Besides that, my 16in MacBook Pro with M2 Max and 32gb RAM still does everything I need. I’m still so impressed with the raw performance and long battery life that Apple Silicon has brought to the laptop space.
to run triple AAA games at 40-60fps on a cold and quiet device is amazing and feels like a real progression. likewise with proton
something like beelink ser8 you can open it and add RAM and extra SSD for cheap too.
these mac mini are restricted by the OS. macOS is a boring system to me.
what can you do with this that you can't with the previous models. generate genmojis faster or render 4k videos faster, useful but boring
and i also added my own extra 4tb ssd for about $130. it took 5 minutes to do it.
i'm sure the m4 is more powerful on paper, within the apple ecosystem, and running apple software.
but i prefer to be free and run what i want. also as someone who was really jaded on tech, i found these amd gpu's to be really amazing.
i still appreciate what the mac mini stands for, low energy and efficient. but not inside that walled garden.
My friend talked about getting one for his young children, though, but will likely get an iMac so they can facetime with family.
Would be great if this could finally put the nail into Windows. It's about time.