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Here's the specs for the $499 Mac Mini from 2014: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/
(Let's forget it only comes with 4 GB RAM, mentally replace it to 8 GB, like the base model 13" MacBook Air was upgraded to 8 GB this spring for the same price which previously gave you only 4 GB, a similar refresh is expected to come to the Mini some time later this year.)
I'm less looking for CPU performance, more on low power consumption, but it has to be an Intel Core i (minimum Core i3) or Core M (minimum Core m3), because of Hackintosh power.
If I can accomplish a fanless build, it's a plus, but it's not necessary.
I went on to the Dell home page (a decent PC brand, with also a reputation to possibly work as a Hackintosh) and I have found that a similar build to the $499 Mini actually costs more. Or, if I would build from a Gigabyte barebone, which is the most solid brand for Hackintoshes, it would also cost me more.
But the point of this thread is not that the machine has to be necessarily Hackintosh-compatible, just and decent mini PC with Core i or Core M with low power consumption, preferably fanless, better value and cost less than the 2014, $500 Mac Mini ($450 on Amazon), I don't want to spend more than $500, in fact, I would spend less than $500. That's it.
Edited for clarity: I'm asking to compare MSRP/suggested retail prices of machines, just for the sake of comparison. Sure, I could get various machines at fire sale price, including the Mac Mini.
(Let's forget it only comes with 4 GB RAM, mentally replace it to 8 GB, like the base model 13" MacBook Air was upgraded to 8 GB this spring for the same price which previously gave you only 4 GB, a similar refresh is expected to come to the Mini some time later this year.)
I'm less looking for CPU performance, more on low power consumption, but it has to be an Intel Core i (minimum Core i3) or Core M (minimum Core m3), because of Hackintosh power.
If I can accomplish a fanless build, it's a plus, but it's not necessary.
I went on to the Dell home page (a decent PC brand, with also a reputation to possibly work as a Hackintosh) and I have found that a similar build to the $499 Mini actually costs more. Or, if I would build from a Gigabyte barebone, which is the most solid brand for Hackintoshes, it would also cost me more.
But the point of this thread is not that the machine has to be necessarily Hackintosh-compatible, just and decent mini PC with Core i or Core M with low power consumption, preferably fanless, better value and cost less than the 2014, $500 Mac Mini ($450 on Amazon), I don't want to spend more than $500, in fact, I would spend less than $500. That's it.
Edited for clarity: I'm asking to compare MSRP/suggested retail prices of machines, just for the sake of comparison. Sure, I could get various machines at fire sale price, including the Mac Mini.
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