For everyone asking the specs. This is the $700 base model. 8gb ram/256gb storage.

Man, if the 1st Gen silicion chips are already this capable imagine what power Apple can dish out in 2 to 3 years. Exciting times !!

Man. I’m gonna wait for the redesigned iMac, but this Mac mini has me thinking 😂😂😂

This makes me feel amazing about my base model coming tomorrow, thanks for posting this! (Btw, watching your edits, do you ever use the "Trim" command? I used to do the "cut-cut-delete" dance, but "Trim Start / Trim End" took my workflow to the next level.

This more impressive then i actually expected WOW :O Cannot wait for mine to arrive.

Thanks for this! All the reviews seem to be using M1’s with 16gb of RAM. The base mini will be more than enough for my use. Great review!

Quickly becoming my favourite KZfaqr - so much more down to earth!

Wow dude, I'm legit happy for you that you made it to a place where Apple is sending you stuff now. Bravo!

Just got back from school with so many notification from KZfaq from videos about new apple stuff and this was the first I watched

I’m stoked. I’m sold... I already have a great monitor so this is a no brainer now. Thanks homie!

A very valuable help. I'm so glad you made this video. Thanks!

Man! You are my constant favourite tech KZfaqr! Lovely stuff. Just the way a tech video should be

Thanks for uploading the video that I actually wanted to see most 👌

I don’t even edit videos on the regular, and I’m STILL stoked!!

Appreciate the demo :) Ordered the base M1 Mini earlier today as an upgrade to my Late 2013 Macbook Pro Retina. Gonna be absolutely fine for editing my 4K drone footage. Delivery due tomorrow .... can't wait!

Thank you for the video, man. VERY useful and informative! I'm definitely taking that Mac Mini M1!

Thanks for this great video Gary. I wonder if we can expect similar performance with Premiere Pro? Those render times could be literally life changing for me.

Love to see how it handles Adobe Premiere with 4K footage. Thinking until Adobe makes native apps for the m1 it’s best to wait.

I’m hype. This video was epic. I just bought mine today!!

I am so excited to watch all the reviews for the M1!!! 💕💕💕 always always so informative!!!!

Wish you would do tutorials on editing on FCP. You know it would be way more fun and detailed than anyone else.

That M1 Chip is Pretty Impressive and I'm excited for more things for Apple to work on especially on their Other Devices too like the MacBook Pro 16 Inch or even the iMac

Was looking into getting a Desktop Mac to use for video editing at home and make my current MBP as my travel editor, but I’m so happy I waited, for sure getting this as I already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Thank you so much for this video

I was on the fence for months about getting a Mac mini and after seeing this video I immediately ordered one! Thanks for the great review!

Just ordered one...but I upgraded to 16g of memory. A bit more than the basic but still under a $1,000. Can’t wait to set it up!

I was designing a PC just for 4K editing. Now I'm going to get this. This is just what I need. Thank you!

This thumbnails are awesome! And the videos are even better!

You are the only person who reviews tech properly unlike mkbhd and all others who just keep messing around and are not informative at all.keep it up man

Apple Silicon just makes me so excited for future Macs! I can't wait for Apple Silicon equipped MacBook Pro 16" :)

Thank you!!! I no longer need to purchase a MacBook Pro with 16GB of memory to do smooth and fast video editing. Well done, Apple.

Dude this is so impressive! Thank you for this video. I've gotta get one of these!

this is exactly what i needed to see. THANK YOU GARY !!!!

I don't know how apple does it really!! this is so crazy. I feel like all my frustration and disappointment of rendering and exporting a 5 minutes video is about to be vanish without breaking my bank. I am not a fan boy. I am a kind of guy who seeks equilibrium between price point and performance. as we all know it, apple products were never cheap. but this time, if apple was a person, i would have hugged and say thank you without a doubt.

Can you let us know how much RAM is used by the system and the programs? I want to know how the unified RAM is used in practice.

I bought one as a backup edit system, but I am thrilled to hear it works so well. I ponied up for the 16gig of Ram and the 512hd drive ... can't wait until it gets here so I can play with it myself.

The exact video I needed thank you!

Are you running 4k downscaled to 1440p? This is the config I struggle the most with my current Mac Mini i5, awful and choppy performance.

