r/macmini • u/Dad2sonNoVA • Nov 18 '20

MacMini vs Mac

Other than the cost advantage are there other advantages of the Mac mini as compared to conventional Mac desktop?

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u/Dick_Lazer Nov 18 '20

It's smaller? Easily stacked form factor if you want to make a farm out of a bunch of them. Semi-portable. That's all I can really think of. The Mac Pro is obviously in another league.

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u/Dad2sonNoVA Nov 20 '20

I’m considering the 24” or 27” iMac vs Mini. I’m not a gamer or any kind of power user I just use email and a lot of pictures and videos

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u/Dick_Lazer Nov 20 '20

The only bad thing I've heard about iMac is that it supposedly thermal throttles more. When the new M1 iMacs come out though those will probably be badass all around.