Everyone knows how famous Apple products are, I mean their design philosophy, engineering, focus on little details, making the user interface more user friendly.
Despite being costly many people purchase apple products because of the way they look and amazing user interface. It defines status symbol of a person. Gives you amazing feel and grace in your hands.
This article is about the cheapest mac in the market – The Mac mini
Apple Mac Mini
Introduction:
The Mac Mini is targeted towards users who want a PC replacement and also to those who want a full-fledged Macintosh experience. The Apple Mac Mini is easy to use and perfect for everyday tasks like email, web browsing, shopping, creating documents, slides, and spreadsheets, and playing games.
It comes with sleek aluminum design, featuring fourth-generation dual-core Intel Core processors, faster graphics, next-generation Wi-Fi and two Thunderbolt ports. The Mac mini delivers the full Mac experience with great performance for everyday use.
Processor
The 1.4 GHz dual core Intel Core i5 processor delivers high performance while keeping the power consumption to a minimum. Moreover, the processor is capable of Turbo Boost 2.0 which increases the clock speed up to 3.5 GHz. The 4 GB RAM helps you to run a multitude of high-end applications at once, with absolutely no hanging or slowdowns.
Storage
The Mac Mini comes with 500 GB of HDD storage space with amazingly quick PCIe-based flash storage so you will see faster application launches and quicker file access. Store all your favourite movies, music, picture, applications and documents.
Amazing Connectivity
Apple Mac Mini offers four USB 3.0 ports; two Thunderbolt 2.0 ports each deliver up to 20Gbps of bandwidth for fast data transfer. You can transfer data to other devices using the Bluetooth function. The next-generation Wi-Fi connectivity comes with an intelligent beamforming technology which gives you strong, clear and fast Wi-Fi connectivity.
Graphics
It incorporates Intel HD Graphics 5000 processor that is faster than the previous generation and include double the video memory. It delivers up to 90 per cent more pixel-pushing performance, smoother animation, and better responsiveness while running graphics-rich applications apps like 3D games, high-resolution photo and video editors, and more.
Built-in Apps
The Apple Mac Mini comes with great apps for sending email, browsing the web and making video calls. It also includes apps that let you do amazing things with your photos, movies, music, documents, spreadsheets and presentations. The preloaded apps include iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Maps, iBooks, Safari, Mail, FaceTime, Messages, Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, Time Machine, Photo Booth, iTunes, Game Center, Preview, Notes and Mac App Store.
Operating System
The Apple Mac Mini comes with OS X Yosemite which is more powerful and easier to use. It’s built on a rock-solid, time-tested UNIX foundation that provides unparalleled stability and industry-leading support for Internet standards. OS X takes full advantage of the multicore Intel processors and fast flash storage to handle any task.
Now comes the Pros and cons of this device:
Pros:
- The least expensive Mac you can buy.
- Plenty of connectivity options.
- Comes with iWork and iLife preloaded.
- Affordable, Compact design, Decent connectivity, “Haswell” inside.
- Compact desktop design,Lower price and stronger performance than previous models,Thunderbolt 2.0.
- Now cheaper,graphics updates, design is still strong for the most part.
- Latest Mac mini gains extra Thunderbolt 2 port, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, PCIe-attached flash drive option.
- Improved Fusion Drive with PCIe flash.
- Lowest ever start price, Supreme build quality, Quiet, Two Thunderbolt 2,Extremely economical.
Cons:
- No quad-core.
- Not upgradable. No included keyboard or mouse.
- Only 4GB of memory.Memory upgrade options are expensive.
- Upgrade options are limited; you have to buy only option considering your future usage.
- Bigger and heavier than other mini PCs; No swappable components.
- Up to 50 percent slower than before, no quad-core processor, loses option to upgrade memory, loses FireWire 800.
- Can’t run 4K at 60Hz.
Conclusion
The Apple Mac Mini is loaded with lots of advanced features to ensure you powerful and efficient performance and supremacy. It’s up to you that which one you buy suiting your needs.
To buy and to learn more about the product,click on the links below:
Variant 1:
Apple Mac Mini Dual-core 4th-gen i5 (1.4Ghz,TB upto 2.7Ghz) 3MB on-chip shared L3 cache
4GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 RAM
500 GB (5400 RPM) HDD
Intel HD 5000 Graphics
Variant 2:
Apple Mac Mini Dual-core 4th-gen i5 (2.8Ghz,TB upto 3.3Ghz) 3MB on-chip shared L3 cache
8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 RAM
1TB Fusion Drive Flash Storage
Intel Iris Graphics
Both the above variants are the latest and updated October 2014 models.Please refer the above links for more details and user reviews.
If you have any questions please comment below.
