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I've absolutely loved my M1 Mac mini since I got it ($1,199 I think? with 16 gigs of memory and 1TB). I never hear the fan, it hardly ever gets slow, and I driv
by atonse 6y ago
I've absolutely loved my M1 Mac mini since I got it ($1,199 I think? with 16 gigs of memory and 1TB). I never hear the fan, it hardly ever gets slow, and I drive two 4k monitors with it at 60Hz (1 with DisplayPort, the other with HDMI 2.0).
Most apps I use already support Apple Silicon. Most that don't, work well under Rosetta 2. And whenever I've needed Windows, I've been RDP'ing into my local NAS machine so I don't miss VMware.
It feels great to use a desktop again.
Meanwhile, on my MacBook Pro that I spent nearly $3,500 for (i9, 32GB memory, 1TB hard drive, AppleCare, etc), the asinine butterfly keyboard causes me to have typos in about 30% of words I type. And the fan comes on no matter what I do.
I can't wait to trade it in.
- threatofrain 6y agoJust wondering, what monitors do you use?
- atonse 6y agoA dell 27” (P2715Q) and an LG 27” (don’t know the model number at the moment)
- justsomeuser 6y agoI use one monitor. I am not sure which M1 to buy (mini, air, pro). Do you think there would be much difference in CPU performance between the mini and the air? I have heard the mac-air will throttle after a while to keep cool, but the mini throttles the least out of all 3?
- atonse 6y agoI’m not 100% sure but both the pro and mini have fans. I’ve never heard my mini’s fan in 3 months. I’m sure it might have run at times because I do compile elixir all day. But I’ve never noticed any slowdown.