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Like media editing stuff has been around for decades, and if you're not working on the latest highest resolution/complexity stuff, you don't need the latest fastest machines. Little thing about power first, computers in general have been fast enough for a lot of stuff for a while, power requirements depend on what you're working on specifically. ItвЂ™s a little slow on the startup (HD) but after that no issues and I think it will be good to go for years to come. So far 3 months in IвЂ™m happy as while a base Mini now is probably faster it would have been $200 more and mine runs everything I need it for just fine.

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I looked at the refurbs from Apple and bought a mid level Mini with 8gb of Ram and a 1TB HD figuring I could just upgrade the HD in a year and use it as a Time Machine.

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I looked into the Mini again and was hearing about an update but knew it was going to up in price again. This last summer my desk tops video cars started going out and if I wanted to really fix the machine it would be a total refresh as all the parts were going on the 7-8 year old range.

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I built my last machine in about 2010 and since then the house has been struck by lightning 2x and even with surge protection things have taken a beating.ДЄs my windows machine slowly died, I started using a used MBP that I picked up a few years ago more and more, mostly as I wanted to learn the OS vs turning on the desktop and since I was now vested in the ecosystem and not into games I started looking at a Mini.ДЄt the time I was hoping for a refresh as I heard poor reviews about the base Mini so I held off. All through the 2000s I played a few games and built my own machines and it was a hobby vs actually needing anything in particular.

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You'll probably want to upgrade it, by purchasing Snow Leopard for $30.ДЇor less than $500, including wireless keyboard and mouse this used Mac mini was a powerful, but economical, solution to my computing needs.Bought it mostly because my current MacBook 12' (early 2016) has a single USB-C port and so:ДЎ) it cannot drive two external monitors (need 1 in Portrait 2160x3840 and other in Landscape 2560x1440)Дў) cannot shoot my camera in tethered mode (uses one USB-C port) with instant image preview on the external monitor (another USB-C port).ДЈ) constantly need to unplug that single external monitor whenever I need to read RAW pictures from my camera's memory card (using SanDisk's ExtremePro SDXC UHS-II card reader).Д¤) 1,1 GHz Intel Core m3 and 8 GB 1867 MHz LPDDR3 are short for a fast feedback rendering response whenever I adjust/change image settings (exposure, contrast, sharpness, saturation, shading, highlights, etc) or apply mask/filter layering in my imaging developer workflow using CaptureOne RAW image editing software (my main usage of my Mac besides Web browsing)ДЎ) add a second 27' BenQ, 4K Monitor SW271 to my current/only 27' 2K DELL S2718D monitorДЈ) add 2TB-4TB external Thunderbolt-3 SSD storageД¤) external eGPU if I ever get into 4K video (now that I have a 4K capable camera, monitor and PC) This mac was originally sold with System 10 Leopard. Ful l retail versions should come with iLife 09. The 2009 2 GHz also comes with the fast NIVIDIA graphics card, an internal airport card (so it's ready to hook up to a wireless network). It also has a headphone and microphone jack. It's small, but has everything you need, 5 USB ports, a Firewire 800 port, Ethernet and a couple of monitor ports (this mini comes with adapters so you can hook it up to any relatively modern VGA monitor. This 2009 mac mini is a powerful little machine that can run the latest Apple system, because it has the Intel Core 2 Duo processor. I purchased a large monitor for around $100 to hook up to this computer, so the fact that it had a great graphics card and the proper VGA adapter was key.

I bought this used 2009 Mac mini to replace my daughter's old Apple computer, and provide a work station for my intern. 2009 Mac Mini is an excellent value and a powerful computer

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