This is going to be a tough decision I really don’t know whether to get the new air or mini or pro or the iPad Air 4. They are all so great!!

thank you so much for this video ---- I was on the fence about getting a video ed computer ---- but now I am for sure getting the mac I was big mac man years ago now I remember why thanks

Love your videos man! Just watched like 10 of them in a row. Solid video here with great information. SUBBED

Ok fine I will buy one.

I’m sold, dad. Getting this one ffr.

Yessss, thank you Every Day Dad !! I had to comment because you’ve answered & showed me exactly what I wanted to know about the new M1 Chip!! Which is real time editing 4k project on Final Cut Pro with multiple clips & color grading ... and mostly .. the H.265 Codecs!! Because I am buying the Canon R5 and haven’t upgraded my computer since nothing in the market can edit H.265 smoothly except Ipads & Iphones. Again, Thanks a lot for the amazing demo & informative real time & practical testing 🙏🏻

Thanks your video was very well done. I like the actual walk through and test of FCP.

Out of pure curiosity...can you try running Lumafusion with the new update on the Mac Mini to see how it performs vs the iPad Pro?

Man so tempting! I'm just waiting for the optimization of Davinci Resolve

Thanks a lot for this all day use video editing example! Better than any benchmarks etc.

Just bought my 2nd M1. Thanks for your review!

Hi, awesome video, thanks a lot. What are your thoughts on saving $$$ on GB inbuilt storage and putting it towards bigger external SSD such as T5?

So I am just waiting for your “best accessories for the Mac Mini” video i am buying this Mac mini so let’s post that video soon “Gary” lol... thank you in advance .

I recently bought the four TB port 13" MacBook Pro, so an M1 laptop would be a weird upgrade for me but I ordered one of these Minis. I already have a Ultrafine display, so this base mini is a great option for a second Mac. Thanks for these videos!

So stoked for my Mac mini to arrive. Thanks for the video! What is the name of the song in the background?

People are not gonna buy iMacs anymore, I mean getting a mac mini for 699 and adding the peripherals are much cheaper than a good speced iMac. You still get awesome performance and efficiency too.

Yup. This looks like my next Mac. DaVinci Resolve also seems a winner, based on Blackmagic's announcement.

I’m watching reviews just to see how everyone is blown away by the M1. I’m excited to see the future of these chips.

This makes me super excited that I bought the 16g ram version. I'm a digital painter and I use Clip Studio Paint, they just released an update for the M1 chip. My years of struggling looks like it's finally coming to an end!

Imagine how fast it will be when Apple release their lineup of ASi Macs with dedicated graphics. I wonder if they will also do a Mac Mini Pro 🤔.

The M1 chip is just INSANE !

Great video! Got one coming too, excited

THANK YOU KZfaq recommendation! Great video. 👍

I dare you to drop in some HEVC gopro footage 😅

Some pretty wild stuff man and it's crazy because in an interview done by The Tech Chap with 2 Apple employees, they said they're a product company not a chip manufacturing company and that's saying. To get the maximum performance from less wattage it's just mind boggling. And this is just the first generation of chips, Apple's all about evolution over revolution. I saw 3 Windows 10 concepts and was super salty because of how good it looks and as a die hard Windows user I'm tempted greatly to switch seeing as I've had experience with a Unibody MacBook Air from 2010

Great topic! Perfect video 👏🏽

This is awesome! Can’t wait to get one

How much better Is the Mac mini better for video editing than the iPad air?

How does it do with many layers of text animations? That’s where Final Cut Pro struggles so much!

Just ordered my base model thanks to this video

This is the only review I need ❤️

I need someone to do an After Effects review with the M1 devices. Please

I wonder if could run DaVinci resolve fusion?

Very inspiring! Can't wait for mine to arrive with the 16GB RAM and 512 SSD. Nice!

Exciting times...as a current user of an older Mac Mini that doesn’t quite cut it anymore.. I’ll definitely be ordering one

Shame you didn’t do more tracks and see the limits .

so usually 8GB of ram would be atrocious these days for video editing, but this M1 Chip has me so confused 🤯

Great vid Gary 👊🏻😎

thx for sharing! liked and subscribed.

hey something i might actually do

I m a beginner developer should i get the 16 gb version given i m aiming for next 5yrs

Thanks for your video. I purchased my mac mini m1 right after watching your video. Thanks!

