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The new system includes Apple's new T2 security chip, and frankly this is one area where Apple's ability and willingness to build things that aren't quite PCs is a virtue.
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(Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.) There are four Thunderbolt 3 ports, one wired Ethernet port (usually gigabit, but optionally upgraded to 10 gigabit), an HDMI 2 port, two USB 3.1 generation 1 ports, and a 3.5mm headset jack. Instead of a range of hybrid and SSD options, the new Mac mini is all SSD, from 128GB to 2TB. This processor is paired with up to 64GB socketed, user-serviceable RAM. This machine boasts Coffee Lake processors, either a four-core, four-thread Core i3 base model or the six-core, 12-thread Core i7 chip as found in my review system. With the newest Mac mini, gone is the two-core, four-thread 28W Haswell processor with up to 16GB soldered RAM.
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I have owned a few MacBook Pros over the years, and there was a time a few years go where I was seriously considering giving up Windows and switching entirely to Mac OS X. For now, it suffices to know that if I were to get back into using macOS as my daily driver, the Mac mini is probably the machine I'd want to get. To set your minds at ease this isn't the first Mac I've used. Further Reading New MacBook Air, Mac mini hands-on: Making old favorites new again