As always, reach out to us at if you have trouble seeing the exclusive deals. And generally it shows that I'm using up to about 24GB of RAM from running applications and have about 10GB to 20GB of RAM being used as cache. Plus, save 17 on AppleCare for the Mac mini. Apple BTO Mac Mini Desktop Computer, M1 Chip with 8-Core CPU and 8-Core GPU, 16GB Memory, 512GB SSD, Gigabit Ethernet, Late 2020. I also have an application on my Intel Mini called iStatistica Pro that shows my Mini's memory usage. Create Your Bundle and Save Up to 100 See details. Open source project built with prerelease Xcode 12.2 with Apple Clang 12.0.0, Ninja 1.10.0.git, and CMake 3.16.5.

However, I know the M1's unified memory is faster and I've heard that applications optimized for Apple Silicon use memory more efficiently, just like apps on iPhones and iPads do. Apple BTO Mac Mini Desktop Computer, M1 Chip with 8-Core CPU and 8-Core GPU, 16GB Memory, 256GB SSD, Gigabit Ethernet, Late 2020. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using preproduction Mac mini systems with Apple M1 chip, and production 3.6GHz quadcore Intel Core i3based Mac mini systems, all configured with 16GB of RAM and 2TB SSD. With up to 3x faster CPU performance, up to 6x faster graphics, a powerful Neural Engine with up to 15x faster machine learning capabilities and superfast unified memory all in an incredibly compact design. The only possible reason I can see for keeping my Intel Mini is that it has four times the amount of memory as the M1 Mini. The Apple M1 chip takes Mac mini, the most versatile, do-it-all Mac desktop, to a whole new level of performance. If I decide to sell, I want do it soon while the Intel Mini still has some value I fear fairly soon that its resale value will plummet. I'm very tempted to try selling my Intel Mini to then purchase the M1 Mini. However, now I'm regretting buying the computer after learning about how much more powerful and efficient the new Apple Silicon Mac Mini is. In April I bought a 6-core i7 Intel Mac Mini and upgraded the RAM to 64GB.

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