Should I get a Mac Mini?

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Andrey Berezhnoy2016-02-21 13:49:44

Mac Mini

Andrey Berezhnoy, 2016-02-21 13:49:44

I worked with Hakintosh for a while, but because my personal PC is also used for entertainment purposes (games), then I want to buy myself a separate Mac piece of iron so as not to constantly switch between systems.
And here is the question: what to choose?
Can I connect two monitors to my Mac Mini?
How does it cope with the load from simultaneously running:

phpstorm
Adobe Photoshop
Virtual environment (Vagrant) - maximum 2 virtual machines
Multiple browsers

Can you change HDD to SSD?
And the same question: Is it worth taking a used one? They are much cheaper, so you can at least see what kind of animal :)

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ManWithBear, 2016-02-21
@AndreyBerezhnoy

At work now I use mini with ssd and 2 external screens. Works with a bang. Now I’ll change the memory from 8 to 16 and it will be even better.

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Sergey, 2016-02-21
@edinorog

There are two types of people. Some buy Apple products, while others ask about it. Have you seen the mini configuration? Do you think that there is something different from Windows in terms of performance?

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uvelichitel, 2016-02-21
@uvelichitel

Mini somehow is not popular in a professional environment (at least among my friends). Developers willingly take a book, sound_video_photo installers - a full-fledged desktop, status managers - air, journalists_musicians ipad. And mini did not find its audience, either a toy for housewives, or pies with nothing.

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PC-Zzz, 2016-02-21
@PC-Zzz

Conclusion One! Tie play! or Buy an mbuk pro for work, or buy hardware for a new hackintosh.

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Jacob, 2016-02-25
@Logrise

A new line of mac minis on SSD will be released soon, wait for them.

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Efimomax, 2016-02-29
@Efimomax

1. in the mini older than the late 2012 model, the installed small ssd will be expensive to change the archive - (there is not sata, but m2 or something like that)
2. they even have a "half" Core i7 ........... upgrade for reasonable money is not amenable .... I
specially took Late 2012 on Core i5 for 27 pieces in the store new (I had to look for a year and a half ago) -> adding a 500 Gb SSD first (I bought an additional cable) + the one that was 2nd screw -\u003e memory 16 instead of 4 set
The result is everything flies - at the same time even more than what you indicated (though virtual machines under Parallels) and a bunch of everything at the same time