5 ‘Pro’ Performance for Less
It was back in October of 2014 when Apple unveiled its last Mac mini refresh, taking the wraps off a slim, sleek and well-rounded aluminum unibody cube which, for just $499, included a paltry Intel Core 2 Duo CPU clocked at 1.4 GHz, with just 4 GB of RAM and a 500 GB SATA Hard Drive.
While the new base-model Mac mini starts out about $300 higher than its predecessor, Apple was able to pack the machine with so much raw power it beyond substantiates the increase.
Specifically, the new Mac mini, at just $799, ships with an 8th-generation Intel i3 Quad-core CPU clocked at 3.6 GHz, with 8 GB of RAM and a much faster 128 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) for storage.