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Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by kstrauser »

999900000999 wrote: post #104
massysett wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For drives at least, the upgrade path is the USB-C port.

I don't think these even boot once the SSDs die. Apple knows how to make money, I can buy a quality 4TB Nvme for 300$( you can definitely go lower if you want to risk it ). The upgrade to 4TB on the M4 Pro Mini is 1200$(it's not supported on the base model) , on top of 1400$ for the actual computer. It I had to guess, most of Apple's margin is on users riding the pricing ladder up into the stratosphere. I had an expe…

> I don't think these even boot once the SSDs die.

All Macs that I know of let you configure the boot drive. I had an older Mac Mini with a spinning HDD. I added an external SSD, set that up as the boot drive, and never touched the slow drive again. I'd be extremely surprised if you couldn't do the same with this.

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by badrequest »

xyst wrote: post #129

Positives: + form factor + ARM/Apple silicon/SoC Negatives: - Apple tax on memory, storage - non-upgradeable - Apple tax on 1GbE to 10 GbE ($100 surcharge lol) - maxes out at 64G of configurable memory w/ m4 pro Got to give it to Apple. The traunches between different configuration levels is “small” enough to convince buyers to enter the next level. It’s like “hey, you are already at $4000 for m4 pro with 64g. Just s…

I would genuinely be buying one today if the memory upgrades were half as much and I could go to 128GB or even 96.

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by perch56 »

donatj wrote: post #121

It would appear the air intake is on the bottom like the Mac Studio. As someone who lives in a very dusty 150 year old house, My Mac Studio does not appreciate the air input being directly on the desk. It collects all the dust that lands anywhere near it. I have a large levoit air filter running 24/7 in my office and still end up with this[1] regularly. I wish I could at least reasonably take the thing apart to clean…

Many people are eager to plug in their air purifiers and get started, but they often miss the fine print about checking inside the unit. Leaving the plastic bag on the filter basically turns the purifier into a fan, without any actual filtering. I saw someone post that they ran theirs like that for months before realizing it—no air getting filtered the whole time! Your dust photo reminded me, so just wanted to mention it in case you hadn’t checked for the bag inside.

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by yapyap »

carbon neutral, HA what nonsense.

edit to clarify: I don’t think reducing out carbon emissions is nonsense, that should be our top priority as a society, that’s also (part of) why AI is quite shit honestly, I couldn’t care less if they were just burning money by developing nothing burgers but they’re also burning through all our natural resources at insane rates.

However I do think the term “carbon neutral” is quite nonsensical and just seems like a term to make the consumer feel less guilty about themselves, hell sometimes it’s even used to make the company execs feel better about themselvss. I didn’t forget about that HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE “mother earth” commercial apple ran. DISGUSTING.

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by nordsieck »

jsheard wrote: post #111
avidphantasm wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a desktop. Use an external disk. Much cheaper.

It kind of undermines the sleek form factor if you need to have a clunky NVMe enclosure dangling off the back though. Even with this tiny new design I bet they could fit a hatch on the bottom with space for a 2230 M.2 drive, but they don't want to because that would let you upgrade to 2TB of fast internal storage for $200 instead of $800.

There are a number of companies that specialize in making hubs/NVMe enclosures that match the aesthetics of the Mac Mini and sit directly underneath it.

For example: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S47KBMC/

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by fallat »

xyst wrote: post #129

Positives: + form factor + ARM/Apple silicon/SoC Negatives: - Apple tax on memory, storage - non-upgradeable - Apple tax on 1GbE to 10 GbE ($100 surcharge lol) - maxes out at 64G of configurable memory w/ m4 pro Got to give it to Apple. The traunches between different configuration levels is “small” enough to convince buyers to enter the next level. It’s like “hey, you are already at $4000 for m4 pro with 64g. Just s…

> I wonder how many consumers fall into this sunk cost fallacy scenario that Apple has designed.

Millions. Let that sink in.

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by xyst »

donatj wrote: post #121

It would appear the air intake is on the bottom like the Mac Studio. As someone who lives in a very dusty 150 year old house, My Mac Studio does not appreciate the air input being directly on the desk. It collects all the dust that lands anywhere near it. I have a large levoit air filter running 24/7 in my office and still end up with this[1] regularly. I wish I could at least reasonably take the thing apart to clean…

That’s a shit ton of dust. Is this in an industrial factory?

I agree that mine also gets dirty as well but nothing like your picture where it’s caked there.

I typically just wipe it clean after a couple of weeks. Can even go a month without any issues. I even have a dog that sheds like a mofo

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by donatj »

perch56 wrote: post #143
donatj wrote: post #121

It would appear the air intake is on the bottom like the Mac Studio. As someone who lives in a very dusty 150 year old house, My Mac Studio does not appreciate the air input being directly on the desk. It collects all the dust that lands anywhere near it. I have a large levoit air filter running 24/7 in my office and still end up with this[1] regularly. I wish I could at least reasonably take the thing apart to clean…

Many people are eager to plug in their air purifiers and get started, but they often miss the fine print about checking inside the unit. Leaving the plastic bag on the filter basically turns the purifier into a fan, without any actual filtering. I saw someone post that they ran theirs like that for months before realizing it—no air getting filtered the whole time! Your dust photo reminded me, so just wanted to mentio…

I replace the filter on mine every couple months. It's clear of bags and the filters are regularly filthy.

Re: New Mac Mini with M4

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Post by jsheard »

magnio wrote: post #128
mentos wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No mention of the SSD size that was the reason I returned my Mac mini 256Gb last year was just a pain juggling files

Couldn't we just add extra drives into the extra internal SSD slots? Or does Mac Mini not have those?

There are no slots, it's all soldered directly to the motherboard. Even in the Mac Studio, which does use modular SSDs, they're proprietary modules rather than anything you can easily swap out yourself.
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