Review: Mac Mini (2012) for Graphic Design, Photo Editing & Video Editing. Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on November 10, 2012. For Photoshop users, you can add RAM to the point where you don't even need the scratch disk. The Mac Mini today has a good performance over price ratio. The Mac mini was overdue, in a big way, for a sprucing-up, and we're actually surprised Apple didn't get a little more radical with it. The outer design is mostly unchanged, and the teardown was.

There's roughly two parts to this Mac Mini review. First part looks at the specifications and the second at how it performs in the real world with regards to creating graphics, photo editing and video editing. Configuration Apple's 2012 release of Mac Mini comes in three configurations: • • 4GB memory • 500GB hard drive • Intel HD Graphics 4000 • OS X Mountain Lion • • 4GB memory • 1TB hard drive • Intel HD Graphics 4000 • OS X Mountain Lion • • 4GB memory • Two 1TB hard drives • Intel HD Graphics 4000 • OS X Mountain Lion • OS X Server I bought the middle configuration but customised it with a 2.6Ghz quad-core and 1TB Fusion Drive. The set I'm buying is for mainly for photo and video editing, stuff that I do at home.

Since I create graphics for newspaper, I'll also comment on its ability to perform under daily deadlines. I'm not really interested in numbers so you won't see much benchmarking - go to or for those. I'm only interested in how predictable the computer is. Whether under stress will it start to show strange things, such as screen redraws, inability to switch from one app to another, missing palettes in software, inability to save files, inability to launch apps. I've an office computer (WinXP) with better specs than the Mac Mini but shows all those problems. Customisation of the Mac Mini is only available from the Apple store online. Other retail or online stores are selling only standard configurations.

The (non-exclusive) advantage of the Mac Mini is of course the ability to pair it up with your own display. Apple displays and that from the iMac are brilliant, but not excellent. Torrent for mac software. If you work for print, and require colour accuracy for reproduction, you have to get a non-glossy screen. If you don't need that level of control over colours, the iMac might be a better buy. Personally, I prefer non-glossy screens. I can't even stand the gloss on my iPad. If you're putting your computer facing light source or windows, there will be gloss.

Processor The base model has a dual-core, the middle and server editions both quad-cores. Not all applications take advantage of the multi-core. So depending on what you do, you might not spend more on the extra processing power. Some applications that use multi-core: Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere Pro Some applications that do not support multi-core: Sketchup, iLife (includes iMovie, iPhoto, etc). If you're looking at the Mac Mini for entertainment, e.g. Watching shows on your HDTV, a dual-core model is sufficient. For computing needs and production work that requires rendering, I would recommend the quad-core.

The quad-core starts at 2.3Ghz and is really fast. You can also upgrade it to 2.6Ghz but I'll only recommend it if you work more on videos. So far from my usage, I found out that the processors have maximised usage during initial runs — that would be 100% for software that can use quad-core. Once the processor starts to heat up, the CPU usage drops. So even if you have upgraded to 2.6Ghz, you might not get 2.6Ghz worth of processing power.

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I've noticed that this pattern during my photo batch exports and video renders. Hard Drive and Fusion Drive The default hard drives are 5400RPM, but you can configure them to either a Solid State Drive (SSD) or the new Fusion Drive. Both the SSD and Fusion Drive are noticeably and significantly faster than default hard drives. Traditionally speaking, the hard drive has been and still is the bottleneck of computing systems.