Testseek.co.uk have collected 92 expert reviews of the Apple Mac Mini - Mid 2010 MC438 and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Mac Mini - Mid 2010 MC438.
June 2010
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The editors liked
It's great that the new Mac mini offers a HDMI output. The new unibody casing and slimmer form factor is very welcome too
As is the in-built transformer.
Attractive
Tiny
And rock-solid aluminium
Unibody enclosure
Easy RAM upgrades
Improved graphics performance
HDMI output
Built-in SD-card reader.
Fantastic new unibody casing
Thinner form factor
Excellent integrated graphics processor
Built-in power brick
Can handle everything you’d use a slim desktop for
HDMI
Beautiful silver body
Compact design
HDMI socket
Much-improved graphics performance
Good software included
Muchimproved graphics performance
Small
Quiet
And doesn’t use a lot of power
CPU and RAM are enough to handle a solid load
Can boot from SD card
Can use the MacBook Air’s Optical Drive and USB Ethernet Adaptor.
Quality design and finish
Runs very quietly
Sufficient performance for office doc type work
Low energy consumption
The peerless Mac experience is what the Mac Mini is all about. OS X Snow Leopard is stunning and now comes with the killer Mac App Store for downloading add-ons without having to trawl the web. Firewire and four USB ports mean that connectivity is more than ample
While the 19.7.x19.7x3.6cm means you can hide this machine away easily
Saving stacks of space compared to some less than clever PC ri
Easy to deploy and manage
Quiet and energy efficient
Unlimited client licence
Unibody shell
Option to add RAM
Near silent. Attractive unibody design. Low profile
Sleek aluminium unibody chassis
HDMI video output makes it easy to connect an HDTV
SD card slot
Useraccessible RAM
Handles webbased HD video with no trouble
Bestinclass case design
Half-decent graphics capability
Design
Small footprint
Removable bottom
Tiny and very stylish
1TB of storage
Wired and wireless network interfaces
Integrated web
Email
Address book and calendaring servers
Wiki and blogging applications
Simple management
Unlimited user licence
The editors didn't like
We wish it was cheaper. It could use better media centre software too
And will Apple ever climb on the Blu-ray wagon?
SD-card slot inconveniently located
Higher price than previous entry-level model
Slow stock hard drive .
Only one standard configuration
Expensive
A little underpowered
Dated media centre software
No Blu-ray option
So can a lot of much cheaper rivals
Price bump not quite worth the benefits
Only 2GB memory
No monitor
Mouse or keyboard
Only one power supply
Only one ethernet port
No optical drive
Replacing drives somewhat tedious.
Connectors inaccessible
Comes with neither mouse nor keyboard
We would have preferred a Core i processor
Still no BluRay player on Macs
Expensive (not taken into account in our rating)
As ever with Apple
It’s the pricing that really sticks in the craw. At £612 for the “cheap” version
It’s hard to justify. There are small-scale PCs that offer similar specs at a much lower price. You really have to want to buy into Apple’s ecosystem too
Because this is a gadget that is much about kudos as it is about the tech inside.
No DVD reader
Dodgy disc loader
Ports are a tad impractical
Pricey. Old CPU. No Blu-ray
Puny storage capacity for the price
No Bluray option
Limited user upgrade options
Pricey
Price
SD card slot on the back
Limited upgrade options
USB port can't be used for backup
No eSATA expansion
More complex tasks can't be accomplished using base management utilities
Depending on what you do, and what benchmarks matter to you, this machine could either be a colossal failure or worth the extra cost if you're shopping for a new Mac Pro. Twelve cores may not always put up a good showing for efficiency, but this is th...
Small, efficient and quiet, unlimited user licence, user upgradeable RAM, cross-platform file sharing, bundled email, address book, calendaring and web servers, wiki and blogging tools
Limited expansion options, no eSATA interface for external storage, old-fashioned webmail client
One obvious difference, however, is the lack of a DVD slot. Apple has ditched the optical drive to enable a second hard disk to be fitted inside. There are other differences on the inside too, starting with the Intel Core 2 Duo processor which gets twe...
Great performance for the value. Easy-access RAM slots for a maximum of 8GB. HDMI out.
Inconveniently located SD card slot and USB ports. Hard drive isn’t upgradeable.
The new Mac mini’s strong consumer-level performance, beautiful design, and good value make it a tempting choice, especially if you find the iMacs’ and MacBooks’ standard screens far too glossy. If replacing the hard drive were an Apple-approved upgra...
Abstract: With the Apple Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server ($999 list), the sort of flawless design and ease of use we've learned to expect from Apple comes to a space that usually offers neither: the server market. Apple's home/SMB server is strong on looks and...
Setup in as little as 10 steps. Faster processor and more memory than the Mac mini client. Lots of storage for SMBs or a home network. New features add to the ultra-easy Mac experience. Powerful command-line option for advanced tasks and management.
Tricky Active Directory integration. Not for heavy-work-load environments.
One of the most aesthetically beautiful business servers we've ever seen, this tiny, peppy machine makes for a quiet desktop server that's perfect for light-duty home and SMB server tasks. Buy it now...
Published: 2010-06-24, Author: Dan , review by: techworld.com
The Mac mini remains an impressive feat of hardware engineering and design, fitting decent computing power and a solid set of features in a tiny package. And apart from the slow stock hard drive, there's not much to complain about with the latest mode...
SD-card slot inconveniently located, Higher price than previous entry-level model, Slow stock hard drive
The Mac mini remains an impressive feat of hardware engineering and design, fitting decent computing power and a solid set of features in a tiny package. And apart from the slow stock hard drive, there’s not much to complain about with the latest mode...
Published: 2010-06-18, Author: Vincent , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: Apple’s Mac mini was always the compact computer with a few frustrations. Perfectly scaled for doing duty as your HTPC, the absence of a native HDMI port meant hooking the Mac mini up in your living room was never quite as easy as we’d like to expect f...
HDMI portSleek, attractive design fits anywhereLow power consumption
No Blu-ray optionsOn your own for home theater supportExpensive
Apple tells us its goal with the Mac mini was to make a small, flexible computer that would fit into whatever environment people wanted it to go -- the company seems quite chuffed with the number of people who put minis into cars, for example. By that mea...
