SupremeFist
Senior Member
So my current machine is a relatively lowly 2017 Macbook Pro with dual 3.1Ghz i5 and 16Gb RAM. It's quite capable for my current (smallish) projects except that it struggles sometimes with realtime playing of heavy VIs like Heavyocity's Ascend or NI's Straylight. So I'm looking at an upgrade…
I'm not interested in PCs because I'm happy with Logic. I've ruled out the 16" Macbook Pro and iMacs because I'm allergic to fan noise/electronic whining, and the new Mac Pro is too much right now. So a Mac Mini it is. Of course we'd all like Apple to put an i9 in there but there's no way of knowing when/if they'll do so. The current i7 would get me nearly three times the multicore performance of my mbP but "only" a 35% improvement in single-core speed. So my question to people already using the 2018 i7 mini is: do you feel like this is a machine that will serve you well for, say, 3-5 years from now?
Thanks for any advice!
I'm not interested in PCs because I'm happy with Logic. I've ruled out the 16" Macbook Pro and iMacs because I'm allergic to fan noise/electronic whining, and the new Mac Pro is too much right now. So a Mac Mini it is. Of course we'd all like Apple to put an i9 in there but there's no way of knowing when/if they'll do so. The current i7 would get me nearly three times the multicore performance of my mbP but "only" a 35% improvement in single-core speed. So my question to people already using the 2018 i7 mini is: do you feel like this is a machine that will serve you well for, say, 3-5 years from now?
Thanks for any advice!