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#macmini

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#games #gaming #steam #apple

I like good dungeon crawlers. Especially those who are inspired by the legendary "Dungeon Master" series on the ATARI ST back in the day.

Legend of Grimmrock I+II are such beautiful games.

And here is the funny part:

My Apple #MacMini i7 can't run those games properly (missing GPU). It's stuttering (higher resolutions).

My MacBook Air M1 has absolutely no problem with those games even with higher resolutions (maxed out).

#intel is losing the game ...

I'm thinking of retiring my 10-year-old 6th gen Intel NUC as a mini headless PC since it's getting too old and switching to a Mac Mini. Even the base model should be more than enough. I'll be running Docker containers and hosting my internal network and streaming apps on it.

Anyone using a setup like this? How’s your experience?

Прилетела #morphos на #macmini ppc g4
Пока что скажу, что ожидал большего: выглядит кривоватенько, графика только 800x600, хотя карта и дисплей держат и лучше. Интерфейс также выглядит школьной поделкой. А я так надеялся!

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Ok one complaint. When connected with hdmi to a tv set, and routing audio through that hdmi, through the tv to a set of speakers, the sound lags. Or cuts, jumps, whatever you wanna call it. Doesn’t sound good.

Plugged the speakers directly to the Mac Mini headphone jack, routed audio to ”headphones”. Now no problems.

Someone essentially designed a #PCB that they're now selling bare or with NAND/SSD pre-soldered for upgrading/replacing the #SSD module of your #Apple #MacMini M4 very easily. It's amazing how informative and transparent the video is at meticulously explaining the engineering design and component decisions behind their custom module, when I expected them to only demonstrate it, nothing more.

Unrelated note, the moment the dude tried to show an example of what an airplane "rudder" is by showing a picture of MAS's, in combination with his distinct Malay, (
Americanised for YouTube) English accent - I immediately checked his website and Linktree and right enough, the dude's a Malaysian lol.

Good to know that if I decide to get a Mac Mini I could upgrade the SSD myself without paying Apple or expensive shipping cost. I'd still probably need to upgrade from the
measly 16GB of RAM though on the base model by paying Apple's 10x markup for no good reason.

▶️ https://youtu.be/F3CYj37bxDE

🔗 https://iboffrcc.com/products/2tb-storage-xnand4-for-mac-mini-m4

Stupid me. I had my new mac Mini connected to my monitor with both Thunderbolt / USB-C and Thunderbolt / DisplayPort. The former is for utilizing the built-in USB ports on the monitor, and I didn't realize that it also provided audio and video to the monitor. The DP cable removed... 😅

#macMini #StupidMistake

I’ve given up on the built in speaker in my HP E34m G4 monitor in favour of the built-in speaker in the new M4 #MacMini which is effectively (if not literally) mono.

The HP monitor’s speaker is good enough for video calls, but clips often enough with music to be grating - certain songs were just unpleasant to listen to. Fair enough for an office focused monitor with USB hub and web cam. I should have put more weight on this when reading reviews before ordering. Otherwise happy with it.

Под конец #marchintosh ко мне приехал ещё один #macmini #powerpc g4 из Питера, модель A1103, ровно такой, как у меня уже есть 20 лет. Стоит Tiger. Быстрый, зараза, куда быстрее, чем Leopard с его «0 новых фич». Хочу попробовать поставить Sorbet Leopard и поиграться с #morphos. Может OpenBSD. Может AmigaOS4. Вряд ли Linux

Что характерно, keychain очищен в НОЛЬ

Die SSD in der Mac mini M4-Generation ist gesteckt und austauschbar, sodass ihr euren Speicher kostengünstig erweitern könnt. 🤓🔧 Händler wie M4 SSD und Expand Mac Mini bieten kompatible Aufrüstkits an, die deutlich günstiger sind als Apples Upgrade-Optionen.

Zum Artikel (€): heise.de/ratgeber/Mac-mini-mit

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@cliffwade Totally, the fan thing was a selling point for me too (the other docks lift the #Mac on a little ledge for that purpose which is cute but.. meh 🤷‍♂️). I have two (1tb and 2tb) external nvme drives connected right now, but I think I'll install the 2Tb directly into the dock. Will likely buy one later today, can always return later if any buyer's remorse. Thanks for the summary!

For those wondering what we're talking about: amazon.com/Minisopuru-iExpandM #macmini #dock

www.amazon.comAmazon.com: Minisopuru iExpandMate MINI218B PRO Mac Mini M4 Dock & Stand with M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure, 10Gbps USB C/A, TF& SD, 2X USB A 2.0, Audio Jack, 8 in 1 Mac Mini Hub for Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro 2024 : ElectronicsAmazon.com: Minisopuru iExpandMate MINI218B PRO Mac Mini M4 Dock & Stand with M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure, 10Gbps USB C/A, TF& SD, 2X USB A 2.0, Audio Jack, 8 in 1 Mac Mini Hub for Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro 2024 : Electronics

Wymaksowany #macMini jest o 5 tys. zł tańszy niż MacBook Pro o tej samej specyfikacji!

Zrobiłem sobie podsumowanie mojego trybu pracy z ostatnich trzech lat i sytuacje, kiedy zabrałem ze sobą MacBooka poza dom można policzyć na palcach jednej ręki 😂

Nawet kupując wszystkie inne akcesoria wyjdzie taniej, niż MacBook Pro.