Is Mac Mini Still Worth it in 2023?
Are the 2018 Mac Mini and 2010 Mac Mini Apple Desktop Computers still worth it? Are they still relevant and usable in 2023. Is a Mac Mini still good in 2023? This video will answer that question!
This video focuses on testing for affective use of the Apple Mac Mini late 2018 model in 2022 and includes real-time on-line user usage testing with a step by step walkthrough for bringing it to the most recent and current operating system version of macOS Catalina to date. This video also includes a comparison of the Mac Mini Server 2010 Core 2 Duo model and its relevance as a usable Apple Computer in 2022 as well.
The model unboxed and featured in this video is a Apple Mac Mini Intel Core i3 3.6 GHz CPU (Late 2018) The color of this model is Space Gray. The processor is the Coffee Lake 8100B series Quad-Core CPU with 8GB RAM at 2666 MHz PC4-21300 speed in SDRAM. These models shipped with 128GB or 256GB of onboard PCIe-based SSD storage (256GB starting on March 18, 2020) The GPU is Intel UHD Graphics 630 graphics processor that shares the systems RAM Random Access Memory).
The second Apple Mac Mini shown and investigated in this video is The Apple Mac Mini Server Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz (Mid 2010) The color or body style is the Aluminum Unibody model. The processor is the Core 2 Duo P8800 with 4GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-8500) upgraded to 8GB of 1333MHz memory. This model shipped with two 500GB internal Hard Disk Drives (HDD) at 3 Gb/s Serial ATA speed and was previously upgraded to a 500GB Western Digital Blue 2.5” SATA SSD. The GPU is NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor that shares 256GB of RAM with the systems installed memory.
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00:00 Introduction
00:12 Specs
00:32 Unboxing
02:24 2018 vs 2010
03:35 System Boot & Update
04:04 2010 Review for 2023
04:27 SSD Upgrade Info
05:26 Boot Time Test
06:00 Internet Search Speed Test
06:47 YouTube Video Streaming Test
07:52 Conclusion