Flagship Mac mini configuration will set you back $4,199

Apple’s novel Mac mini packs a lot of punch for its base of operations cost of $799, but configuring the estimator amongst additional RAM, faster chips in addition to to a greater extent than storage rapidly escalates the price.

Apple’s close affordable Mac starts at $799 in addition to is available inwards 2 flavors.

The baseline $799 configuration includes Intel’s 3.6GHz quad-core Core i3 processor, 128GB of all-flash storage, 8 gigs of 2666MHz DDR4 retentiveness in addition to integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630.

The pricier configuration at $1,099 gives y'all twice the flash storage (256GB) in addition to swaps the Intel processor for a faster Intel Core i5 chip clocked at 3.0GHz amongst Turbo Boost upward to 4.1GHz in addition to featuring 6 processing cores instead of four.

Apple’s online store offers the next upgrades for the $1,099 model:

• CPU
  
  
  
  • +$200: 3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost upward to 4.6GHz)
  
  
  
  


• RAM
  
  
  
  • +$200: 16GB 2666MHz DDR4
  
  
  • +$600: 32GB 2666MHz DDR4
  
  
  • +$1,400: 64GB 2666MHz DDR4
  
  
  
  


• SSD
  
  
  
  • +$200: 512GB SSD storage
  
  
  • +$600: 1TB SSD storage
  
  
  • +$1,400: 2TB SSD storage
  
  
  
  


• Ethernet

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  • +$100: 10 Gigabit Ethernet
  
  
  
  

Maxing out the CPU, RAM in addition to flash storage gets y'all a Mac mini amongst a faster 3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 processor amongst Turbo Boost upward to 4.6GHz, 64 gigs of RAM, a crazy 2 terabytes of all-flash storage in addition to an Nbase-T 10 Gigabit Ethernet port for fast networking amongst back upward for 1Gb, 2.5Gb, 5Gb in addition to 10Gb Ethernet using the RJ‑45 connector.

That’s a whopping $4,199 inwards total.

The cost goes farther upward if you’d similar to accept your mini delivered amongst pre-installed Apple apps—Final Cut Pro X ($300) in addition to Logic Pro X ($200)—resulting inwards a $4,700 system.

Of course, you’d hold upward foolish to purchase RAM from Apple in addition to prices of SSD storage notwithstanding haven’t dropped plenty to justify burning $600 on a 1TB SSD disk (assuming third-party SSD in addition to CPU upgrades are possible inwards the starting fourth dimension place). If anything, the relatively high cost of build-to-order options reflects the fact that Apple is putting no-compromise parts inwards the novel minis, non the mobile chips, miserable graphics in addition to traditional difficult drives flora inwards older models.

Like before, the novel Mac mini is a BYOKDM purchase, pregnant you’ll require to convey your ain keyboard, display in addition to mouse inwards club to purpose the estimator out of the box.

Pre-order your 2018 Mac mini today ahead of Nov vii launch.

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