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Julian Chokkattu/Digital TrendsPicking the right Mac for you isn’t an easy task. Do you want a laptop or a desktop? Something lightweight with long battery life or a powerhouse with the most capable components? While the answer to either of those questions is dependent on your situation, there are some universal truths about all hardware that are worth taking note of to make your choice easier.In this head to head we pit Apple’s against the.
Let’s see which comes out on top. Design Riley Young/Digital TrendsBoth 2018 refreshes of the Mac mini and MacBook Air built upon the design choices of their predecessors.
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The Mac mini is a thin slab with a metallic casing that’s incredibly understated in its design. That lets it form an attractive centerpiece of your office, or be hidden away beneath a monitor or under the desk — you can put it wherever your monitor cables can reach because it’s tiny.It is a desktop though, which means it’s designed to sit statically on your desk. Is a different beast entirely because it’s a laptop, though it too is thin and light. It’s longer and broader than the Mac mini because it has to incorporate a screen, but it is also much thinner. Both devices are exceptionally well built, with sturdy frames that don’t creak or bend.The Mac mini packs its smaller footprint with a wide array of ports.
It offers four ports, two USB-A 3.0 ports, an HDMI 2.0 output, a Gigabit Ethernet connector, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The MacBook Air is far more restrictive with only two Thunderbolt 3 ports and a 3.5mm headphone jack. You don’t necessarily need a huge selection of video outputs with a laptop, but the Mac mini is far more versatile when it comes to wired connections.Both devices support Wi-Fi 5 (802.11.ac) wireless networking, but the Mac mini supports Bluetooth 5.0, where the MacBook Air only supports Bluetooth 4.2.
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