Subj : Re: Any M4 Mac Mini users?
To   : kirkspragg
From : paulie420
Date : Tue Jun 24 2025 09:44 pm

 ki>  pa> ... are there any other M4 Mac Mini users here? I'm LOViNG mine - and
 ki>  pa> have done a few sponsored product videos on accessories on my YT
 ki>  pa> channel...
 ki> 
 ki> Not I, though I am seriously tempted to get one as my daily driver PC.
 ki> My work laptop died late last year after myriad issues with win 11, WSL
 ki> and Docker, all of which I needed to do my job. I manged to get a M3
 ki> Macbook pro as a replacement.... OMG it is so much better. Stuff just
 ki> works! And its faster and actually portable.

Dude - for the $499 student discount, its one of the best PCs that you can buy right now... it is ON FUEGO; seriously, it performs above its weight class and Apple doesn't check the student discount - at $499, its the best compute you can buy right now...

 ki> Thats one thing I don't quite have my head around with these Mac Mini's.
 ki> The storage expansion options. Buying one with a large SSD built-in is
 ki> super pricy, how well does these NVEM hubs work with a Mac Mini & MacOS?

So - the USB-3 hubs are around 1000mbps/sec. Thunderbolt 4 is even faster around 3000mbps/sec - for the M4 Mac Mini PRO Thunderbolt 5 is even m0re fast....

But even for 4K video editing I'm OK on the 1000mbps.

 ki> Also what options have you got for using large arrays of spinning rust
 ki> i.e. RAID with normal HDDs?

I don't know... donate to my gofundme and I'll find out!! :P

 ki> Anyhow glad you are loving yours, might be getting one myself once life
 ki> has calmed down and a few other major financial things are out of the
 ki> way.

I love it. Buy one - you'll be happy.



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