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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In my experience the key factors for longevity in mac minis are:
1) App support for the OS version
2) Physical ports
Prior to picking up the M1 I was relying on a 2014 i7 16GB. App support is still fine for it and it displays 4k just fine, but the lack of any USB-C ports was becoming untenable.
I have the M1 MBA with 8 gigs of RAM. I'm a developer, so yes, power-user or whatever, but if you even like to keep tons of tabs open you will eventually notice the box slowing down. (I don't always have tons of dev apps open and still experience sluggishness…)
And if you are a dev or other power user, 8 isn't enough imo. With Xcode plus the iOS emulator it's sluggish. VS Code plus Slack and 10 StackOverflow tabs and you're sluggish. I'm constantly closing apps.
You also lose one of the M1's best features on the mini: great battery life.
This is a great deal, but if you know enough to wonder if you could use more RAM, my guess is the answer is yes. You've been warned, ymmv, etc.
I have the M1 MBA with 8 gigs of RAM. I'm a developer, so yes, power-user or whatever, but if you even like to keep tons of tabs open you will eventually notice the box slowing down. (I don't always have tons of dev apps open and still experience sluggishness…)
And if you are a dev or other power user, 8 isn't enough imo. With Xcode plus the iOS emulator it's sluggish. VS Code plus Slack and 10 StackOverflow tabs and you're sluggish. I'm constantly closing apps.
You also lose one of the M1's best features on the mini: great battery life.
This is a great deal, but if you know enough to wonder if you could use more RAM, my guess is the answer is yes. You've been warned, ymmv, etc.
The SSD in the m1 mini is 2x the speed of the SSD in the m2 mac mini.
So with the 8gb model, you'll be doing a bunch of paging. I didn't see this as much of a problem and for everyday use like playing media, browsing, and simple non multitasking needs, the 8gb was fine with the fast SSD.
Less so with the m2.
SSD is not user replaceable. You'd have to go up to the 512GB model to get the same SSD speed, and many of those come with 16GB ram too, so the price really gets up there.
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You can use a DisplayLink dock, which my M1 works flawlessly with three monitors, but my M2 does not. I use these for office work, no gaming or photo editing.
that's not entirely true. perhaps the m1 mini can only do 1 external monitor, but the m1 studio does 2 monitors natively... just plug it in and go.
you can still dual boot using Parallels Desktop just not worth time and money! concept is dead.
The i9-13900k (ie THE very latest Intel CPU) works GREAT in a Hackintosh.
The AMD 6900XTXH (the Second-Latest AMD generation's top performer) works GREAT in a Hackintosh.
MacOS 13.2.1, Apple's latest MacOS, works GREAT on Intel, on the i9-13900k and many others.
If you want to say "The end of the road will happen in a few years, but there's so far no clear plan for end of Intel support' you should write that, but what you wrote above is flat wrong.
No Intel CPU is "supported"; the only CPU MacOS supports is what Apple ships with an Apple logo on it. Just because Apple stopped at 10th gen Intel certainly doesn't mean we need to!
Wow.
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