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- After four long years of neglect, Apple finally updated its smallest and most affordable Mac desktop in 2018, the Mac Mini.
- I bought the new Mac Mini soon after it was announced - and it wasn't cheap.
- After spending a couple of weeks with my new computer, I have some thoughts about it.
For over a year, I was waiting to build out the office space in my den because I was waiting - hoping, really - for Apple to release a new Mac Mini.
The Mac Mini had not received a meaningful update in four years. But at Apple's big October event this year, it finally happened: The Mac Mini got the love it deserved, with powerful new specs and a beautiful space-gray finish.
I bought the Mac Mini in November, and I've been using it for a couple of weeks now.
Here's everything I love and hate about the 2018 Mac Mini (so far).