Apple Mac mini (M4) in for review
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- AnonF-1006353
- JBi
- 16 Nov 2024
Boldpixel, 16 Nov 2024lol. It is more expensive. At least this is an actual alter... moreAt similar specs the mac mini will be ~$1600.. The minisforum with ryzen9 370hx 64gb ram is less than $1200.
For 600 you only get the base model mac mini which is quite a bit weaker. 12gb vram won't get you far when there's only 4gb left for the os and applications because it's shared. The gpu in ryzen 9 370hx does double the tflops compared to base model 10 core m4.
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- Anonymous
- 0qB
- 16 Nov 2024
you have to suffer, 16 Nov 2024i don't think that would work. i doubt apple only lock... morethere was a video in LTT that actually did an experiment with the M2 ultra Mac Pro. having ACTUAL PCIe connectors.
the results are... Grimacing to say the least. Since apple moved to their own silicon. they dropped ENTIRELY the support for both AMD GPUs (and obviously NVidia's. not to mention intel's) so you're pretty much "stuck" using the integrated GPU apple offers.
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- Anonymous
- 0qB
- 16 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 16 Nov 2024DisplayPort? :(doesn't have. but you can plug an adapter that has it.
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- Anonymous
- 0Uc
- 16 Nov 2024
DisplayPort? :(
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- Boldpixel
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- 16 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 15 Nov 2024LOL. What custom mini PC? Don't you know Minisforum? N... morelol. It is more expensive. At least this is an actual alternative for those who prefer windows. I'd still stick with the Mac with 12gb vram on the 16gb ram base model. Just buy a external SSD if you want more memory.
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- Anonymous
- 70d
- 16 Nov 2024
you have to suffer, 16 Nov 2024i don't think that would work. i doubt apple only lock... moreThat's because gaming performance on Apple SoCs are mediocre. If it's great, then many people will probably want to play demanding games on them.
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- 6cH
- 16 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 16 Nov 2024can i pair this with external gpu since it has Thunderbolt?... morei don't think that would work. i doubt apple only locks to its integrated gpu from the M4. who would have thought to put a discrete gpu on a mac anyway, it's not like they wanted to play some demanding games on them.
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- Anonymous
- wYI
- 16 Nov 2024
you have to suffer, 15 Nov 2024why use hdmi when they could use a lightning port for video... moredongles dongles & more dongles. 😂
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- Anonymous
- wYI
- 16 Nov 2024
can i pair this with external gpu since it has Thunderbolt? If not, overpriced garbage. 😂
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- Anonymous
- 70d
- 15 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 15 Nov 2024Nothing come close to this at double the price. Years of re... moreVisit the Minisforum website. You're welcome.
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- Anonymous
- 70d
- 15 Nov 2024
Boldpixel, 15 Nov 2024Correction ...there is nothing remotely close for media stu... moreLOL. What custom mini PC? Don't you know Minisforum? Now you can buy a Minisforum Ryzen 9 mini PC with 64 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage for $650.
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- Anonymous
- gXJ
- 15 Nov 2024
I'd say spend up for the 512GB model and you're sorted.
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- Carol-
- mJ}
- 15 Nov 2024
Oh, another streight to garbage device from apple, nothing can be repaired or replaced, have fun wasting money on plain obsolecense
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- Modey Mahboub
- XxE
- 15 Nov 2024
For 500 dollars you can build a good pc without the screen of course
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- Anonymous
- Fv1
- 15 Nov 2024
Fun Fact: this is only $499 if you buy from the Apple education discount website. They do not check credentials for their pc's.
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- AnonF-1006353
- JBi
- 15 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 15 Nov 2024Nothing come close to this at double the price. Years of re... moreThere are notebooks from 2009 with upgraded ssd running currently supported win10 22h2 just fine, not sure about macOS "real support" for similar old macbooks...
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- AnonF-1006353
- JBi
- 15 Nov 2024
Boldpixel, 15 Nov 2024Correction ...there is nothing remotely close for media stu... moreNot everyone is notoriously video cutting all day. For every other task, there are indeed similar small alternatives. See MeLe Quieter 4C with N100 (for office or audio or mini server use) or ASUS ROG Ally with Ryzen Z1 Extreme, which does better in Passmark and similar in Cinebench, and this handheld is battery powered. "nOt ReMotELy cloSe" my a..
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- AnonF-1006353
- JBi
- 15 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 15 Nov 2024Nothing come close to this at double the price. Years of re... moreCompletely wrong and tech-blind statement.
I can build a way faster pc for that price, with native x86-64 application support and not a limited arm crotch that isn't even upgradeable.
M4 base model 10 core is around 24k cpumarks on passmark, this is nothing lol, even an intel i5-13400F reaches more and this cpu does only cost around $140.
For gpu it will be the same story.. If you want it portable: even the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme in the ROG Ally reaches 25k cpumarks and double the tflops gpu-wise, with TDP 9 - 30W. For at least $100 less.
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- Boldpixel
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- 15 Nov 2024
Akinaro, 15 Nov 2024Why would they use mac anyway? Its not bad computer, bu... moreCorrection ...there is nothing remotely close for media stuff unless you build your own custom mini pc and even then it won't be the size of the mac lol. Absolutely cringe take. Not even mentioning development and the advantages macOs has over windows just by being Unix based. So if you want something Unix based with supported software like Adobe and the like (Linux lacks many) then your only option is mac.
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- txG
- 15 Nov 2024
why use hdmi when they could use a lightning port for video output?