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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin If you are really concerned about upgrading, the best thing to do is to use it from an external drive for a while. You can get a small SSD and enclosure if you don't have a spare external: ... Thanks for th…
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The mac mini is the best macintosh computer, actually the best PC, I've ever owned. I own a 2009 mac mini, and last year I bought a 2012 quadcore i7 mac mini and upgraded it to 16 GB RAM. Couldn't be happier with it, yes sometimes the fan is heara…
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Thanks to this thread, I've uninstalled Flash. Didn't know before that most sites can do videos without it. And thanks to this: Quote: Originally Posted by WonderPants For anyone wanting to use the BBC website without Flash: Enable the "D…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmz El Capitan is amazing. Working on a Retina 5K iMac, the improvement in performance over Yosemite is astounding. Ok, but how is the performance of El Capitan compared to Mavericks?
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My new 2012-Mac mini 2,3 GHz quad core i7 with 4 GB RAM, and the normal 1 TB-HD arrived. It has Mavericks installed (glad it's not Yosemite). Having installed everything I need I checked it out doing my usual stuff. It's an early comparison, but m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Okay. Looks better, then. It's cleaner and smaller. For me it looks worse, the 3d-look of that in the previous MacOSX-version is imho way nicer. Same goes for the look of the window-buttons. I ca…
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The real problem is that a new version is slower than a version brought to market two years ago, e. the quadcore one. That's inexcuseable. The most-expensive new version should have a quadcore i7. So anyone wishing to buy a new macmini and wanting…
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I just ordered a 2,3 GHz-quadcore i7-2012-macmini new before they are outsold as new. With only 4 GB and the standard 1 TB HD. Planning on upgrading it to 8 or 16 GB RAM and a 500 GB-SSD. The upside will not only be nearly double the performance …
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Just judging from screenshots I think it to be uglier than Mavericks: 1. The tray is only 2d and the icons on it look not nearly as good as before. 2. The buttons look flat and the direction-signs (forward, backward) in the finder look awful. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Smallwheels Now that Dell, HP, and others are suffering in the computer markets, they are producing fewer computer choices too. As phones and tablets get more powerful, desktop machines will fade away and become ent…
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I haven't yet updated from mavericks. From what I seen in screenshots, the question comes up why the UI has been turned 2d? Why is the taskbar not 3d anymore or the red, orange, green-window-buttons so flat?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Relic I can't believe just how much of a performance hit the new Mac Mini has taken, it's quite bad actually, it's in line with 2011's performance, with 2012 still being the fastest release. If you don't need to drive…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin The best current alternative IMO is the refurb MBP: http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD103LL/A/refurbished-154-inch-macBook-Pro-23ghz-Quad-core-Intel-i7 The 2012 model can be upgraded so 16GB RAM and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sirozha Overall faster is not a scientific definition. If you are interested in editing and transcoding high-definition videos but are not planning to drive 4K resolution monitors, you should go with the 2012 i-7 qu…
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I've done some research regarding the to be expected performance: 1. The Haswell-architecture should offer 5-10% more speed per GHz than the ivy-architecture. So the i5 dualcore in the new minis should be maximum 10% faster than the i5 in the 2012…
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I think the 499$-macmini is really not recommendable, but can still have its use where just email and surfing and basic office-work is required. In that scenario even the 4 GB RAM will be sufficient. But for anyone wanting to do some more with the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sirozha I doubt you can even play video on the 27" Cinema Display using your Mac Mini 2009. I used to have a 15" MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2009 with Mini Display Port, and even though it could drive the 27" Cinema Disp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Relic For someone who has been using a PowerPC Mac Mini for so long I wouldn't think you would be so picky. The entry level Mac Mini is actually not a bad option especilly after you see the break down of the differe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sirozha I'm no expert in profession audio, video, or photo editing, but I heard that video transcoding of high-definition video, especially 4K takes some serous compute power, and that one needs to have a four-core…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sirozha However, let's be clear, Mac Mini 2014 cannot be used for professional creative tasks such as video, audio, or photo editing. Why? I'm doing professional-level video-editing on my late-2009-mac mini which o…