The Mini remains a low profile, metal box with rounded corners. The only major changes from the last Intel-based models are a return to the light aluminum color from space grey and the reduction of thunderbolt ports on the back by two. The Mac Mini design itself is the same as previous models. This suited me fine, I have all the peripherals that I need, a wireless keyboard, mouse, and two decent monitors. The box literally contained the Mac, a power cable, and the usually regulatory pamphlet.
So it was with the unboxing of my Mac Mini. One of the things I like most about Apple products is their minimalist design. Neither of which I could justify, financially. Powerful Macs came down to expensive iMacs, and even more expensive Mac Pros. For my video needs, I required a powerful Mac. Now, however after CPU, graphics, and memory upgrades, and with Apple not supporting their latest OS on the 2009 Mac Pro, it was time to change. My venerable 2009 Mac Pro has paid for itself many times over. It was an investment that paid off many times. Then in 2009 with increasing amounts of video work, I threw caution to the wind and bought a base model Mac Pro. From there I moved with Apple to their Intel chips via a MacBook then MacBook Pro.
My first Mac was bought in 2004, a G4 aluminum MacBook. Not the rabid, Apple can do no wrong keyboard warrior type but certainly one that appreciates the Apple Mac ecosphere. I will confess to being a bit of a Mac fanboy. The Mac Mini a powerhouse for photographers? By Joey Banks on Unsplash My Mac History Was this hype real? I was in the market for a new Mac so I decided to take the plunge and find out. Photographers, video editors, colorists, and coders were all waxing lyrical about the power of the new processors. Within days of people getting their hands on the new M1 Macs glowing reviews were lighting up Youtube. It seems, however, with those graphs, Apple was trolling us. Indeed, when Apple finally revealed the first Macs with the new M1 processor, scorn was heaped on the graphs they used to demonstrate its power. When Apple announced that they were planning to move away from Intel processors and move to their own designed ARM-based processors, there was a lot of skepticism. If you have had even the briefest of glimpses at the tech news lately, you will have seen one story dominating, Apple Silicon.
0 kommentar(er)
