[www.youtube.com]

Granted, a lot of this was over my head, I didn't understand many of the terms he was using, and wasn't sure if his graphs were "longer is better" or "shorter is better."

But if I'm hearing it correctly, this is no Mac Pro, and substantionally slower than the iMac Pro and other units.

NOTE: he spoke about attaching a graphics card on the outside. I had no idea this was a thing, and a possibility.

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I had no idea this was a thing, and a possibility.

eGPUs have been around for awhile, mainly on PCs if I recall correctly.

It's now possible on the mini because of the Thunderbolt 3 port. But from what I've seen the Apple/BlackMagic eGPU is somewhat limited in performance or performs with a small range of apps. And I don't think the cards in it can be upgraded, unlike some other eGPUs.

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I am that Masked Man.

All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

I guess it's WAY over your head - this was a positive review. Yes, it's not as good as a $3000 MBP or the $5000 iMac Pro, but it's pretty awesome for the price and that was the gist of the review.

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It's now possible on the mini because of the Thunderbolt 3 port. But from what I've seen the Apple/BlackMagic eGPU is somewhat limited in performance or performs with a small range of apps. And I don't think the cards in it can be upgraded, unlike some other eGPUs.

Assuming the drivers exist, you can also put a PCIe graphics card in a Thunderbolt to PCIe box.

Assuming the drivers exist, you can also put a PCIe graphics card in a Thunderbolt to PCIe box.

And for much less than the Apple/BlackMagic box.


I guess it's WAY over your head

A little harsh, but the mini is impressing a lot of tech reviewers.

It's also not the modular Mac that's been demanded.

But it it seems to be a really competent box.

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I am that Masked Man.

All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

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RAMd®d
It's now possible on the mini because of the Thunderbolt 3 port. But from what I've seen the Apple/BlackMagic eGPU is somewhat limited in performance or performs with a small range of apps. And I don't think the cards in it can be upgraded, unlike some other eGPUs.

Assuming the drivers exist, you can also put a PCIe graphics card in a Thunderbolt to PCIe box.

Which is a e(external)GPU.

Hers a test with 13" MBP: [barefeats.com]

lots more on the barefeats site.

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Here's Marco Arment's brutal talk-up on the new Mac mini:

[marco.org]

Yeah, he loves it.

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Here's Marco Arment's brutal talk-up on the new Mac mini:

[marco.org]

Yeah, he loves it.

"its fast" -- which I think is all about the flash drive.

$2500 for the version he got and he thinks thats OK. ugh.

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RAMd®d
It's now possible on the mini because of the Thunderbolt 3 port. But from what I've seen the Apple/BlackMagic eGPU is somewhat limited in performance or performs with a small range of apps. And I don't think the cards in it can be upgraded, unlike some other eGPUs.

Assuming the drivers exist, you can also put a PCIe graphics card in a Thunderbolt to PCIe box.

...And run your lovely 16-lane card at Thunderbolt's max 4-lane speed.

eGPUs are getting cheap enough to mess around with at the hobby end of the spectrum and vs Intel native graphics they're killer. In enterprise/pro environments, they can only fill some very small niches.

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It is sad that the CPU slows down so much because they didn't put a decent cooling solution in it. Other than that, it's a competent though overpriced machine.

The most recent 8th generation Intel NUC has a dedicated GPU (i7-8705G, 4 GB Radeon RX Vega M). Current price is about $965 with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD.

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competent though overpriced

Hate to say it, but this could almost be Apple's slogan for all their Macs these days.

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