| ▲ | ac29 3 hours ago | |
> a $500 Mac Mini has memory bandwidth that you just can’t get anywhere else for the price. The cheapest new mac mini is $600 on Apple's US store. And it has a 128-bit memory interface using LPDDR5X/7500, nothing exotic. The laptop I bought last year for <$500 has roughly the same memory speed and new machines are even faster. | ||
| ▲ | jsheard 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> The cheapest new mac mini is $600 on Apple's US store. And you're only getting 16GB at that base spec. It's $1000 for 32GB, or $2000 for 64GB plus the requisite SOC upgrade. > And it has a 128-bit memory interface using LPDDR5X/7500, nothing exotic. Yeah, 128-bit is table stakes and AMD is making 256-bit SOCs as well now. Apple's higher end Max/Ultra chips are the ones which stand out with their 512 and 1024-bit interfaces. Those have no direct competition. | ||