![]() The B series of the Core processors are recent low-profile, thermally capped versions of their desktop counterparts designed for embedded systems and mini PCs. In exchange we gain more Thunderbolt capacity and better venting. Gone are the SD card slot, two of the USB-A connections and audio input. The 2014 Mac Mini's connections (bottom) versus the 2018 model's (top). The speakers are still kind of tinny, but the system still has the quaint 3.5mm headphone jack that Apple's dropped from its other products. It drove a Dell Ultrathin 27 S2719DC display via Thunderbolt without any unexpected issues (and at the monitor's maximum 75Hz refresh rate). There isn't much to say about how it feels to use. We tested the "cheap" entry-level model, equipped with an Intel Core i3-8100B, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. But if it's going to be another four years until Apple updates the Mini again, then every little bit of upgradability helps. This undercuts one of upgradeable memory's perks: The option to buy less expensive memory elsewhere. Instead you'll have to take a trip to a service center. Upgradable memory is back, and it takes two industry-standard DDR4 SO-DIMMs.īut like most Apple products, you can't upgrade it at home. In addition to modernizing the connection options with USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, updating to HDMI 2.0 and offering a 10-gigabit Ethernet option, Apple fixed one of the big complaints about the 2014 model: soldered memory.
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