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hilltrot Author

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How much weight can a Mac Mini hold?

How much long term dead weight can a mac mini hold?

I am looking for an actual answer - not a work around.

Don't say zero either because that's not true.

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 19, 2015 1:00 PM

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hilltrot Author

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Feb 20, 2015 1:56 PM in response to K Shaffer

Yes, I did a web search before I asked the question. The answers were far too insufficient. Mostly they were, "Buy this stuff I'm selling! I need the money!"

The previous answer Apple gave about the previous mini, didn't say that the mini couldn't hold the weight, but that the airport was located there - which it isn't anymore. So, no airport means its ok now?!

I don't think the circular cover (with the Mac Mini indented on it.) is plastic (2014). The circular opening is interesting because it actually makes the the connection far stronger than if it were square. A very good design if that were what they were after. Although the thinner metal I've seen in take-down did give me some pause. At the same time I'm not planning on putting something as heavy as a thunderbolt display the mini either. (Im limited to a 21.5 inch screen and I hate super glossy when it comes to business computers. There are far better and cheaper screen options than the iMac.) I'm more concerned with the long-term - not the short term. In some ways I guess I was hoping someone in Apple's design team would chime in. I guess the design team would be all made of art-nerds who would be upset that their "artwork" was covered.

Apple Technical support has been no help whatsoever. The first one I called screamed at me for trying to use WPS and didn't seem to understand what it was. They seem rather amateur. The ones I've met at the Apple Store didn't even know the possible uses for an Airport Time Capsule.

The connections and their locations prevent a vertical set up from being useful without constantly tipping over even with the $50+ stands people have been trying to sell me in their responses here. Yes, if all I needed to connect were a power cord, this would not be a problem. But I really need this computer to do stuff. Maybe I should've gotten Lenovo? There are many aspects of the Mac operating system I like, but their hardware seems to be toyish art the way many people are talking here. Anyone with Hackintosh experience?

Trying to put something as large a Mac (Not-really) Mini on the vesa mount of my monitor would definitely tip over my monitor, causing both to crash to the floor.

I see absolutely no "Tipover" with the Mac Mini 2014. I guess If you stacked a lot of them together, this would be a problem.

lllaass

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Feb 20, 2015 2:07 PM in response to hilltrot

If you could support the bottom of the Mini around the metal periphery of the bottom vice the plastic disk it would well support a 22" monitor.

The problem with being supported by the plastic disk with a heavy weight is that if the weight is not evenly distributed, the plastic may cold flow unevenly over time resulting in unequal pressure on the bottom and tilting of what is on top and even it falling off but I doubt it would go that far that fast. The Mini/plastic getting hot would accelerate the cold flow.

The metal part of the 2012 Mini (the one I have) should easily support even a Thunderbolt monitor.

Another problem with putting something on top is that it may attenuate wifi and BT reception. I noticed that when I had may external HD on top on my Mini