Subj : Re: Any M4 Mac Mini users?
To   : paulie420
From : kirkspragg
Date : Thu Jun 26 2025 03:09 pm

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

I'll definitely look into this, thanks for the tip RE student pricing. Where did you buy yours? Directly from apple's website or elsewhere?

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

How picky are these mac mini's RE usb 3 hub support? Do you need to be careful in checking which hubs will work & what MacOS versions they support?
Although I use a Mac at work, I'm not that familiar with it or what the 3rd party hardware support is like, this is one of the things thats holding me back from buying to be honest.

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

I'm coming around to that point of view pretty quickly. As my other team member's Windoze laptops continue to crash, blue-screen and die, my opinion of MS windows 11 & x86 based laptops continues to decline.

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