Apple Mac mini (Late 2018) Core i7 3.2GHz 6-core 8th Gen, 32GB RAM, 128GB PCIe SSD, Wi-Fi + Bluetooth, MacOS Mojave 10.14.1 - Space Gray

Let me first start out by saying that this is a good desktop. It is outdated, but anything that can run macOS and is new at $340 is truly a miracle these days. I bought this desktop to use as a normal internet browsing/productivity computer to use with a desktop monitor or connected to my TV. The reason I chose this over just another Windows mini PC is because the Mac experience. When using this computer, the OS is snappy, it hasn’t crashed on me once, I haven’t even heard a fan once, the graphics/visuals are very nice, there is TONS of RAM, and the Intel i7, even though it is a little old, is a very reliable and sturdy CPU. Another amazing benefit of this computer is how sturdy the build quality is and how small the actual desktop is. Everything in the description matches the product I got, but the OS was a slightly newer Monterey instead of the Mojave. About the specs: this Mac Mini from late 2018 has an older 8th generation Intel Core i7 which feature 6 all-performance cores and is almost equivalent performance-wise to the latest Intel desktop i3 (except for in single core applications). It also has a massive amount of RAM at 32GB, it isn’t very fast RAM for DDR4 as of 2024, but again it is an older computer. It has a small 128GB of SSD storage which is disappointing to be honest, but you can add more storage to it with a external drive or a dock with a drive slot inside of it (just search on Amazon “Mac Mini Dock” and you’ll see). In terms of ports, it has 4 usb-c ports, 2 usb-a ports, 1 HDMI port, 1 headphone jack, 1 ethernet port, and its standard power port. The WiFi and Bluetooth are older types, but I can use a keyboard from 15 feet away with no problem and the WiFi reception I feel is stronger than my M2 MacBook Air. In summary, if you are looking for a reliable and affordable desktop that has the full Mac experience, and are fine with a little older technology, this desktop is for you. If you don’t care about its small size or the ability to run macOS, just go and make yourself a custom PC and you can get something around the likes of a Ryzen 5600GT for the same price. I am really happy Woot sold this computer at such a great price and I am very satisfied with my purchase. I hope more retailers list more products like this for the people who want good quality PCs on a budget.

This is a great value for a this 2018 Mac Mini. I've owned 2012, 2014 2018, and a Mac silicon Mini, a Mac Pro, MacBooks etc. I much prefer the intel Mac's for certain things. One being the sound quality. If you are a music lover, enjoy music and movies, intel seems to be a batter way to go, at least in my experience. It's not necessarily the written spec on the components but the quality of the components and how well the components are optimized to work together. Something Apple seems to do very well. While I was writing this review, I was streaming test videos, 4K@60 fps. After 3 videos it only dropped 6 fps in over 100K fps! Most dropped frames are at the start of a video, (even with high end graphics cards) and not while it's running. Excellent picture quality as well. I am very satisfied with this purchase. To sum it up, as soon as this computer arrived, I unpacked it, set it up and I ordered a second one! This is a very good buy for this little machine, excellent quality and service from the seller. It is as advertised, functions flawlessly.

I got a great deal on this Mac Mini, brand new. Works great. My complain is Apple. I bought this to replace my old Mac Mini that you could upgrade the HDD but you couldn’t upgrade the RAM. I bought this Mac Mini assuming I could just upgrade the hard drive, nope not this model. You can upgrade the RAM though. I wish I knew this ahead of time and I would have bought one with a larger hard drive. Apple really needs to make these so that you can upgrade both the RAM & SSD/HDD.

Wow, it really was brand new! As a C++ developer, I spend a lot of time compiling and linking various libraries and applications for macOS; in addition, although I primarily develop on an M4 Mac Studio, I need to make sure my apps will work flawlessly on Intel systems. This system has been great for this purpose and a real performer. I would recommend this system to anyone who develops for macOS, especially for this price!

I got this ready to return if it was not new as advertised. I'm going to keep it. I would say this should be considered new with an important caveat. It certainly is in the original apple packaging & unopened shrink-wrap... with all the typical Apple fan-fare of careful packaging. This, in turn, is in an Apple shipping box with Apple label & barcode, also unopened. The unit and it's cord are in pristine condition. So I have to say this is NOT a "renewed" unit. However, I did call Apple with the serial number to get more information and found it is a resale. Apparently somebody purchased these units in bulk and started the Apple warranty and care timeline. Therefore, as another reviewer stated, the the Apple warranty and possibility of Apple care expired. I believe this make sense as we're looking at a ~6 year old release. Note: the discontinued date for this HW was Jan 17, 2023. Upon starting up, I found this is loaded with macOS 12.0.1. Therefore, the actual build date for this one is sometime in 2021 and it was built in Malaysia, not China (as my current 2018 HW is). Since I need Mojave OS or Monterey for older software used offline (i.e. Adobe LightRoom 6) this is really a good deal to ensure I have a backup to my existing 2018 i7 3.2 Ghz. Just a couple of days before seeing this, I had purchased a used unit (also 128 GB SSD) from OWC with 8GB RAM along with the 32GB RAM upgrade and that was ~$60 more; so I'm returning the OWC purchase. Given the small internal HDD, just need to use the "Startup Security Utility" (hold CMD-R on startup) to allow boot from an external drive. Also should note this can be run with the latest Sequoia OS! My recent older vintage mini's can't be run beyond the Catalina OS (or High Sierra in some cases). Finally, note this is the last mac with up-gradable RAM... it can be increased to 64 GB.

Works great and great value