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Very nice :) I just bought it, this is a lot nicer to have around than switching back to the activity monitor.. I just recently got an m1 Mac air and since it's

Very nice :) I just bought it, this is a lot nicer to have around than switching back to the activity monitor.. I just recently got an m1 Mac air and since it's fanless and makes no obvious outside indication that something is busy it's hard to tell what's going on.

jondwillis 6y ago
M1 Mac mini reporting in... I can't get the fan to turn on. And I'm compiling as hard as I can...
- sgt 6y ago
  Oh boy, you just gave me another reason to want the Mac Mini M1. I have had two previous Mac Mini's (and one is actually still operational 24/7, despite being 12 years old). Such a brilliant little machine, and much better value than say an iMac as there are tons of good screens out there. I am wondering though whether it supports dual 4k screens at 60Hz. I don't think HDMI can do that, so it would have to be DisplayPort.
  - somebodynew 6y ago
    Apple says that the M1 Mac Mini supports: > One display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt and one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0 That is, it does support two 4K screens at 60 Hz. Note that this is in contrast to the M1 MacBooks which only support one external display in addition to the laptop display.
    - tomaskafka 6y ago
      M1 Macbooks reportedly support also 4k/120hz, and 4k/144hz/hdr with DSC, so it's quite possible that Mini would too
  - perryizgr8 6y ago
    HDMI can do that, but unfortunately the M1 can't.
    - sgt 6y ago
      Not really - even if the computer could do it on its side, my relatively new 4K Dell screen does not support the HDMI standard required to do 60Hz. It does 30Hz but then I would rather use an old CRT.
      - perryizgr8 6y ago
        I don't know what standard your monitor supports. But hdmi 2.1 can certainly do 4k@60. And most new devices and monitors are coming with hdmi 2.1 support.
        sgt 6y ago
        If the monitor is more than a year old it's probably using technology that is 3 years old, etc. Then it means a lot of current monitors have this issue. But it will improve, so that's good.

jondwillis 6y ago

M1 Mac mini reporting in... I can't get the fan to turn on. And I'm compiling as hard as I can...

sgt 6y ago
Oh boy, you just gave me another reason to want the Mac Mini M1. I have had two previous Mac Mini's (and one is actually still operational 24/7, despite being 12 years old). Such a brilliant little machine, and much better value than say an iMac as there are tons of good screens out there. I am wondering though whether it supports dual 4k screens at 60Hz. I don't think HDMI can do that, so it would have to be DisplayPort.
- somebodynew 6y ago
  Apple says that the M1 Mac Mini supports: > One display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt and one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0 That is, it does support two 4K screens at 60 Hz. Note that this is in contrast to the M1 MacBooks which only support one external display in addition to the laptop display.
  - tomaskafka 6y ago
    M1 Macbooks reportedly support also 4k/120hz, and 4k/144hz/hdr with DSC, so it's quite possible that Mini would too
- perryizgr8 6y ago
  HDMI can do that, but unfortunately the M1 can't.
  - sgt 6y ago
    Not really - even if the computer could do it on its side, my relatively new 4K Dell screen does not support the HDMI standard required to do 60Hz. It does 30Hz but then I would rather use an old CRT.
    - perryizgr8 6y ago
      I don't know what standard your monitor supports. But hdmi 2.1 can certainly do 4k@60. And most new devices and monitors are coming with hdmi 2.1 support.
      - sgt 6y ago
        If the monitor is more than a year old it's probably using technology that is 3 years old, etc. Then it means a lot of current monitors have this issue. But it will improve, so that's good.