Imagine buying a 2014 Windows computer for daily use in 2023! This really shows how good Macs are in the long run

I just upgraded my 2006 Mac mini that I used as my media streamer to a 2011 Mac mini (2.5 it, 16GB ram, 240GB ssd). In another five years or so, I may jump into a computer made in the 2020s 😃

Nice, I just recieved a refurb this morning. At first I thought I paid a bit too much, it's just the 8G model which will do fine for my use, but when I opened the box I was pleasantly surprised to find they had sent the Magic Mouse 2 and keyboard 2 along as a bonus! That happens never!

I have a 2014 Mac Mini and it’s served me well. I’ve been working from home for over two years and I know you mentioned Final Cut Pro and DaVinci working fairly on the 2014 mini. I’m a editor and ive used adobe premiere 2019 and Avid media composer and haven’t had any issues, mainly due to the fact i edit animation and storyboard animatics. Nonetheless, this is a good computer and I plan on turning it I to a home server. Thanks for the video.

I have Mac Mini 2014, i7 3ghz, 16GB, 1TB ssd (nvme). Running Monterey. works great. Even for photoshop and indesign (although it does stutter under heavy graphics), and by that I mean in 1 out of 20 projects. The built-in RAM is incredibly efficient, much more than when you use add-on chips. I can have 10+ apps open, and a dozen internet tabs all at once, no slowdowns.

Thanks for this. I like messing around with the older Macs, usually to upgrade them for friends, so videos like this are always helpful.

Thanks bro for saving my money.i was offered a 8gb model with a awsome price tag......but finally after watching ur video i have droped the plan...Once again a big thanks brother

This is my favorite Apple device ever. I have three of these, paid around $100 each. They've been upgraded with an updated 2tb sata drive and a 2tb m.2 ssd (with adapter). Enable File Sharing, enable Screen Sharing, download Jump Desktop and client. Hands down, best external wifi drive for all my iOS devices and M1 MacBook Air; shared drives just show up in Finder. Maybe once a year I'll plug in a monitor if I really messed something up, otherwise I'll just use Screen Sharing (Jump Desktop if I'm away). What's really great is if I take the Mac Mini to a cafe with public wifi, plugging in an iPad with a lightning cable, or my MacBook with ethernet or thunderbolt with adapter/converter, lets me use VNC Viewer or Screen Share and gives me access the Mac Mini's desktop so I can connect to public wifi. If I need to, I can SSH and use restart command to reboot (sometimes Screen Share doesn't cooperate). SD cards and USB sticks get wifi enabled when plugged into the Mac Mini. Perfect use for an old computer.

I still have a base model 2014 Mac mini (1.4ghz i5, 500gb HDD, 4gb RAM) that I use as a "media hub" of sorts for my TV. It works very well so long as you have a bit of patience while opening apps and files.

I bought this recently & it is snappy! It has the 2.6GHz i5 processor, 256GB SSD & 8GB RAM. Because I'm not a creator or gamer, this works well for me

I never comment on anything on KZfaq. But I found this really helpful, I appreciate it mate thanks

Thank you for making an actually good review of this semi ancient desktop... I just ordered a 2.8 i5 equipped model with 8gb of ram and a 512gb SSD. For under $200 I'll have a small machine that can manage my music and video library while also being able to stream just about any platform I wish.

Surprisingly good video. I have watched some terrible videos lately, though none of them were yours. First time watcher. Well done. I was curious about this system as I use the late 2012 i7 and was wondering how the 2014 is doing. Have a nice day.

Thanks a lot, I found this video very useful, I'll definitely get one of these based on my budget

Just bought a 2014 Mac mini on eBay, 16 gig RAM and 2 terabyte SSD hard drive for my KZfaq hip hop podcast, From Da Jump because my MBP kept filling up with video files from iMovie and Garageband audio files, since I use my Mac for work, my book writing, and music production in addition to the YT podcast. Hoping using this dedicated Mac Mini for only podcasting will help free up some space and keep things running smoothly. Great tip on the external GPU, I may try it if the video is choppy when editing episodes in iMovie.

Since I last posted here, I installed Windows 10 on my 2014 Mac Mini and I couldn't be happier. The performance is amazing. It handles heat better than macOS. You can even use intel Quick Sync for fast video transcoding. Xbox and Playstation game streaming runs great. Honestly, anyone who owns a 2014 Mac Mini should do this, it'll make your old kinda sluggish feeling mac mini feel like new. Even clean installs of macOS have never performed as well as Windows 10 has. It made me think the Mac Mini was weak or had a bottleneck in the specs. It doesn't, macOS is just really not that well made. Honestly, macOS made me think hyperthreaded dual core CPUs were not good. But they are... REALLY good, on Windows 10 anyway. I put an Ivy Bridge i3 in my dads Windows 10 PC and it works great. My 3Ghz 2/4 i7 in my Mac Mini also works great in Windows 10.

