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For me the base price is also a little steep (€899 in Holland, including taxes). Primarily because, aside from the CPU, I don't see where all that money could have gone to. The ram still starts at a measily 8GB for example. And even though it's PCI-E storage, it's only 128GB compared to a previously 1TB HDD... pricewise that won't make a really big difference. And since the base model "only" has a quadcore CPU, that won't cost the difference either I believe.

But what bugs me the most is that they sell the Intel UHD 630 as having up to 60% more power... well that would be the bare minimum what I would expect for a computer that hasn't been upgraded in 4 years. And given the higher price, why not build in a tiny cheap dedicated GPU? Apple has done that before and it was a miniature beast compared to the integrated GPU options at the time, ánd it costed about the same as the base Mini of today.

Still, thanks to the user replaceable RAM and possibly SSD, and the very powerful CPU options, I find the new Mini very attractive as a work machine for Photoshop and Illustrator: it's small, quiet, and it won't cost as much as a MacBook Pro which I primarily use as a desktop with a bigger monitor (so i never use it's keyboard, monitor or touchbar).