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Yeah, in particular the Mac mini has a lot of curb appeal as a 10+ year micro server. Considering it's plugged in and the fan should only spin up occasionally,
by ogre_codes 6y ago
Yeah, in particular the Mac mini has a lot of curb appeal as a 10+ year micro server. Considering it's plugged in and the fan should only spin up occasionally, it should last a long long time.
I'm pretty sure we'll have Linux running on it by then. Perhaps just CLI only.
- rovr138 6y agoMy 2011 Mac Mini is running under the TV, serving files, running some small docker containers. It works fine for that workload. I just use VNC into it to manage anything. Another little machine that does what it needs. It's quiet and doesn't need much.
- thekyle 6y agoWhy not just use an Intel NUC?
- ogre_codes 6y agoLast I checked, a well configured NUC was nearly as expensive as a Mac mini and almost certainly slower than this. Depends largely on what you are looking for though. From the sounds of it the NUC also has a loud fan? (For some reason I thought they were fanless).
- thekyle 6y agoYeah, both the Mac Mini and NUC have fans. The Intel NUC will definitely be slower and hotter (thus louder), but I still think it's a better choice if you specifically want to run Linux on it.