- #LATE 2012 MAC MINI VS 2011 MAC MINI GEEBENCH UPGRADE#
- #LATE 2012 MAC MINI VS 2011 MAC MINI GEEBENCH PRO#
- #LATE 2012 MAC MINI VS 2011 MAC MINI GEEBENCH OFFLINE#
#LATE 2012 MAC MINI VS 2011 MAC MINI GEEBENCH PRO#
My original plan was to keep going with the Mac Pro for another year and hope that new models appear with ARM processors, which are almost certainly coming.
#LATE 2012 MAC MINI VS 2011 MAC MINI GEEBENCH OFFLINE#
At that point it is only safe for offline tasks, assuming you wish to keep it rather than sell it now. The best case scenario for a 2012 mini is another two years of online usage before Apple stops releasing security patches.
#LATE 2012 MAC MINI VS 2011 MAC MINI GEEBENCH UPGRADE#
I purchased a Tecknet cooling pad to place underneath, having done the same thing for my daughter's MBP where it made a huge difference and that laptop can now be used like a desktop computer without having the fans race under heavy load.Ĭhances are that the 2012 mini will not be eligible for an upgrade beyond Catalina, just as my Mac Pro cannot be upgraded beyond Mojave and even that required a new Metal enabled graphics card to upgrade from High Sierra. The new mini i7 probably runs hotter than the 2012 model, however they have improved the ventilation. Contrast that to the old iMacs with their heat problems that had regular drive failures and burned displays. I find that encouraging, since there is a slight sense of "downgrading" when migrating from a Mac Pro, irrespective of the raw performance figures.Īn Apple technician told me last year that the secret of longevity for the Mac Pro was the superb ventilation and easily being able to keep the insides relatively free of dust. The great surprise for me is that a lot of users have clearly been able to use the mini as a daily workhorse for many years, so evidently they are not badly made with obvious design flaws. That also makes a significant contribution to keeping my Macs "lean, mean, and clean".
So, I definitely have plenty of free space. The Mac Mini has a 256 gig SSD, and my Mac Book Air has a 252 gig SSD. Right now, both of my macs are only "consuming" about 85 gig of space on the internal SSDs. I do not need, 2) I use Onyx once a week to do some maintenance, 3) I also run Tech Tool Pro to do even more maintenance (plus any repairs), and 4) I use SuperDuper! to make 2 backups for each of my Macs to separate external SSDs. By that I mean 1) I immediately get rid of files, folders, EMails, etc. However, I always keep all my machines "lean, mean, and clean". I also keep my machines clean externally, but have never really done anything to clean the inside. I noticed the SSD upgrade the most, but having he extra Ram was comforting. I did upgrade to a 256 gig Samsung 840 Pro SSD after only 4 months of use, and upgraded the Ram to 8 gig about 5 years later. The late 2012 Mac Mini I had ran flawlessly for the more than 7 years I owned it. Click to expand.I tend to keep my machines for a long time.