Select Costco Wholesale Stores (
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store locator] offer Costco Members:
Apple Mac Mini Compact Computer w/ Apple M1 Chip (Late 2020 Model, MGNR3LL/A) on closeout for
$399.97 valid for In-Store Purchase Only where stock permits (request item # 1486314).
Thanks to community member
Laotzu3 for finding this deal.
- Note: Inventory availability nay vary by location.
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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To get disk access on par with M1 you need to pay $200 to upgrade to 512gb ($799 or $699)
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Problem solved.
But that's not a reason WHY 256GB is a crazy base capacity. I could say "Because a 1TB drive is only $40!" because surely I've seen one somewhere. Where does it end? Apple isn't a charity; they price what sells, and obviously these sell. And by far the most common config IS the 8/256 config. Which implies Apple is doing just fine at matching price and capacity for their customers.
Curious - how do you know it's the same manuf and market costs? Those SSDs you compare against are also direct-to-CPU access?
Seriously, who decides? Apple, with customer research and knowledge. And ... evidence suggests they're doing a great job of it.
Curious - how do you know it's the same manuf and market costs? Those SSDs you compare against are also direct-to-CPU access?
Seriously, who decides? Apple, with customer research and knowledge. And ... evidence suggests they're doing a great job of it.
These honestly offer a lot of value. You get a great OS that interfaces with your phone/tablet really well, a good looking product in a small form factor, a near silent device, and one that uses very little power.
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These honestly offer a lot of value. You get a great OS that interfaces with your phone/tablet really well, a good looking product in a small form factor, a near silent device, and one that uses very little power.
While everyone has their own requirements, let's hear from those with actual experience with M1/M2 configurations.
I for one, have used a Macbook Air M1 8/256 since 2020. In addition to regular tasks like surfing and office apps, I do a fair amount of photo and video editing using Gimp, Raw Therapee, Handbrake, AviDemux and Davinci Resolve. I have been happy with performance so far editing 85MB raw files and 4k 30p video. In fact it's been stunning, the encoding rates the M1 achieves, by far besting what my friends with high end Windows laptops can achieve.
I use external NVMe (thunderbolt3 and usbc) as storage for the media files which have been very cost effective and fast. I plan to soon start editing 8k ProRes raw files in Final Cut Pro, so we will see how it performs under higher demands, but I've heard the base M1 does well with 8k with half-resolution display in Davinci.
So, in my use case, the M1 8/256 has proven very usable and enjoyable YMMV.
I'd like to hear from others of their actual experience with base M1 or M2.
If you'd like help from the communityu with why your 32GB iMac is having a problem (as, frankly, it's crazy that you could have a memory issue with 32GB) please post pictures of Activity Monitor when you are having a problem, and be ready to post more details. Install iStat Menus so you can easily see pagefile activity, so that you can confirm for yourself whether you are actually paging or not. Then let's see what's going wrong.
Also let's note you don't own an 8GB M1 / M2 at all.
I do a lot of large file transfers. M1 dual-chip is 60% faster than M2 single-chip.
If you'd like help from the communityu with why your 32GB iMac is having a problem (as, frankly, it's crazy that you could have a memory issue with 32GB) please post pictures of Activity Monitor when you are having a problem, and be ready to post more details. Install iStat Menus so you can easily see pagefile activity, so that you can confirm for yourself whether you are actually paging or not. Then let's see what's going wrong.
Also let's note you don't own an 8GB M1 / M2 at all.
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