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TSfarkingdom
post Oct 29 2024, 11:28 PM, updated 7 months ago

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https://www.apple.com/my/mac-mini/
Size difference between old mini Vs new mini
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Source: Apple

New features:
- Hardware‑accelerated ray tracing for game-changing graphics.
- Drives up to three displays.

Shared Specs between M4 and M4 Pro:
16-core Neural Engine
Front: Two USB‑C ports, headphone jack
Back: HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet port

M4 model:
Back: Three Thunderbolt 4 ports, up to 32GB of RAM.

Base Model

10-Core CPU
10-Core GPU
16GB Unified Memory
256GB SSD Storage
RM 2,499.00

Edu pricing: RM 2,069.00


M4 Pro model:
Back: Three Thunderbolt 5 ports, up to 64GB of RAM

12-Core CPU
16-Core GPU
24GB Unified Memory
512GB SSD Storage
RM 5,999.00

Edu pricing: RM 5,569.00

This post has been edited by farkingdom: Oct 29 2024, 11:46 PM
TSfarkingdom
post Oct 30 2024, 10:20 AM

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Seems like the power button is designed at the bottom of the device.
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TSfarkingdom
post Nov 5 2024, 09:03 AM

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QUOTE(shyan90's @ Nov 5 2024, 12:19 AM)
dunno mac mini will have supprise like Mac Studio having swappable SSD or not..hahah
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Don’t think so. Apple will not do that, they want you to upgrade years down the line. Even Mac Studio removable SSD was software blocked, so it is still impossible to upgrade its SSD and can only go through Apple’s expensive SSD pricing…
TSfarkingdom
post Nov 5 2024, 03:05 PM

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QUOTE(shyan90's @ Nov 5 2024, 09:37 AM)
There is no software block on that. Some already upgrade into 2TB or even more from based 512GB.
Haha..mine still my daily workhorse..only downside is 8gb instead of 16gb as the time i bought this there is no available 16gb in used market
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There is a software block, you can’t just use any SSDs in the market for the Mac Studio.
The person who managed to upgrade it was using an Apple configured NAND SSDs which is not sold anywhere else (but only obtainable through Apple repair program for same config, or you could have swapped another Mac Studio SSD in)
TSfarkingdom
post Nov 7 2024, 02:11 PM

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QUOTE(Barricade @ Nov 7 2024, 01:30 PM)
Check out 'Mac Mini M4 ( latest/ 1 Year apple warranty / Book', available at RM1,900 on #Carousell https://carousell.app.link/uxyj5jp3jOb

Cheaper than education price. Sounds fishy
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I’d rather get from apple to be honest than risking it here
TSfarkingdom
post Dec 5 2024, 07:19 PM

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QUOTE(jonthebaptist @ Dec 4 2024, 05:48 PM)
Is this the effect of Mac Mini M4? Now Windows ARM Snapdragon X models have discounted:

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Intel LNL is beating these snapdragon laptops, same battery life, better compatibility with x86 and so much better graphics performance.
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post Apr 12 2025, 11:18 AM

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QUOTE(shyan90's @ Apr 10 2025, 10:27 PM)
Now not really got any discount.. all promotion ended..maybe you can try your luck borrow others student ID to get student price...
Based on current market you might able get 2049? and another rm200 for comission...so totla 2249 better than you paid full price 2499...
But this student purchase might not able to claim tax in next year ya...
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Why is student purchase not able to claim tax?
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post Apr 17 2025, 09:23 AM

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QUOTE(soonwai @ Apr 16 2025, 11:43 PM)
6 more months to macmini m5. Really hope the tariff war doesn't screw up the pricing. Will be upgrading from macmini m1.
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Apple don’t always update their Mac mini line compared to their MacBook line and have been skipping generations. For apple silicon they skipped the M3 line while in the past they also skipped on some of the intel line.

Mac mini normally shipped from Shenzhen/Vietnam, both countries tariffed by the Trump administration.

Well we don’t really know how the future is…
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post Apr 29 2025, 08:52 AM

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QUOTE(kmrdeva @ Apr 29 2025, 12:18 AM)
Returned my mac mini m4 pro with 24gb ram + 1tb storage and went for the m4 pro with 48gb ram + 512gb storage instead. Figured I can always add storage via the thunderbolt 5 ports (tested with my 1tb nvme in a tb4 enclosure, it was pretty fast) but can never upgrade the ram myself.

Am using the computer headless, NoMachine + TailScale working superbly smile.gif
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Woah and here I am just with a base Mac Mini M4 hahaha
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post Apr 29 2025, 07:46 PM

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QUOTE(kmrdeva @ Apr 29 2025, 09:34 AM)
How do you like your Mac mini?

Needed to up my budget to get 1 powerful Mac to retire my 3 computers at home (dell optiplex 3060, 5060 and 7060).

All in one device to be my new personal computer, media server, and vm hypervisor.
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Yeah it’s a mini power house worth the bang of the buck. I did consider the M4 Pro due to larger RAM and storage, but my usage probably wouldn’t reach that level, so I just save some money and got the base model instead.
Was hoping to upgrade the internal SSD in the future once the warranty expires. Hopefully by then the SSD market for Mac mini is more matured.

 

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