Simply put, it's the cheapest way to get a Mac outside of buying one used. Just bring a mouse, keyboard and display, and you've got a full-fledged Mac that packs some serious power. For 2018, Mac mini ditches the raw aluminum look for a Space Gray finish. On the back are a variety of ports, including HDMI 2.0, two USB 3 ports, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, a headphone jack and — for an extra $100 — a 10-gigabit ethernet port. With the Thunderbolt 3 ports, users can transfer data at blazing fast speeds, connect an eGPU or even run up to two 4K displays. Mac mini sports a wide array of ports. Like the rest of Apple's recent Macs, the Mac mini comes with a T2 security chip, which handles different system functions including automatic storage encryption.

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The machine sports SSDs with up to 3.4GHz sequential read speeds, and users can configure their mini with up to 2TB of storage. This year's machine gets the same base 8GB of RAM that was offered with the 2014 model, except the memory is now much faster.

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The Intel processor powering the desktop can address up to 64GB of RAM, which users can configure at purchase or add on later. A new cooling system doubles the airflow, allowing the machine to run at a maximum sustained power that is 70 percent higher than before. The improved cooling system, and four years of advancements in the chipmaking industry, equate to massive performance gains. According to Geekbench 4 scores, the standard 4-core CPU nears the performance of the 2017 5K iMac's base processor. Mac mini benchmarks based on previous i3-8100 tests. Compared to the previous Mac mini, Apple claims the 2018 model boasts 60 percent faster integrated graphics and a five fold boost to overall system performance. Those numbers are based on a Mac mini with a 3.2GHz 6-core 12-thread Core i7 processor that turbo-boosts up to 4.6GHz.

The base $799 model gets buyers a 3.6Ghz quad-core Core i3, which interestingly lacks support for Turbo Boost and Hyperthreading. A 6-core processor with those options is available as a $300 upgrade. The entry level mini comes with 128GB of storage, with an options to upgrade to 256GB for $200.

A step-up model includes a 6-core processor and 256GB of storage, but that chip also lacks Hyperthreading. Overall, the Mac mini is the cheapest way to get a Mac, and this year performance is up there with the rest of Apple's lineup. Apple's new 2018 Mac Mini is.

Gannett layoffs: the guy who fills those racks is screwed As I was filling a 10-minute void in my schedule by researching important data (playing with my Google+ account, trying to decide if I should keep it), I came across the following brief post by Peter Cohen, former Macworld editor, and co-founder of (if you don’t subscribe to this foul-mouthed threesome’s weekly rants, you’re missing out!). More good news for my brethren in the newspaper business: Gannett is shitcanning another 700 newspaper workers. Peter made this post a while ago, but I just mentioned the news to a designer friend who is much younger than I am (something that is an unfortunate regularity) and was shocked to hear her response, and amazed at the lack of thorough thinking. The synopsis of her response was “so what, it doesn’t affect me.” It was incredibly short-sighted, and told me a lot about her critical thinking skills – not to mention her lack of compassion over. The domino effect Less journalists at the paper means less desks being used, which means less desks being sold, and less computers being purchased to sit on the desk to be used by those journalists, and less phones to buy. This means that some computer company isn’t making sales, which means they need to lay off people, and require less support staff.

No more office supplies are needed for that person, nor do they require any other sort of support typically provided by people. Less journalists probably means a drop in revenue (you don’t subscribe to the paper to read the ads, do you?), so less papers are being printed due to less subscribers, which means less people running the printing operations, and less delivery people. Those operations all have support staffs and outside vendors, who are now taking a hit as well. And those vendors’ all have janitors, office staff, desks, office supplies, computers, etc. That also are going to scale back.

The list goes on and on. There must be some official term for this never-ending loop, no? Why designers should care The one thing every company and person this unfortunate domino effect has in common with each other is that they all, at some point or another, require the use of a graphic designer to produce sales and marketing materials. The situation as it is means they need less graphic design, or worse, “cheap” graphic design. It’s not just about print You probably have an AdBlocker installed in your web browser. By blocking the ads, you prevent publishers and bloggers from making more income.

Less advertising revenue means less incentive and resources to publish articles and improve their site, including magazine subscriptions, software purchases, etc. Less articles means less traffic, and less traffic means less exposure to great Mac applications. That in turn means less sales for the developers, which means they may choose not to spend money on a great graphic designer for their icons, web site, and other marketing materials. So tell me again how 700 newspaper journalists losing their job doesn’t affect you, Mr. Graphic Designer? At 6:24 am Yes, I agree with you that it does affect everyone, however the shiftt in the editorial industry is inevitable. Things are changing and we no longer consume news as we used to – not that we consume less, we consume probably more but in a different way and from a wider range of sources than ever done before.

I believe that as with most (r)evolutions, this one will bring benefits to society. That doesn’t mean it won’t be a turbulent process though. People will need to evolve and adapt. Comments are closed.