Great video and very informative.

Thanks for this, was looking into getting one of these as a work computer so I don't have to keep all that stuff on my Windows gaming machine but was hesitant due to the age but it looks like this should run things like docker pretty easily. It was interesting to see the external GPU and I was wondering how big of a performance hit is it going to take with the thunderbolt connection? While I don't need it myself I guess I am just curious if you put a GTX 1080 Ti for example which costs around 250 on Ebay, how big of a performance percentage do you lose on the card specifically vs having the same card connected to a motherboard in a similar build.

I have a ROG Strix XG49VQ can someone point me in the direction to get the right display port cable?

I recently purchased 2 2012 mac minis (both are 2.5ghz dual core i5) One has 4GB RAM (2 2GB sticks), and a 500GB HDD (i plan to upgrade the HDD to a 1TB SSD, and upgrade the RAM to 16GB, hopefully the bottom cover doesn’t fight with me again) To my surprise the other came with 8GB RAM (1 8GB Stick), and a 1TB drive, i am unsure if it is a HDD or an SSD, but i am assuming a HDD

My 2012 Mac Pro and 2012 Macbook Pro are supported by Apple up to Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra. This is OK since I'm not subscribing to Adobe Creative Cloud but just staying with my last perpetual license version of Adobe CS6. I have been playing with Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, and Affinity Publisher since I believe that these apps are the future for those who do not want to subscribe to use production software. So, to have compatibility with the Affinity 2 upgrade, I purchased a late 2014 Mac Mini with 8GBs of RAM and with a 1TB spinning hard drive for $121, with free shipping. I think the limited RAM will work for me since I'm not using the Affinity software for paid work. I'm just still playing around with these apps and learning their new features for now. If I find a need to invest in more serious hardware for Affinity 2, I'll relegate this Mac Mini to a movie and live video streaming computer, plugged into the back of our TV in our family room.

I'm really disappointed. Just found out macOS Ventura won't support 2014 Mac Mini. 😞 When I think 2014, doesn't seem that long ago, but it is 8 years. However, it feels so artificial to drop support. I have the 3Ghz i7, 16GB, SSD version. What is wrong with that, that it can't run an OS. It still works for the jobs the Mac Mini was designed to handle. In a couple of years when the security updates for macOS Monterey stop coming, one solution is to use an anti-virus as a last layer of security. The only issue is, I've found that "real time protection" effects performance on the mac mini. It adds a feeling of latency when opening apps and obviously uses resources, which would be fine on a quad core, but the CPU in the Mac mIni is a hyper-threaded dual core.

and use purge wrangler for eGPU support.

I have this model hooked up to a 1440p monitor. For some reason this mac only outputs 1080p.

Been watching your videos and this was a perfect one as I am considering getting a Mac mini to install and setup on my 34 inch 3440x1440 IPS ultrawide. I use to have a 13 inch 15 inch macbook pro hooked up but seem to have some lagging issues with it on integrated. Right now, using a 15 inch 2015 macbook pro with an i7 16gb of ram and dedicated 2gb r9 x370m gpu which has made a huge difference. Plan to check out the next video about using a external gpu enclosure as I do have a rx vega 64 or rx 480 I wonder if I could use. I'd just love to have the full resolution and 144hz refresh rate unlocked to use and look into like playing minecraft and if I can install a program like wine or something to run Overwatch on it, Steam or use Parsec to remote into and game on my windows pc gaming/vr server that I have hardwired in the basement.

I just bought one for 150$ came with an 3ghz dual-core,intel core i7 16 gb ram but only downside is the 500 hhd but not a big issue I Installed a 2 tb hhd and runs perfect for my wife’s school work

It was a toss up betwix this and the 2012 and I ultimately went for the 2014 i5 2.6 with 8GB RAM just for the NVME use.

Just got one with 16gb ram and 1TB HDD. I didn’t really care about the hard drive, as I plan to upgrade it to an SSD This is my introduction to the max ecosystem. I plan to get a similarly aged MacBook at some point

Thanks for the Video!! Will OBS run on this model?

Thanks for letting me know. I was about to buy one thinking I could just upgrade the ram (4gb) but I will pass on that one.

Dying to see how to use my EGPU on my MINI - I used your older video on how to install it and just don't understand how to do this new setup you talked about.

Off topic but is there a way I can download iTunes on my chromebook? I’ve looked all over google and couldn’t find any solid help. So any tips or help would be appreciated. Thanks

Good stuff

thanx

I couldn't get Apple's TB2 to TB3 cable to work with an external SSD. I wound up upgrading the internal drive to a SATA SSD and got a decent performance bump from the installed HD.

As for stadia, if you hope to run native Hardware VP9 decoding this type of Mac has too old processor.

