Apple today announced that it is doubling
the storage on the Mac mini. The computer now comes with 256GB for the base US$ 799 configuration while the US$ 1,099 model comes with 512GB. And that's
basically it.
To say that Apple announced this would be
a bit of an understatement. The news about the Mac mini was basically a
footnote to the MacBook Air announcement. And that makes sense, when you
consider there's not much here to talk about.
But the fact that even in 2020, the Mac
mini still comes with outdated eight-generation Intel chips with 8GB of memory
is laughable and the doubling of storage does nothing to salvage that
situation. The previous generation Mac mini (2014) got a reputation for
basically being forgotten until Apple finally updated it after four years.
The 2018 model seems to be going down the
same road and again, today's update does little to change that. The Mac mini
used to be the affordable Mac that offered decent performance in a compact
size. But now it has become the poster child for the 'overprized, outdated
hardware' image that desktop Macs have acquired.
