Mac Mini 2012

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Hi Guys,

I have an iPhone 6S Plus and 12" MacBook and love OSX. Got a great PC start of the year after selling my iMac. Wanted to game again but just don't have the time at all. Windows is a frustration to me and I use my MacBook most of the time.

I spend most of my time doing work on my computer and have a few other work based projects coming up. Looking to sell my PC and get a Mac Mini with LG 34UC97 widescreen monitor and have the 12" MacBook for mobile use.

Seen a 2.6GHz Quad Core 2012 Mac Mini for £700 which seems plenty powerful enough for basic Photoshop, Lightroom, Office etc. Anyone running one of these with the HD4000 graphics on El Capitan with a high res monitor? Is it smooth in OSX?

Thinking one of these with 16Gb and 2x 240Gb SSD will be a lovely machine for productivity :)

Am I right?
 
I didn't realise until I started my research that the 2012 quad was the most powerful mini produced. The 2.6 version is twice as powerful as the 2014 versions.
 
eBay, guy had one at £700 buy it now or best offer. I submitted £650 and it was accepted. It has 8Gb and 1Tb HDD. I have just ordered 16Gb for £65 and plan to sell the 8Gb and 1Tb drive. I have 2 240Gb SSD's from my current system to put in.

The 2.3 quads are more available than the 2.6. Just type Mac Mini Quad into the bay and they come up.

Should be a beast once completed. I will then get my 34" LG Ultra Widescreen.
 
i5 will be fine, there was a 2012 one on the members market last week for £300! I really wanted the fastest as it will be my desktop machine and I run a lot of programs.

Yes the 2014 ones are not great for the money. Worse thing is the 2014 ones are not upgradeable so you have to pay big Apple prices for 16Gb and SSD. 2012 ones are fully upgradeable and the quad version has 2 hard drive spaces. Dual core ones have 1 space.
 
Suppose the only thing you lose on is the integrated graphics. 2012 is HD4000 while the 2014 is Iris. With El Capitan this shouldn't be as much of an issue as they rewrote the graphics sub system and its much quicker now.
 
Brilliant, thanks for this. Thought it would be good as my 1.1Ghz MacBook is smooth with El Capitan :)
 
Excellent, does Lightroom and Photoshop work good with the 2.6?

All my kit is arriving tomorrow. Mac Mini and LG 34UC97.
 
Throrik said:
How does the Mini do with the resolution? I've got the Dell 34" Curved but haven't hooked it up to my Air yet, looking to get a Mini at some point soon, but wondered if it'd pack enough power to power the display.

Main uses are Netflix, Youtube, Programming and Browsing.
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I will give you an update when I receive everything this week.
 
Well everything is up and running with all my apps installed. Extreme Pro is very fast and no errors so far.

Mac is running nice on the 34" LG at 3440x1440.
 
I have ordered one thanks.

On a side note my screen is running at 50Hz and not 60, can't see any way of changing it as no other option in the drop down box in display settings, any ideas?
 
On the profile it says the display is a television which seems to be a problem with a few macs. Trying to research.
 
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