2017年3月19日 · Compared to the iMac, the Mini (in most cases) has less CPU and GPU power. The exception is the "top level" Mini (which comes standard with 8gb of RAM and a 1tb fusion drive). This one can perform reasonably fast, but it's still no match for the better iMacs.

2023年1月19日 · Here's why I'd go with the Mini: For the price of the refurbished M1 iMac, you can upgrade the Mini to 24GB of RAM (Which will make a vastly bigger difference than the CPU speed). With the EDU discount, you can also upgrade storage to 512GB and still be under the refurbished iMac.

2019年6月13日 · As you can see, the iMac 27" 2019 significantly beats the Mac mini, it has a 10.15% higher Single-Core Score and a 37.78% higher Multi-Core Score. The iMac 27" 2019 with i9 chip even beats the base iMac Pro in terms of both Single- and Multi-Core performance.

2023年12月19日 · The iMac has 2-4 USB-C (Thunderbolt) ports and a headphone jack (ethernet on power supply, if you choose that model) whereas the Mac mini has a stronger selection (same as iMac + 1x HDMI 2.1 and 2x USB-A)

2023年8月17日 · But when you go from iMac to Mac mini and monitor a few things stick out. a whole lot more mess, and the speaker situation. iMac has decent enough audio to play in background and stuff for ambient music. Mac mini is still not good (not that it necessarily should be expected to, but Apple has worked miracles on their laptops).

2007年8月16日 · Noticed you have a M2 Pro Mac Mini in your signature. Pro M4 modal comes with standard 24GB AND thunderbolt 5 ports for additional 400 dollars but modal choice depends entirely on your workflow. 200 dollars for RAM upgrade ONLY additional 8 GB RAM you will not see a major difference.

2022年2月19日 · Luke Miani made a video on this; his main point was they’re so perfectly balanced: with the Mac Mini you have more expandability on what screen keyboard and mouse you want, however your desk setup won’t look as clean as the iMac, and with the iMac you loose a lot of expandability, while gaining a better looking setup. td;dr buy what you want

2024年1月20日 · Benefits of the iMac? Pre-packaged full computer set up if you need it (mouse, keyboard, monitor, computer). But let's compare dollar to dollar, so let's build a Mac mini for the exact same price as that slightly upgraded iMac: Mac Mini, $ to $: Apple M2 Pro with 10‑core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine 32GB unified memory

2019年3月20日 · Here's my 2018 Mac Mini vs. 2019 21.5" iMac vs. 2019 27" iMac cost comparison (configured as I would want): View attachment 827491 To me, a 21.5" iMac is not a good value proposition vs. the Mac Mini. A 21.5" iMac vs. a 27" iMac is not a good value proposition - 27" wins.

2011年1月25日 · I had a 2013 imac, 2020 imac, 2017 Macbook pro 13 with touch bar, m1 mac mini. My current setup is m2 Macbook pro 13 touchbar with studio display, logitech mx keyboard and apple track pad and I use my 12.9 m2 ipad pro as a second screen.