Enlarge / The 2018 Mac mini. Peter Bright This is probably not the byline you were expecting for a review of some Apple hardware. It comes as a bit of a shock to both of us, to be honest, but here we are: I have a Mac mini on my desk, along with a Magic […]
When the worlds of retro gaming and customized hacks collide, chances are, you’ll find Benjamin Heckendorn (better known as Ben Heck) standing by with a soldering iron. The finished product (right) and the source plastic shell (left). Ben Heck The “before” image. The retail Neo-Geo Mini’s worst element, arguably, is its use of an analog […]
Believe it or not, Apple’s Mac Mini is 13 years old, making it the second oldest product line still in Apple’s portfolio. It even outdates the MacBook Pro, which didn’t appear until 2006. Unlike the MacBook Pro, however, the Mini was neglected. A quick updated followed the original, but the third-gen didn’t appear until 2010. […]
You can easily unscrew and remove the fan after opening the enclosure, revealing the innards. iFixit The RAM is enclosed in a metal cage, but this is removable after dealing with four screws. iFixit The RAM can be removed and replaced. iFixit The logic board of the Mac mini. iFixit On schedule as always, iFixit […]
For four years, the Apple Mac mini had been the last true, egalitarian entry-level Mac. Since its last major rework in 2014, it came in configurations priced as low as $ 499 that scaled up from there. The 2018 reboot ($ 799 as tested, which is the entry-level model) rethinks the Mac mini’s innards but […]
Macs are expensive. As if to reinforce this universal maxim, the last remaining bastion of Apple affordability evaporated into the crisp fall air today above New York City, where Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled a brand-new Mac mini. The old $ 499 Mac mini, a tiny desktop PC that is sold without a monitor or […]
Putting serious computing power into a mini desktop PC isn’t easy. Why? Desktop-class CPUs, graphics chips, and other components count on the support of large cooling fans and heat sinks that simply can’t fit into a small square box like the HP Z2 Mini G4. But HP has managed to fit an Intel Xeon processor […]
Even if they’re not speed demons, tiny, low-cost mini desktop PCs make it easy to marvel at how far technology has come: full Windows machines reduced to little PC packets. The ECS Liva Z2 Mini PC (starts at $ 200; $ 250 as tested) is a simple but serviceable box useful as a digital-signage driver, […]
As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to threaten new rounds of tariffs against China, Apple is warning that a proposed 25 percent tax on $ 200 billion of Chinese goods will impact a number of its product lines. The list notably includes some of Apple’s most popular wearables and accessories. According to a Bloomberg story […]
Enlarge / The 2014 Mac mini is pictured here. This redesign was seen by some users as a downgrade compared to its predecessor, and Apple hasn’t overhauled it since. Andrew Cunningham Apple plans to release a new replacement for the MacBook Air (and possibly the current MacBook) with a Retina display later this year, according […]
Apple is finally ready to upgrade its low-end Mac mini desktop computer, but is planning to focus on professionals rather than price-sensitive consumers. According to a Bloomberg report today, Apple’s first Mac mini update in roughly four years is expected to be more expensive than the current model, and arrive alongside a Retina version of the 13-inch […]
The tall NUC case from the front. Intel The tall NUC case from the rear. Intel The short NUC case from the front. Intel The short NUC case from the rear. Intel Intel has updated its range of small form-factor PCs that it calls NUCs. We’ve generally liked the systems in the past; with a […]
Zotac is well-known for its tiny desktop PCs, with the smallest so far being the Zbox PI225. It’s smaller than an SSD, but performance is quite limited because of it. This week, however, Zotac is offering us a larger, yet still small fanless PC that manages to keep an 8th generation Core i7 cool. Zotac […]
Daven Mathies/Digital Trends When Blackmagic Design announced the $ 5,995 Ursa Mini Pro last year, it promised to be the company’s most full-featured cinema camera yet. It took everything Blackmagic had learned from its relatively short history of camera development and put it into one device, combining a 4.6K Super35 sensor and a modular camera […]