<p>I am having to use all my will power not to order a laptop and wait for the Mac Mini (though I tend to use it only at my desk, a laptop does have it’s own built in UPS :o)… The config I am looking for when I buy a computer (be it a Mac Mini or 14" laptop) is: 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, M1Max 10/32 core GPU… so close to maxed, but not quite ($4,099 if laptop, probably around $3,000 for a Mac Mini in 6 months). I wonder how much I can get for the graphics card (Vega 64GB, 8GB RAM) 😮 </p>
<p>I ended up ordering the configuration I mentioned (64GB, 2TB SSD, M1 Max 32 Core GPU)… it is scheduled to be delivered in 5 days… so the clock will start ticking on making sure it is what I want… (2 weeks no questions asked return policy). [It must have just gone on sale here, with locally allocated stock]</p>
<p>A Mac mini maxed out is only $2300, and that’s with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro ($500).</p><p><br></p><p>I replaced my iMac i5-4570 with an M1 iMac and it is sooo much faster. Though my old one was an 8 year old machine, it’s still a wonderful jump.</p><p><br></p><p>but I’m using US$. Your dollar may vary.</p>
<p>A maxed out space-gray Mac Mini (which is what the new MacBook Pro based Mac Mini would be) costs $2899USD or $2999 with 10GB ethernet (which is why my space gray one is)… in THB or even CAD Pesos… it is much more than that. (64GB, 2TB, 10GB Ethernet). [and that is with IRIS graphics]… the keyboard, monitor, battery, laptop enclosure are not free.</p>
<p>Have a US friend buy it and open it and put it in a computer bag. They lose it at your house when they come to visit. </p><p><br></p><p>Hours will seem like days, by the book. </p>