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Re:2018 Mac Mini Review by 21 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @09:51AM (#18391450)
You might want to look at some Chinese mini/industrial PCs

Same 8GB/128 GB, but probably lower CPU for £307: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B077SLPZ63

There are many different configurations on Amazon/Ebay

http://www.inctel.com.cn/product/MiniPC.html

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Re:2018 Mac Mini Review by graedus on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @10:06AM (#18391609)
Yeah, the model you linked has a i3-5005U - a very large step down from a i7-8559U. Still, could be sufficient depending on what you need it for.
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Re:2018 Mac Mini Review by GordonS on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:13PM (#18393435)
Bear in mind the i7 model in the article is $2,499!
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Re:2018 Mac Mini Review by graedus on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @04:15PM (#18394968)
In case it wasn't clear, user 21 was responding to user garblegarble with alternatives to the Intel NUC8i7BEH (~$484 in the US), not the Mac Mini.

But yes, the decked-out i7 Mac Mini is really expensive! As noted elsewhere in the comments (and in the article), a big chunk of that cost is in Apple's 1TB SSD pricing - ticking that option adds $800 over the 128GB SSD for some reason.

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