02-01-2020, 09:34 PM
I've had one for over a year now
3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5
16GB RAM
256GB SSD
It was a custom order from Apple
I love it...except for the frustrating Bluetooth issues. There's a huge thread over at MacRumors (in which I've participated too) that details the problems:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac...s.2157086/
The gist is that many people (myself included) have reported frequent, annoying bluetooth dropout issues - BT peripherals disconnecting and reconnecting, working better the closer they are to the mini and worse if you move them further away, interference from peripherals plugged into the USB A ports, etc.
People have resorted to wired accessories (that includes me - pulled out my old wired Magic keyboard with number pad), plugging a long, shielded USB A cable into the USB A port and then a hub into that and peripherals into the hub, disabling internal BT and buying an external BT dongle and plugging that into an extension cable, resorting to powered hubs, etc.
It's been maddening to try and troubleshoot the issues and so I finally threw in the towel and started using my wired keyboard and wireless Magic Trackpad - that solved all my problems. But before doing that I tried many of the solutions with varying luck, but nothing just worked without losing connection at some point again.
I'm not saying that everyone has these issues, but just be aware (and check out that thread)
Again, I love the mini save for the BT problem
Good luck!
3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5
16GB RAM
256GB SSD
It was a custom order from Apple
I love it...except for the frustrating Bluetooth issues. There's a huge thread over at MacRumors (in which I've participated too) that details the problems:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac...s.2157086/
The gist is that many people (myself included) have reported frequent, annoying bluetooth dropout issues - BT peripherals disconnecting and reconnecting, working better the closer they are to the mini and worse if you move them further away, interference from peripherals plugged into the USB A ports, etc.
People have resorted to wired accessories (that includes me - pulled out my old wired Magic keyboard with number pad), plugging a long, shielded USB A cable into the USB A port and then a hub into that and peripherals into the hub, disabling internal BT and buying an external BT dongle and plugging that into an extension cable, resorting to powered hubs, etc.
It's been maddening to try and troubleshoot the issues and so I finally threw in the towel and started using my wired keyboard and wireless Magic Trackpad - that solved all my problems. But before doing that I tried many of the solutions with varying luck, but nothing just worked without losing connection at some point again.
I'm not saying that everyone has these issues, but just be aware (and check out that thread)
Again, I love the mini save for the BT problem
Good luck!