Update to Office Mac Mini systems
Update to Office Mac Mini systems
I am looking for general office update info. I am the only user of these systems
Currently I have 2 Mac mini (late 2012 & late 2014) both running macOS Mojave
Late 2014 has 2 non-4k displays from earlier Windows PCs & 8Gb RAM
Late 2012 has 1 non-4k display from earlier Windows PC & 8Gb RAM
Each has Acronis backup to local 2TB HD and Apple Time Machine Backup
My computer work is > 95% working with text documents (Pages, Word) and email.
Image work is limited to infrequent iPhone image touchup with Affinity Photo + output to SmugMug.
Swift Publisher is also used to enhance document layout.
My thought is to have 1 Mac Mini with more than 8Gb RAM [16 Gb?) and using all 3 displays for multitasking Pages/Word/etc. documents. I am looking for faster response time to input which is currently *very* slow to activate. System startup time is minutes…
Seems a 2018 Mac Mini has considerably more processing power than I need
I would appreciate Mac Mini model (Year) and Memory (RAM) recommendations.
I am looking for general office update info. I am the only user of these systems
Currently I have 2 Mac mini (late 2012 & late 2014) both running macOS Mojave
Late 2014 has 2 non-4k displays from earlier Windows PCs & 8Gb RAM
Late 2012 has 1 non-4k display from earlier Windows PC & 8Gb RAM
Each has Acronis backup to local 2TB HD and Apple Time Machine Backup
My computer work is > 95% working with text documents (Pages, Word) and email.
Image work is limited to infrequent iPhone image touchup with Affinity Photo + output to SmugMug.
Swift Publisher is also used to enhance document layout.
My thought is to have 1 Mac Mini with more than 8Gb RAM [16 Gb?) and using all 3 displays for multitasking Pages/Word/etc. documents. I am looking for faster response time to input which is currently *very* slow to activate. System startup time is minutes…
Seems a 2018 Mac Mini has considerably more processing power than I need
I would appreciate Mac Mini model (Year) and Memory (RAM) recommendations.
1. Your Mac Minis shouldn't be that slow. You would probably rectify that by restoring them to factory settings.
2. Both of your Mac Minis are easily upgradeable to at least 16GB RAM, and it's almost as easy to install SSDs. They'd fly.
3. If you buy the latest Mac Mini you have to deal with Thunderbolt 3/USB-C connections. You could (as I do with my new MacBook Air) use the Apple supplied LG Thunderbolt displays, and I think you can "daisy chain" 3 of them, but it would be expensive.
2. Both of your Mac Minis are easily upgradeable to at least 16GB RAM, and it's almost as easy to install SSDs. They'd fly.
3. If you buy the latest Mac Mini you have to deal with Thunderbolt 3/USB-C connections. You could (as I do with my new MacBook Air) use the Apple supplied LG Thunderbolt displays, and I think you can "daisy chain" 3 of them, but it would be expensive.
If you wish to connect three conventional displays to one Mini it gets messy; as you can see in this video:
https://youtu.be/dxHgY67q9uA
https://youtu.be/dxHgY67q9uA
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Thanks for good ideas - much to work on.
You're welcome.
Especially with Mac Minis, both Apple refurbished + Craigslist provide some great deals.
Good luck!
Good luck!
If you prefer an older Mac Mini, you can search Craigslist or likely can find many on the Apple site under their refurbished section.