Post warranty, you don't have to get it fixed by Apple. Third party service centres, even Apple authorized service centres, are often much cheaper than what Apple charges. Some Apple authorized service centres will even use refurbished or used parts sourced elsewhere for repairs out-of-warranty to save money if the customer agrees.
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Yup, I remember that time. The late 2014 model that was sold until October 2018. All dual-core only plus soldered RAM. Pain in the butt to change the hard drive.Does that forgive the Power Button on the bottom ?
Honestly, this machine is getting better and better.
I remember 10 years ago, when someone told me they where about to buy a Mac Mini, I was like "don't buy this sh&t". Now, I'm like : "That's about to be the best computer you've ever owned, and by far".
The 2014 is the easiest to upgrade from HD to SSD. No need to remove the HD, unless the HD is defective. Just leave the HD in situ as extra storage, and install a blade SSD. Takes literally just 10-15 minutes, with no disassembly required (aside from removing the base cover).
Maybe I'm miss-remembering this, but I'm pretty sure the models sold without a Fusion Drive (spinning drive only) didn't have the NVMe drive bay at all. Which, of course, were all the cheaper models. I know this was the case for the iMacs.
But the 2014 fusion model did have a blade slot that is easy to access, and a SATA tray that more or less stayed where it was in 2010-2012.
The ones with no Fusion Drive still had the blade SSD push connector slot. You just need an adapter, which came out a little later. When I bought my used 2014, I specifically looked for one without an SSD or Fusion Drive, because they are the cheapest and the simplest to deal with once you have that $10 adapter.
Subtle difference in the heat pipe. Line of exposed aluminum M4 vs copper M4 Pro.
As I said before, my fears have been confirmed. The aerodynamics are the worst. The design of the fan is extremely bad - there will be mixing of air masses.
Except it is not throttling? Or not throttling that bad as you think it is. There is already plenty of reviews out there and you can see it.
It’s good for everyone, it also allows third parties to create replacement parts (as we have seen for previous Mac Minis) without the need to solder a socket on.
I'm going to disappoint you. Facts are facts and on video, on photos are already shown. Especially you yourself gave the example of photos from the thermal imager. There is mixing of heat flow and keeping it in the computer case. Aerodynamics does not work here, unfortunately. This is just a beautiful marketing picture to attract and keep the viewer's attention to the new product, which was shown at the presentation. You yourself can do some elementary experiments at home and understand what I am talking about. In addition, the thermal imager clearly shows the concentration of heat in a small area.
While the hottest spots are on the heatsink and top at 60 Celsius, so what is the problem? If the hottest part is not the heatsink, you have a bigger problem.
Aerodynamic engineering is not elementary experiments, it relies on computation and CFD simulations. Huge centrifugal fans does push air towards a direction as long as the fan is powerful enough, which is the case when the M4 Pro was set to high performance mode which will vastly increases the fan speed.