The docking station also features an SD card reader, two USB 3.1 ports, Thunderbolt 3, HDMI, Ethernet and an audio mini jack. The model supports two PCIe graphics cards and up to four SSDs, according to the Kickstarter campaign, for up to 8TB of additional data storage capacity. The Animaionic docking station aims to solve this problem by transforming the Mac Mini into a proper workstation.
The Mac Pro desktop is a more powerful alternative, but with a starting price of $5,999, the model is too expensive for some creators. The team behind the campaign says that Animaionic was created specifically for the creative community, offering it the graphics capabilities and storage it needs at a price ultimately lower than that of the Mac Pro.Īpple's Mac Mini, a small square-shaped desktop computer, starts at an affordable $799, but doesn't offer the level of performance needed by professional filmmakers and photographers. A new Kickstarter campaign is seeking funds for Animaionic, a Mac Mini docking station that supports external GPUs and SSDs.
