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1. BEST MONITOR FOR MAC MINI 2018 FOR FREE
2. BEST MONITOR FOR MAC MINI 2018 MOVIE
3. BEST MONITOR FOR MAC MINI 2018 UPGRADE

Any can serve as a USB port, of course, via a Type-C cable or a C-to-A adapter. That said, even if you plan to use the Type-As for input gear, don't fret: You do get a lot of flexibility with the Thunderbolt 3 ports. Apple loaned us the keyboard and the Magic Trackpad 2 for this review, and pairing them with the Mac mini took mere seconds. They do add a bunch to the base cost, but I'd factor in these or other wireless peripherals to keep one or both of the Type-A USBs free. Depending on your work style and what you do, you might spring for Apple's complementary Magic Keyboard With Numeric Keypad ($149) and the Magic Mouse 2 ($99) or Force Touch-enabled Magic Trackpad 2 ($149), all of which connect wirelessly via Bluetooth. If you opt for wired peripherals, we'd expect the two Type-As to be occupied by a keyboard and mouse, but part of the appeal of the Mac mini is its trim minimalism, so Bluetooth-interface peripherals would keep those two ports clear.

The main array of ports on the Mac mini comprises four Thunderbolt 3/USB Type-C ports and two regular USB 3.0 Type-A ones. On the laptops, that has pushed users to adapt with compliant peripherals or dongles. Like on its MacBooks, Apple has gone all-in on USB Type-C ports. In its physical connectivity, the Mac mini has seen a complete teardown, for the better. (More on that in a bit.) The perforations in the bottom half of the case under the plastic disk are clearly inlets to the directed active airflow inside. Apple's schematics show an active fan over the core silicon that exhausts out from the only other ventilation evident on the chassis: a strip on the back panel, beneath some of the ports. I didn't note a rush of air around the edges of the Mac mini during ordinary use or high-stress benchmarking.

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That's an intimidating removal prospect for most casual users, but it's definitely a step ahead of the soldered-RAM design that came before.Īround the perimeter of the plastic disc is a gap that allows for free airflow in and out of the chassis. When I popped off the bottom, I noted that the perforated panel was held in place by star-headed security screws.

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That said, a couple of Apple reps we spoke to suggested usual-suspect memory retailers (I'm thinking folks like Crucial and OWC) might be able to produce memory upgrade kits with instructions. The company doesn't deem this a user-accessible upgrade, though it says authorized service centers and Apple Stores will be able to perform memory upgrades. Apple has implemented the memory in the new Mac mini as laptop-style SO-DIMMs. Underneath is a perforated panel that goes to the internals, of which, according to the company, the only serviceable element is the RAM. Rotating the disk does nothing prying it up with a thin tool, though, pops it off. Turn the Mac mini over to view the underside, and you'll see a plastic disk of a base that elevates the metal of the chassis from the desk surface. The feel of the all-aluminum chassis is stolid and inflexible, the same rigid-enough-to-support-an-elephant build as ever. The only feature on the front or sides is a power-on LED on the front face. The chassis is matte metal, made up of aluminum that, according to Apple, is 100 percent recycled, in part from the chassis-manufacture remnants of other Macs. The new Mac mini doesn't look much different from its elder siblings unless you flip it around 180 degrees. You'll pay a premium for the trim dimensions, and expandability is all external, but rest assured: The Mac mini is the same dynamo as ever, now with 2018 trimmings that do justice to a classic design.

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What tips it into our Editors' Choice zone is Apple's deep included software set, which lets you do a tremendous amount right out of the box: office work, presentations, music dabbling, movie editing. Despite the price bump, with a move to 8th Generation Core desktop CPUs, PCI Express SSDs, and a new roster of connectivity, the Mac mini remains a compelling (if, mind you, the only) desktop space-saver for macOS users looking for a home theater PC, a desktop workstation, or a music- and video-editing sprinter. The 2018 reboot ($799 as tested, which is the entry-level model) rethinks the Mac mini's innards but also lays a new, ritzier price floor. Since its last major rework in 2014, it came in configurations priced as low as $499 that scaled up from there.