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Apple Mac Mini: M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (Late 2020 Model) Expired
$550
$699.99
+ Free Store Pickup
Microcenter has Apple Mac Mini Compact Computer w/ Apple M1 Chip (Late 2020 Model, MGNR3LL/A) on sale for $549.99. Click the Reserve Now button on the product page and pick up at your local store.
Thanks to Community Member warpshield for finding this deal.
Specs:
Thanks to Community Member warpshield for finding this deal.
Specs:
- Apple M1 Octa-Core Processor (4x high-performance + 4x high-efficiency)
- 8-Core Integrated GPU
- 8GB RAM (onboard)
- 256GB Integrated NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
- 802.11ax WiFi 6 / Bluetooth 5.0
- Ports:
- 2x USB Type-A (USB 3.1 / USB 3.2 Gen 1)
- 2x Thunderbolt 3 USB Type C (supports DisplayPort / HDMI / VGA & Power Delivery)
- 1x HDMI 2.0 (output)
- 1x 3.5 mm Headphone
- 1x Ethernet
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Edited August 22, 2022
at 03:44 AM
Microcenter deal is live again:
Apple M1 8-Core CPU
8GB Unified Memory
256GB Solid State Drive
8-Core GPU/16-Core Neural Engine
macOS
10/100/1000 LAN + WiFi 6 WLAN
$549
https://www.microcenter
Apple M1 8-Core CPU
8GB Unified Memory
256GB Solid State Drive
8-Core GPU/16-Core Neural Engine
macOS
10/100/1000 LAN + WiFi 6 WLAN
$549
https://www.microcenter
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My swap (with 48 days of uptime) is 3-4GB. Just because it's in swap doesn't mean it's actively writing/reading from the swap.
Here's a graph of my swap over time, and ALSO how much swap reads and writes over the course of an hour.
https://imgur.com/a/AOK9lFg
Memory swap isn't bad.. It's like a tiered memory storage... It's only bad if it's actively trying to utilize the swap with read/writes, but it takes a lot of those to hurt the ssd.
This is with discord + vscode + spotify + chrome + occasional FT. 8gb M1 256gb.
https://www.costco.com/mac-mini-%...94159.html
8GB on an M1 is not a problem at all, it is much more memory efficient than Windows PCs with 16GB+.
M2, based on how they are pricing the M2 MBAs are going to be $200 more. Not worth it for that minor bump.
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most reviews i've seen people regret not going 16gb.
no it doesn't. any $10 usb keyboard and mouse will work.
Agreed. All depends what you are doing with it but still a great computer regardless. Cheapest way to get into apple ecosystem as well. Lastly it is quiet and uses like no power which is awesome as well.
https://www.costco.com/mac-mini-%...94159.html
8GB on an M1 is not a problem at all, it is much more memory efficient than Windows PCs with 16GB+.
M2, based on how they are pricing the M2 MBAs are going to be $200 more. Not worth it for that minor bump.
Purchased at original price more than 30 days ago. Hope they can do price adjustment for me. Don't want to go through the return & rebuy process.
There is a day and night difference.
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Dude I edited an hr long 4K h.265 timeline with grade and nodes on resolve and it was somehow able to do it decently. Sure there was dropped frame here and there during playback but I am not a creator and have no time pressure. Everything else is super smooth.
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My swap (with 48 days of uptime) is 3-4GB. Just because it's in swap doesn't mean it's actively writing/reading from the swap.
Here's a graph of my swap over time, and ALSO how much swap reads and writes over the course of an hour.
https://imgur.com/a/AOK9lFg
Memory swap isn't bad.. It's like a tiered memory storage... It's only bad if it's actively trying to utilize the swap with read/writes, but it takes a lot of those to hurt the ssd.
This is with discord + vscode + spotify + chrome + occasional FT. 8gb M1 256gb.
My swap (with 48 days of uptime) is 3-4GB. Just because it's in swap doesn't mean it's actively writing/reading from the swap.
Here's a graph of my swap over time, and ALSO how much swap reads and writes over the course of an hour.
https://imgur.com/a/AOK9lFg
Memory swap isn't bad.. It's like a tiered memory storage... It's only bad if it's actively trying to utilize the swap with read/writes, but it takes a lot of those to hurt the ssd.
This is with discord + vscode + spotify + chrome + occasional FT. 8gb M1 256gb.
good if you don't run docker containers. With 5-8 containers, 8GB free mem already necessary
That said, it's two years old and a M2 announcement is pretty likely (Oct. is my guess, though I've been wrong before). I'd say if you can wait, you should wait (that's what I'm doing).
Some people may not actually use more than 8GB but it is the same amount of bits no matter what. There is no magic that makes this 8GB "equivalent" to 16GB or more on some other platform.
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That said, it's two years old and a M2 announcement is pretty likely (Oct. is my guess, though I've been wrong before). I'd say if you can wait, you should wait (that's what I'm doing).