As disappointed as I was with the new iPad Mini as impressed I am with the new iMac Mini. They really shrunk that case while improving performance. If I was a Mac user I’d be all over that device.
Sooner than I expected I now have a M4 Pro mini. It arrived yesterday just before noon and I spent the rest of the day setting up. I have a simple aluminum stand on order via AliExpress ($12, free shipping) that should get here by the end of the month:
I didn’t want a hub-type stand because too often you get bonus RF interference and resulting bad Wifi connectivity. Like this guy:
… and I want to wait and maybe get a vertical thunderbolt version eventually. In the meantime I’m using one of the regular USB-C docks I have laying around. Plus I’ll hook up one of my 2TB
nvme SSDs, which have their own enclosures. This way I can move them around if I encounter RF noise, though hopefully the SSD at least will be okay in the space under the mini.
Initial impressions: it’s very small. It’s fast. It’s quiet. It’s a Mac. 👍🏻
Sooner than I expected I now have a M4 Pro mini. It arrived yesterday just before noon and I spent the rest of the day setting up. I have a simple aluminum stand on order via AliExpress ($12, free shipping) that should get here by the end of the month:
I didn’t want a hub-type stand because too often you get bonus RF interference and resulting bad Wifi connectivity. Like this guy:
… and I want to wait and maybe get a vertical thunderbolt version eventually. In the meantime I’m using one of the regular USB-C docks I have laying around. Plus I’ll hook up one of my 2TB
nvme SSDs, which have their own enclosures. This way I can move them around if I encounter RF noise, though hopefully the SSD at least will be okay in the space under the mini.
Initial impressions: it’s very small. It’s fast. It’s quiet. It’s a Mac. 👍🏻