What you are buying this particular small computer for is an official entry ticket into MacOS. You see dozens of Windows and Chrome OS options out there for lower price points. Small NUC kits or computers of this size aren’t exactly rare nowadays. Some of them like the Elecife Mac Mini dock even give you added SSD storage.Įvery other technical thing on the Mac Mini like Wi-Fi chip and Bluetooth receivers are up to modern standards as expected of a new Apple product. You can remedy some of the port issues by buying third party docks. It’s just that when the previous generation had that extra set, I do envy the added flexibility. Of course I do understand that on such a small computing body, we obviously can’t expect equivalent ports on say something like a desktop computer.
A portable SSD for timelines and an external HD for files leave no room for anything else. I realize that’s my unique workflow, but a mouse and keyboard already take up both available USB-A ports. Although they’re Thunderbolt 3 instead of 4, as someone who relies on expandable storage for work, an additional two USB-C ports would have been extremely beneficial. That’s probably enough for general users to get by, but on the previous generation of the Mac Mini, there were 4x Thunderbolt ports available alongside everything else I listed in this current generation. Apple supplies us with 2x Thunderbolt/USB 4, an Ethernet port, one HDMI 2.0 port, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and 2x USB-A ports. On the rear side of the M1 Mac Mini lies every single port and connection accessible to the computer. In my opinion, it’s a bit of a downgrade even though the ports are updated with the newest technology. The ports are where the physical differences of the products begin to diverge. The housing of the 2020 Mac Mini is essentially identical to the last generation Mini. After all, there is no significant rational alterations with what we’ve come to expect from the Mac Mini other than the brains of the operation taking a new form.
Without beating around the bush, there is no denying that everything that I experienced using this Mac since launch is a result of Apple transitioning away from Intel processors to their own in-house M1 chip.
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