Apple... I just wish you would make the Mac Mini us Mac Mini hardcores want. Notice my header pic.. this is 2018.. i have opted to run a late 2012 Mac Mini Core i5 vs upgrading to a newer Mac Mini.. why?? Because the late 2012 Mac Mini was the last Mac you could actually really upgrade on your own. I can replace DDR3 RAM, add two 2.5" based drives (SSD, HDD).
All this talk of a possible Mac Mini upgrade just has me bracing for major disappointment like we have seen the last 6 years. we don't care about soldered on RAM and actually loathe that idea. Both as a consumer and a person who cares about the environment; your soldered on, non-upgrade-able hardware is great for business but HORRIBLE for the Earth. STOP IT!! BE BETTER!
We shouldn't have to buy a new computer to be able to upgrade it; especially with the most basic components like RAM and hard drives/ssds.. PCI NVM/MSATA form factors are SO TINY and widely available; its petty to make a proprietary standard for one that already exists.. Cue Macbook Air and PCIE/SSD upgrades.. or inability to upgrade besides using a pure apple specific one..
What do us Mac Mini hardcores want from apple? It's not much really and very easy and low cost to do..
1. Modular, easy access internals.
2. Upgradeable internals, SCREW SOLDERED ON! ITS SO WASTEFUL IN THE LONG RUN!!!
3. Dual or Quad PCI-E NVM/MSata drive support
4. 64GB DDR4 max w/four slots
5. Don't care if size is the exact same as current mac mini, that is already tiny and if we can do quad pci-e nvm drives, it could be a beast!!
6. Thunderbolt 3.0 support, USB-C / eGPU support
7. MINI 1080GTX options/removable PCI-e GPU (mini pci-e)
Main thing we want? The ability to upgrade and add more of our own components we have lying around and not paying four times the industry standard for components that shouldn't be priced like they are.. ram upgrades, ssd upgrades on macs are still a joke and WAY OVER PRICED!
/RANT
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