It makes almost nothing worse and almost everything better, finally bringing the Mac Mini into the modern age. The 2018 Mac Mini is real, and it’s spectacular. It seemed clear then, and for the following four years that it went without an update, that Apple held the Mac Mini and its customers in very low regard. I don’t think this was an unreasonable fear after the 2014 Mac Mini update, which made many key aspects much worse without making anything much better. Until last week, I thought it would be the last Mac Mini that Apple ever made.Īnd when rumors started swirling about an imminent Mac Mini update, I assumed the worst: if it came at all, it would be a tiny box with a slow, ultra-low-power processor and almost zero ports, optimizing for small size instead of versatility. 1 Almost every port on the back is in use, and it runs 24/7, reliably, in total silence. I hardly ever think about my Mac Mini, but it serves a vital role for my family as our home-theater mixer, Plex server, ScanSnap server, Apple Photos backup, and Backblaze host for our NAS.

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