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Jun 16, 2025 7:45 AM
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frontpage Posted by phoinix | Staff • 2d ago
Jun 16, 2025 7:45 AM
Apple Mac Mini (2024): M4 10-Core CPU / GPU, 24GB Memory, 512GB SSD
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Yep, or it needs to have a 1TB SSD and 32GB of RAM. Apple is stupid AF for selling 24GB configurations IMO. The fact they still offer 256GB SSD's in desktop machines in 2025 is pathetic too. Start at 512GB minimum FFS.
Apple has a direct history of not only having less ram in products but having apps run smoother and their SoCs benchmark BETTER than many of the QCA chip stacks they go up against all while being more power efficient.
having memory on die probably changes a lot of performance parameters and acts like a very high speed cache. You should compare benchmarks instead of focusing solely on specs. Because the specs don't compare how you think they do,
I mean sure their SoC RAM is faster than most and maybe you're implying the soldered in e-waste 256GB SSD is just as performant as RAM? Sure, not really about performance but about price to volume ratio of RAM/SSD or lackthereof and massively overcharging for upgrades to base models of which the RAM/SSD specific performance doesn't justify the upgrade cost in any configuration IMO. I don't know why one would want their SSD consumed with MacOS's sloppy unlimited swapping when you can just have more RAM and use the SSD for what it's intended for, larger extremely fast storage not to supplement RAM when the OS bleeds it dry and still creates problematic memory pressure.
It's less about the performance and more about proper resource usage and all this highly depends on someone's use case(s). I'm a power user so these base specs are laughable and designed to push refresh cycles and force people to buy new Macs every few years instead of easily upgrading the RAM or SSD. I'm a big fan of the MacMini and Studio hardware despite the unfortunate planned obsolescence when one out grows their device.