After two
years, Apple last week
announced
the refreshed Mac mini, alongside the
new iPad
and
iMac
models at an event in California. Those who had been waiting for Apple
to unveil the new Mac mini were ecstatic, however, much of that
excitement may die down after a teardown revealed the decisions Apple
had taken about the innards of the small form factor PC.
Repair
and teardown specialist iFixit on Monday
published
a full teardown of the new Mac mini revealing that Apple has soldered
two components to the PC's logic board, ensuring that users are not able
to replace them themselves. iFixit tore down the Mac mini 1.4GHz Core
i5 and 4GB of RAM variant, and found that Apple had soldered the
Samsung-made 1600MHz LPDDR3 RAM into its slot, unlike the previous
model, as well as the dual-core Intel i5 4260U processor.
While
user replacement of components is not extremely common, there are plenty
of users out there that look to upgrade a machine when it reaches
further along in its lifespan, and some replace the components on day
one to save money on higher-specification models, whilst others just
replace failed components themselves after the machine goes out of
warranty. The fact that Apple has soldered the CPU into place will not
really trouble most users, as CPU replacement is relatively rare, though
the RAM being soldered into its slot will certainly affect more people
who were hoping to upgrade the 2014 Mac mini themselves.
The
iFixit team, which also rates the devices based on ease of repairability
and other factors, suggest that the new Mac mini is more difficult to
repair than the previous models. The team has given it a repairability
score of 6 out of 10, which is notably lower than the previous Mac mini
(2012), which had a score of 8 out of 10. It further notes that while
the repairing of new Mac mini is little difficult than previous model,
its "disassembly is straight-forward and simple" if the proper tools are
used.
The new Mac mini comes in three models and is expected to
be available via select authorised resellers in India this week. The new
Mac mini model at Rs. 36,990 comes with a dual-core Intel Core i5 CPU
running at 1.4GHz with a Turbo Boost speed of up to 2.7GHz and
integrated Intel HD Graphics 5000. It features 4GB of RAM and a 500GB
5,400rpm hard drive.
Another model, priced at Rs. 49,990, comes
with a dual-core Intel Core i5 running at 2.6GHz with a Turbo Boost
speed of up to 3.1GHz. This model has a 1TB Fusion Drive standard and
ships with 8GB of RAM and Intel Iris graphics.
Lastly, the
highest-priced model comes in at Rs. 69,990 and boasts of a 2.8GHz
dual-core Intel Core i5 CPU with a maximum Turbo Boost speed of 3.3GHz,
1TB Fusion Drive, 16GB of RAM and Intel Iris graphics.
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