alongside a pair of 1TB hard disks and a copy of OS X Server, but the price starts at a formidable 849. The third of this year's Mac mini models is designed for businesses. None of these upgrades are cheap, and it brings our review sample in at 959 - almost twice the amount we'd expect to pay for plenty of other small-form-factor systems. Upgrading to the 2.6GHz Core i7 we've tested adds 80 to the price, fitting the 1TB Fusion Drive costs an extra 200, and adding a 256GB SSD and foregoing a hard disk at all will cost an additional 240. The cheapest model can only be enhanced with the expensive memory upgrade, and the 679 machine is more versatile.
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The expensive memory upgrade isn't the only choice to be made at the checkout.The basic 499 version includes a Core i5 processor and a 500GB hard disk, and the more expensive 679 machine includes a 2.3GHz Core i7 chip and a 1TB hard disk. The hard disk can be accessed, but this is trickier - the fan on top of the processor has to be removed, and this part of the machine is held in place by Torx screws. It doesn't have to be Apple memory, either, which is handy - upgrading from 4GB to 16GB of RAM at the point of sale adds a hefty 240 to the cost. They were both already occupied in our review model, but they're able to accept up to 16GB of DDR3 memory. The Mac mini is opened by rotating and removing a black plastic disc from the base, and at first glance only the two memory sockets are accessible. Internal access is limited like all Apple products, but the Mac mini is still more accessible than say an iPad or an iPhone.
There are Gigabit Ethernet and FireWire sockets, two 3.5mm audio jacks, and an SD card reader. This year's quartet of USB ports have been upgraded to USB 3, and they're partnered by HDMI and Thunderbolt connections.
The ports are still collected on a black panel across the rear of the machine.
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