Recently bought Mac Mini M1 and been a long time Windows User. Hope you can create a video about tips and tricks for Mac Mini and what to donfor first time Mac Mini user 😊😊 love your vids ❤️

Imagine what the 16 inch can do

Can you show the performance with Premiere, please??!!!

Great video bro

Impressive! I might have to get a Mac Mini M1 in the near future. Would love to have one just for music creation and who knows, maybe video editing with my FCP. If I could confirm that a heavier duty Mac Mini was coming out with more ports, the faster Ethernet, and maybe more cores to be a basically a Mac Pro mini or a Mac Mini Pro, I would get that with max memory and 1T or more storage and make it my new desk top for a year or two.

I wanna see the mac air's performance

We just entered into a new age of computing. Cannot wait to see the creativity that these new machines will inspire. Also my 4500 dollar MacBook Pro from earlier this year is crying.

All these reviews have gotten me excited but I'm looking forward to seeing the diff between the 7 core gpu (that comes on the base air) and the core which comes on all the other models

Another great video Gary. I’m standing near the front door waiting for my M1 MacBook Air.

Intel 😭 crying in corner 😂

TEDD, are Macs coming out more powerful and better than a Dell XPS or other intel computer?

Absolutely impressive! Thanks for the video Gary, I'm really thinking to buy this instead of a macbook pro..

The tests I wanted to see 👀🤯

*You didn’t answer the question tho can you use this for daily 4k video editing or not?*

It is my humble suggestion/ request to all tech-reviewers doing all these benchmarks. Please cover the following questions in a simple manner, For ordinary user 1) When you plug in the old USB-peripherals like HP printer-cum-scanner models which were manufactured some 5 years ago and do not have the latest drivers at present but working fine otherwise with the windows computers, Does such devices function properly with this new macs? 2) When you plug in 21" monitors with 1080p and 1440p resolutions with VGA/Displayport inputs dongle/converters Into this machine- Does it work properly or does it give some blurry fonts effect? Because Everyone does not have the money or space to buy latest gigantic 4K monitor. 3) if the 8GB RAM is shared between CPU-GPU, how fast/better is it for Ordinary work compared to the Intel graphics-chip in laptops in dual-monitor setup- Because even though in real life often laptops struggles to work in dual monitor setup when using Google Chrome browser with online meeting/webcam-mic on? Or does every person really need to upgrade to 16GB to Get those very fast results shown /claimed by the company and reviewers? 4) Compared to HP/Dell/Lenovo laptops with SSD in similar price point- Whether this thing is faster or slower or same speed- For ordinary things like Microsoft office and web browsing? 5) Does it smoothly work with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel? 6) While using zoom online meeting, and google 'meet'- How smooth/noiseless/glitch-free it is? How noise-free is the microphone? Because, "it can edit/export the 4K videos in Final Cut Pro in very fast manner" = is not really the matter of life and death for most of the computer users across the world in general and India in particular.

Man this is amazing!

I bought the base model M1 MacBook Air and I couldn't be happier. It's darn near perfect, the only thing I'm wishing for is a microSD slot. I added a magnetic adapter to connect all of the I/O to it. Now I'm thinking about one of these base model Mac minis. With all of it's I/O you could put a low profile USB A card reader with microSD card to extend your storage capability at a decent price. I could have a very portable computer and HTPC all rolled into one...

when you see someone dragging their clip from the media pool to the timeline, instead of clicking E 😵😬

So, I would never go Apple in the past. I am not a fan of the "ecosystem" or the restrictions. I am a Linux user who resorts to windows only on the work laptop. The price to performance ratio on previous MacBooks was poor. This generation, I feel compelled! By next-gen, with better app compatibility, the MacBook by is going to be a no-brainer. But I am still very apprehensive about entering the ecosystem and spending extra for my peripherals and lack of ports and the general apple issues that happen when apple tries to be extra. If Apple dropped a ThinkPad style MacBook with a great keyboard, and great IO, I'd upgrade today! Maybe use a Linux VM for programming and development and I'll be gooood! So good!

Beyond, waaaaaaay beyond, breathtaking. And the saddest part? You'll still, still, get PC users slagging it off and computer companies pushing the PC (for various profit-related reasons). Brilliant video; thanks so much. :-D

I've always been curious about the mini as an entry to MacOS. Very impressed!!