Apple's Mac mini receives long-awaited update with 4th-gen Intel CPUs, price cut to $499
Apple's tiny, affordable Mac mini desktop received a hardware refresh and an accompanying price cut on Thursday, featuring 4th-generation Intel Core processors and 802.11ac Wi-Fi, starting at $499.
The new Mac mini lineup features integrated Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000. It also has PCIe-based flash storage for faster performance.
The hardware refresh adds two Thunderbolt 2 ports and 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity, but retains the title of world's most energy efficient desktop.
Though it had been priced at $599 for some time, the Mac mini saw a reduction on Thursday, with a new entry price at $499 for a 1.4 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.7 GHz, 4GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 5000 and a 500GB hard drive. Customers can configure their machine with a top-shelf 3.0 GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor, up to 16GB of memory, and up to a 1TB PCIe-based flash drive. The units are shipping to customers starting today.
The new Mac mini lineup features integrated Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000. It also has PCIe-based flash storage for faster performance.
The hardware refresh adds two Thunderbolt 2 ports and 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity, but retains the title of world's most energy efficient desktop.
Though it had been priced at $599 for some time, the Mac mini saw a reduction on Thursday, with a new entry price at $499 for a 1.4 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.7 GHz, 4GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 5000 and a 500GB hard drive. Customers can configure their machine with a top-shelf 3.0 GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor, up to 16GB of memory, and up to a 1TB PCIe-based flash drive. The units are shipping to customers starting today.
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Woohoo! New Haswell minis! Driving to the Apple store now!
And the world smiles!
Loving the new hardware AND price cut. Now it's as cheap as the G4 mini was!
YES!!! YES!!! Better than I expected... cheaper and faster and it uses PCIe Flash!
It's going to be a speed demon. Can't wait to see actual specs and then reviews.
But this is great upgrade to the mini - time for a new one. :-)
YAY!
*Dances*
About time.
The Wizard will have no excuse this time.
As close to a 'mid range' 'mini-tower' as he's going to get.
Decent price drop and spec boost.
Wonder if it will drive a 4k display...
Lemon Bon Bon.
Well this will make Wizard happy, can you upgrade the memory yourself or is it soldered on like the MacBooks.
It's soldered. Specs say LPDDR3, and "configurable to 8 or 16GB". Design no longer mentions removable cover.
Wonder if it will drive a 4k display...
It will drive a 4K display at 24Hz.
The new mini is only available with a dual core processor. My old mini is a quad core i7. I suspect my old mini is faster than these new minis.
There's no quad-core CPU this time, only dual-core CPU. But the GPU is much-improved.
It's going to be a speed demon. Can't wait to see actual specs and then reviews.
Beats all previous versions by a large margin!
Woohoo! New Haswell minis! Driving to the Apple store now!
Bah!!! "1-3 days" or "ship to store". I thought these were available today?
Ridiculous.