Apple Mac Mini - Late 2020

The Mac mini is barely larger than a book, yet its performance holds its own against a tower PC. With the Apple M1 chip, it utilizes the first chip developed by Apple for Mac devices. It combines CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, and much more on a tiny chip, delivering incredible performance with more efficient heat management for silent operation. Its capabilities are complemented by effective security management and state-of-the-art interfaces, including fast LAN and WLAN standards and two Thunderbolt 3 ports. This makes it extremely versatile, whether as a work PC in space-restricted environments, a control unit for a smart home system, or as a multimedia center upgrade for your home television.

The Thunderbolt 3 port is the speedy all-rounder among peripheral interfaces: it has the same form factor as the current USB Type-C port and is therefore fully compatible with USB Type-C devices. However, its speed leaves other peripheral connections far behind: 83 times faster than USB 2.0, 8 times faster than USB 3.0, and twice as fast as Thunderbolt 2. This allows you to connect not only numerous peripherals in series but also the most hardware-demanding expansions—from external graphics cards to 4K monitors.

Enjoy significantly accelerated system and program launches: a lightning-fast solid-state drive (SSD) provides the necessary storage space for your programs and files. The main advantage of SSDs is their fast access times and high read and write speeds, which overshadow traditional hard drives. Another advantage is that SSDs contain no moving parts. This leads to increased durability, as no parts wear out mechanically. Additionally, SSDs are completely silent.