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It can handle any session that I throw at it. I have had zero issues with heat or CPU throttling.

Apple mac mini graphics card upgrade#

Even so, community member ‘Jared P’ said “I purchased the i7 model with 8GB of RAM and did the upgrade to 32GB myself (took about 30 minutes).

Apple mac mini graphics card pro#

When we tested our 6-core i7 Mac mini with our power test session, the mini ran at 84 deg c with the fan/s running at 3935 RPM, whereas a Mac Pro Trash can ran at 69 deg c with the fan/s running at 790 RPM. Imagine what a Mac mini with 8 cores and 9th Gen processors could do?Ĭooling - Heat is another issue. In the Mac mini 2018, the best processors available are the 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 with 6 cores, whereas the MacBook Pro can go up to a 2.3GHz 8-core 9th-generation Intel Core i9 processor. Processors - The first thing we would like is at least parity with the processors available in the current MacBook Pro. You can read more about the test in our article Apple Mac mini 2018 Tested For Audio Production Work - Is This The Next Computer You Should Buy For Your Studio? What Improvements Would We Like In A Next Generation Mac Mini For Pro Audio? We then tested it first using Geekbench and then used our Pro Tools Expert Mac Power Test Session with 128 audio tracks with audio that is edited every second, each with an instance of the Avid Channel Strip and D-Verb with Pro Tools Native.

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Total Price £1969 plus we paid the extra £99 for AppleCare+ Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet using RJ-45 connector)

You may recall that we bought a suitably specced Mac mini 2018ģ.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz) Where Are We Now With The Mac Mini 2018?Īt the moment the two stock models don’t really match the needs of the modern DAW like Pro Tools, to get a machine that is going to deliver the goods you need to go for a build-to-order version to get the 3.2GHz 6-core 8th-generation Intel Core i7 chip and then to upgrade the RAM to at least 32GB, although the 2018 Mac mini does offer the option to jump up to 64GB of RAM, which might be worth considering if you are going to using a lot of Virtual Instruments.

In this article, we explore what Apple would need to do to the Mac mini to make it even better than the Mac mini 2018 model. There is no doubt that Apple’s compact, no-frills, desktop computer is proving very popular but compared to some of the other Apple computers like the MacBook Pro the 2018 Mac mini is already being left behind.