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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.
Award: Recommended June 2010
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

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  Published: 2010-07-29, review by: firstpost.com

  • Fantastic looks, Great Design, Good Performance
  • Loses out on price-performance ratio
  • PerformanceIn terms of design and form factor, PCs that come closest to this one are nettops, but the same cannot be said about performance. Be it for video editing, audio encoding, processing images using design suites, or for casual multimedia, the p...

 
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  Published: 2010-07-27, review by: pcworld.in

  • Tiny, compact body, Unibody aluminum exterior, Easy RAM upgrades, HDMI output, Builtin SD Card reader
  • Higher price than previous entry level model, Just 2GB of RAM in the base model
  • The new Apple Mac mini (mid 2010) sells for a price of Rs. 44,900 -- priced higher than previous entry level Mac mini model. It packs in better, improved internal hardware compared to the older Mac minis and sports a slimmer unibody aluminum shell. It...

 
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  Published: 2010-06-22, Author: Rich , review by: asia.cnet.com

  • Sleek, living room-ready aluminum chassis; HDMI video output makes it easy to connect an HDTV; SD card slot; user-accessible RAM; handles Web-based HD video with no trouble; best-in-class case design.
  • Puny storage capacity for its price; no Blu-ray hurts in a pricier living room system like this.

 
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  Published: 2010-08-13, review by: Lesnumeriques.com

  • Encombrement minimal, Design et finition de qualité, Silence de fonctionnement, Performances suffisantes pour la bureautique, Faible consommation électrique
  • Connectique peu accessible, Fourni sans clavier ni souris, On aurait préféré un processeur Core i, Toujours pas de lecteur Blu-Ray sur Mac, Prix élevé (non pris en compte dans la notation)
  • Toujours plus compact, le Mac Mini en version 2010 se veut toujours plus discret et ne manque pas d'atouts. Cependant, malgré des performances satisfaisantes, on regrette l'absence de processeurs Intel Core i et le sacrifice de l'accessibilité au profi...

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  Published: 2010-07-26, review by: clubic.com

  • Design irréprochable, Transformateur intégré, HDMI, lecteur de carte SD, Performances 3D améliorées
  • Prix prohibitif, Évolutions techniques trop timides
  • Plusieurs points essentiels se dégagent de cette nouvelle édition 2010 du Mac mini. Le premier n'échappera à personne: Apple a revu le design de son petit ordinateur de bureau.On aime ou on n'aime pas, mais dans l'ensemble, le lifting est plutôt réussi...

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  Published: 2010-07-12, review by: 01net.com

  • Le design,  L'accès à la Ram facilité,  A priori plus silencieux et économe en énergie,  La prise HDMI enfin intégrée,  Le lecteur de carte SD
  • Le prix revu nettement à la hausse,  L'absence d'eSata

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  Published: 2010-06-28, review by: macworld.fr

  • Châssis en aluminium compact, Alimentation intégrée, Performances graphiques améliorées, Sortie HDMI, Lecteur de cartes mémoire SD, Accès à la mémoire vive
  • Emplacement du lecteur SD, Prix élevé, Performances du disque dur
  • Le Mac mini reste une belle démonstration de conception industrielle et d'intégration, en offrant les performances et les caractéristiques d'un véritable ordinateur dans un boitier extrêmement compact. À l'exception du disque dur d'origine relativemen...

 
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  Published: 2010-06-22, review by: macgeneration.com

  • Le nouveau design, L'accès facilité aux barrettes mémoire, Le port HDMI, Le lecteur SD.
  • La hausse de prix, La disparition d'un port USB, La dotation mémoire en standard de seulement 2 Go.

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  Published: 2010-08-26, review by: magnus.de

  • Der neue Mac mini gefällt durch sein schickes Design und die für einen Rechner...

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  Published: 2010-08-02, review by: cyberbloc.de

  • Als Apple damals im Jahr 2006 mit dem Intel Mac mini warb, dass dies der ideale PC zum Dual-Betrieb mit dem Microsoft-Betriebssystem wäre, habe ich kurzerhand den Switch vollzogen und bin für knapp etwas über 600 Euro von DELL zum Macintosh gewechselt....

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