Time for a new Mac

After many many years of using a Mac I purchased in 2011, it's finally time to upgrade to a new one. I just placed an order with Apple and I expect to have it in a week or two. The new computer will be much faster than the old one, but it will be missing a few I/O ports and the new version of macOS it runs will be pretty different.

Here's a table comparing the old and new systems.

	Old Mac	New Mac
Model	Mac mini Server (Mid 2011)	Mac Mini (2018)
CPU model	2nd Gen Intel Core i7 (2635QM)	8th Gen Intel Core i7 (8700B)
CPU speed	2.0 GHz (Turbo boost to 2.9 GHz)	3.2 GHz (Turbo boost up to 4.6 GHz)
CPU cores/threads	4 cores, 8 threads	6 cores, 12 threads
CPU cache	6 MB on-chip shared L3	12 MB on-chip shared L3
RAM	16 GB (maximum)	16 GB (expandable to 64 GB)
RAM speed	PC-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3	PC4-21300 (2666 MHz) DDR4
Storage	Two 750 GB SATA hard drives (7200 RPM)	2 TB SSD (NVMe PXIe x4)
GPU	Intel HD Graphics 3000	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Displays	2. One HDMI port. One Thunderbolt 2 port (1 or 2 displays)	3. One HDMI port. One Thunderbolt 3 port (1 or 2 displays)
Graphics memory	Up to 384 MB (shared with main memory)	Up to 1.5 GB (shared with main memory)
Maximum resolution	1920x1200 (HDMI) or 2560x1600 (Thunderbolt/DisplayPort)	4K (HDMI). 2 4K or 1 5K (Thunderbolt/DisplayPort)
Wi-Fi networking	802.11n (Wi-Fi 4)	802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5)
Ethernet networking	1000BASE-T	1000BASE-T
Bluetooth	4.0	5.0
USB	2.0 (4 ports)	5.0 (2 ports) plus 5.1 gen 2 (4 ports) via Thunderbolt 3
FireWire	800 M (1 port)	800 M (via Thunderbolt adapter
Audio input	Analog/optical	None
Audio output	Analog/optical, built-in speaker	Analog
macOS version	10.12 (Sierra)	10.15 (Catalina)
Geekbench 5 benchmark	560 (single core), 1996 (multi-core)	1161 (single core), 5225 (multi-core)

I will write more about the experience when the new system arrives and I migrate all of my content to it.