Testseek.com have collected 92 expert reviews of the Apple Mac Mini - Mid 2010 MC438 and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Mac Mini - Mid 2010 MC438.
June 2010
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The editors liked
Extremely compact
Brilliant design and packaging
Silent operation
Low power consumption
HDMI-out
SDXC card slot
Adequately powerful hardware for general and home theater usage
Fantastic looks
Great Design
Good Performance
Setup in as little as 10 steps
Faster processor and more memory than the Mac mini client
Lots of storage for SMBs or a home network
New features add to the ultra-easy Mac experience
Powerful command-line option for advanced tasks and management
Sleek
Living room-ready aluminum chassis
HDMI video output makes it easy to connect an HDTV
SD card slot
User-accessible RAM
Handles Web-based HD video with no trouble
Best-in-class case design.
Tiny
Compact body
Unibody aluminum exterior
Easy RAM upgrades
HDMI output
Builtin SD Card reader
The editors didn't like
Only 2GB of RAM
Hard drive not user replaceable
No Blu-ray drive
All the ports are located on the back and are difficult to reach
Bit expensive
Loses out on price-performance ratio
Tricky Active Directory integration
Not for heavy-work-load environments
Puny storage capacity for its price
No Blu-ray hurts in a pricier living room system like this.
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Small, Quality design and finish, Runs very quietly, Sufficient performance for office doc type work, Low energy consumption
Connectors inaccessible, Comes with neither mouse nor keyboard, We would have preferred a Core i processor, Still no BluRay player on Macs, Expensive (not taken into account in our rating)
Ever more compact, the Mac Mini 2010 version is also quieter than before and has plenty up its sleeve. Nevertheless, in spite of satisfactory performance levels, we do regret the fact that Apple didn't go for an Intel Core i processor. It's also unfort...
Depending on what you do, and what benchmarks matter to you, this machine could either be a colossal failure or worth the extra cost if you're shopping for a new Mac Pro. Twelve cores may not always put up a good showing for efficiency, but this is th...
Small, efficient and quiet, unlimited user licence, user upgradeable RAM, cross-platform file sharing, bundled email, address book, calendaring and web servers, wiki and blogging tools
Limited expansion options, no eSATA interface for external storage, old-fashioned webmail client
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Great performance for the value. Easy-access RAM slots for a maximum of 8GB. HDMI out.
Inconveniently located SD card slot and USB ports. Hard drive isn’t upgradeable.
The new Mac mini’s strong consumer-level performance, beautiful design, and good value make it a tempting choice, especially if you find the iMacs’ and MacBooks’ standard screens far too glossy. If replacing the hard drive were an Apple-approved upgra...
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