Hello and congrats for the great review! Quick question: I have found an Apple "Mac mini 2.6 GHz- Intel Core i5- 8 GB RAM- 1 TB HDD, Version: Late 2014" Price 130 EURO. I want it mostly to play emulator games with my kids and garageband. Is it a good purchase? Please let me know!!

Does this connect to the Wi-Fi or do I need to have an Ethernet ?

I’m planning on getting it soon I’m still in high school with n it enough money to afford a big powerful pc but i love apple and this has been a big consideration for me so I wanted to know if you recommend it for school such as just normal web browsing for research, word, powerpoint etc

Do you think Final Cut Pro might struggle?

Will 8gb ram still make it a good daily for word, power point and general student usage?

can you install linux on chromebook with sd or usb

Hi. I would like to know if flight simulator 2020 is going to run in this kind of mini mac with those tecnical specifications. Thanks.

Is this machine good for music production?

I bought on Ebay a Mac Mini late 2014 Intel Core i7 3GHz 8GB RAM 256GB SSD, it has not arrived yet, I did not know that the memory was soldered, but my other question is if I can put a 2.5 ssd disk or is it only pcie ssd or both ?

Hello. I came upon your video on the 2014 version of the Mac Mini. I still have mine and it works great! I was just curious to know what are some minor things that I can do to upgrade it and maybe start using it again. As far as general usage, would it still perform decently to just use for like typing papers doing minor powerpoint projects on, etc.? Thanks in advance for any information and insight that you can provide.

Should I Buy this it should I buy the 2012 Mac Mini i7

Hi.. mac mini 2014 i7 3.0GHz 250GB NVMe SSD, 16GB RAM, is it much better (significantly) than the mac mini in this video? I often use Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro.

why can't it run that screen saver smoothly ?

Good day... Please tell me - what is the maximum frame rate you can get via the Late 2014 Mac Mini's Mini Display Port(to HDMI would be Great)? O.O (I'm looking at using mine with GeForce NOW to stream 2560x1080p @120Hz if possible) Thanks... =] P.S. I also want to avoid being tricked into thinking I'm getting 120Hz when in fact I'm stuck at 60Hz, because the stream shows 120Hz but my GPU can't reproduce it - you-know, like with KZfaq video recordings(just because a frame rate is happening in a stream, doesn't mean it's happening for the streamer)... >.>

I wonder if a 2014 mac mini 16 gig ram, 256 gigs 3.0 ghz wil be enough for music production

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Does anyone know if this performs smoothly when using the Logic daw? 🥺

Good video! Just subbed! I'm new to mac and need all the help I can get. So Thx! Hoping you can steer me in the right direction here? - I just bought a used late 2014 Mac Mini with i7 processor, 256 ssd, 16gb ram running Monterey. It periodically makes a VERY loud sound. It has happened 3 times in the few days I have been setting it up. My question is, " is this normal?" Should I expect the loud fan noise when it has to work hard? I will be using garageband and worried that fan noise will show up during recording with a mic? Next time it happens I will try to monitor the work load. - Actually it seems like it done it after I first turned it on so if it does that again under no heavy load then would that mean I need to send the unit back for replacement? - THX! and any help here will be greatly appreciated!

Bro I have a 2014 Mac mini i5 with 8 gigs of ram and ssd upgraded can I use it for Audio Production? will it hold up? can it perform decent for audio production?

Can this Mac Mini run ultrawide 1440p at 120hz refresh rate? I cant find anything related to this topic... Intel Iris integrated gpu running at higher refresh rate than 60hz...

How does power director work?

Is it good for motion graphics?

I have a question does it run roblox smoothly because I’m thinking about getting one

i want to tell about installing minecraft i dont have linux on my settings and i cant open the file minecraft deb on my laptop is there any another way to get minecraft

it came standard with 4gb

For playing dsd can i use 8 gig version or not?

I bought this way back and it has always been slow and that swirling circle is very annoying. It is way way slower than yours here. You click on an app and wait and wait. I hardly have any files on it and have just used it for the internet. Any advice?

Does mac mini 2014 support Monterey officially?

Is it good for FL studio?

how can i install monterey on it, mine is on mac os x?

Can you please do how to install VALORANT on chromebook PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?

So is it worth it in 2023 for school?

How can you upgrade iOS? I’m on 10 I need to get to at least 11 but I can’t see an option for it in downloads

pls help me i have a mac os med in 2011 and i do in it chrombook os flex and idont no haw to changet agin to mac os pls ho know he tell me pls pls pls

Can i use rx 6900 on the mac mini 2014

Hi! Can I ask what alternative app can be use to replace autocad on Chromebook? Thanks alot

I have a late 2014 Mac mini 8GB ram and 1T hard drive. It is really slow, even trying to open Word/Pages etc. any ideas how to speed this up as I can’t update the ram to 16GB like in this video. Thanks.

I cannot for the life of me understand why Americans say “saw-dered” instead of SOL-dered. Do you also pronounce “sold” (as in, “I sold my car”), as “sawd”? 🤣