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By — Posted on November 9, 2018 - 4:02PM 11.9.18 - 4:02PM Believe it or not, Apple’s Mac Mini is 13 years old, making it the second oldest product line still in Apple’s portfolio. It even outdates the MacBook Pro, which didn’t appear until 2006. Unlike, however, the Mini was neglected. A quick updated followed the original, but the third-gen didn’t appear until 2010. Apple has sold the same design for eight years and didn’t update the internals for four (since 2014). That left budget Mac fans settling for old hardware. Now, we’re finally seeing the fourth design., with the latest Intel chip, fixes that problem.

Yet it’s no charity. Mac fans must pay at least $800 — $300 more than the previous entry. It’s not an outrageous price, but it bumps the Mac Mini into competition with a different league of hardware. Is the Mini still the perfect gateway drug for would-be Apple addicts? Blink, and you’ll miss it Though the 2018 Mac Mini is, it doesn’t throw out the previous look.

It’s still a thin, slab of metal, sitting on a round rubber base that’s invisible when the desktop is in use. The front and sides are almost entirely flat, broken only by the Apple logo on the top and a tiny, tiny LED on the lower right corner. Even the power button is around back, where it joins the ports. If Apple could ship a desktop with a cloaking device, it would, but the Mini is the next best thing.

There’s not much else to say, really, and that’s the point. If Apple could ship a desktop with a cloaking device, it would, but the Mini’s subtle elegance is the next best thing. It’s built to be ignored. That said, the Mac Mini doesn’t feel as small as it once did.

Is about the same size (though more rectangular), yet it comes with a discrete graphics chip. Are a bit more than four inches on a side and one to two inches thick, depending on the model. Asus, Zotac, and MSI make a variety of small desktops that beat the Mac Mini on size – though not all have eighth-generation Intel processors. Size isn’t the only reason why a Mac Mini can fade into its surroundings. Noise is at an absolute minimum. The fan only ramps up to a noticeable level during heavy workloads and, even then, it’s a whisper. We can’t remember the last time we tested a desktop this quiet.

Thunderbolt 3 is in, but it’s not all-in Connectivity separates the new Mac Mini from the old model, and every PC competitor. Turn it around, and you’ll find three, two USB 3 ports, Ethernet, HDMI 2.0, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The reliance on Thunderbolt 3 is very Apple.

It’s also a bit absurd. Thunderbolt 3 remains the connection of premium devices, so four such ports on an affordable desktop is strange. Intel’s NUC devices offer more USB-A 3.0 ports but, in recent models, pair them with a single Thunderbolt 3. We think that’s a better balance. We’re not too annoyed, though., the Mac Mini places Thunderbolt 3 alongside a reasonable selection of alternatives.