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While it wasn't quite as fast as the NUC (5:02), the ThinkCentre (4:31) or its iMac cousin (3:49), the mini edged out our 6:26 all-in-one PC average. The Mac mini performed almost identically to Apple's 2014 iMac all-in-one (5,464), which packs the same processor as the mini but with 8GB of RAM.Īpple's mini computer had little trouble with our spreadsheet test, matching 20,000 names to their addresses in 6 minutes and 17 seconds. This score is lower than the Intel NUC's 6,039, (1.6-GHz, 5th-gen Core i5, 8GB of RAM), the ThinkCentre M83's 8,522 (2-GHz Core i5-4590T, 8GB of RAM) and the 7,013 all-in-one PC average. The Mac mini scored 5,443 on the Geekbench 3 test, which measures a machine's overall performance. When playing around in GarageBand while simultaneously streaming HD video from Netflix and YouTube, I didn't experience a hint of slowdown.
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Packing a 4th-generation, 1.4-GHz Intel Core i5 processor and 4GB of RAM, our Mac mini handled basic entertainment and productivity tasks with ease. However, while its rear-facing ports help maintain the sleek computer's seamless design, they sacrifice some convenience I would have preferred to have access to a headphone slot and at least one USB port in the front. The Mac mini's port selection includes everything you'd expect from a modern PC, and the Thunderbolt 2 connections add some welcome productivity options. Of course, I'll need a Mac that'll drive 4K, which my current MBP won't.(Image credit: Jeremy Lips / Tom's Guide) 4K seems more helpful to me than wide-gamut.
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When my PA271 croaks, I'll probably replace it with an NEC EA275UHD-SV, which is a new 27" sRGB IPS 4K Spectraview display for $949. I make and exhibit fine-art prints once in a while and could get by just fine with any decent calibrated IPS display. The difference is visible to me only when I'm working on images with extremely saturated colors, and even then it's not something I particularly notice. I mean, I'm glad to have it, but I could be perfectly happy without it. Unless you're doing pretty color-critical work, wide-gamut may not be much of a benefit for you. It won't render neutrals quite as well (NEC/Spectraview beats most everything else on this), but should give you good print matching nonetheless.
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If all this is too pricey, I'd look next at a Dell LED-backlit IPS sRGB display and the Xrite i1 Display Pro.
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And, if you don't need to calibrate any other displays, you can save a bit more by getting the EA274 with Spectraview software & hardware package for $885 total. If you want to save some money, NEC's narrow-gamut EA274 is $725. This package is the ne plus ultra of color accuracy. With the PA, P and some EA series NEC displays, though, Spectraview does a much better job than Xrite's software. The Xrite comes with its own software which you can use for calibrating other displays (laptop, etc.).
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If you're feeling "enthusiast"ic, I'd recommend a wide-gamut NEC PA272 ($999) with NEC's Spectraview calibration software ($99) and an Xrite i1 Display Pro calibrator ($249). Since nobody's mentioned it yet, I'll point out that good calibration software and hardware is key to getting good color and contrast, even more important than the particular display model where modern IPS displays are concerned. I run a wide-gamut NEC PA271 on my 2012 13" MBP. So, no 4K with your mini, but a standard-res 27" is no prob.
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Can I buy a wide gamut monitor like the dell u2713h or asus pa279q without any problems?Do the Intel graphics card drive it or not at full colors?ĪFAIK, pretty much any Mac will drive a wide-gamut display of the appropriate resolution. Upon checking the post again, I see that what he wrote was that the monitor was "useless" he then made a reference to maybe not getting a wide gamut monitor.Įxact. I don't know if this is what the OP was referring to when he wrote that the Asus monitor was incompatible with the Mac Mini.