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Apple Mac mini vs Intel NUC -- the lightweights spar
As an iMac 27 user who currently is shopping Core i7 Mac Minis as a replacement, while also needed to quickly replace a aged 17” Sony laptop with some other Windows PC solution for my wife, I can add some use case perspective.
1. The 10th Generation Intel processor is now available in the NUC as of last week at Newegg. $629 and needs and supports faster storage and memory as well as a copy of Windows. Load one with 32 Gb of RAM and a 1Tb of NVME M.2 SSD storage for under $1000 and the comparable Mac Mini is $2200+ and using the older processor.
2. The Mac Mini is a choice for iMac users who can’t update to the latest MacOS, and if an i7 is to be a choice for shoppers who want to future proof there is quite a price difference when looking at iMacs.
3. Thunderbolt 3 is hard/(expensive) to buy or build in the Windows desktop world. I find the i7 NUC to be much cheaper than building my own PC desktop solution.
4. The use case to bring work home and use dual monitors is here for me. Locking up new computer dollars in an iMac or even a stationary laptop’s screen seems to make less sense if I can get better ones now or sooner than the next greatest glass.
