All I really care about if i'm to be completely blunt is to be able to reasonably expect to be able to open a file without it feeling like i'm stuck in the 90's again. I never want to go back to mechanical drives - dark days were had indeed.
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Caporegime
This may be a long short....do you have Steam specifically Baldur's Gate 3? If it can play that well on the base model then that's the one I will go for.
Soldato
Just realised I don't have a keyboard or mouse that'll work with the MMM4. I'll order something tonight along with a USB C dock type thingy.
Caporegime
You don't need a special keyboard and mouse?
Soldato
The keyboard and mouse I have are both USB A so I need to buy a dock to make them work with it, or a new keyboard and mouse. As I want to remove some clutter from my desk I fancy a 75% keyboard and I might just use my current mouse with whatever dock I order tonight.
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Possibly referring to a USB-A type wired peripheral
Have you considered using NVidia Geforce NOW? I hadn't heard of it up until today.
Caporegime
I've heard of it but I rather not pay another subscription. At least a more powerful machine can apply for everything I do.
From what I remember of dealing with Macs, they don't play most games, do they? This'd give you the same library as a PC does.
Soldato
Get the smaller Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, it’s nice to have on the Apple silicon macs.
Caporegime
Baldur's Gate 3 has a Mac port. It plays fine on the M2 Ultra, I am wondering if the £599 M4 will do it.
Caporegime
What speakers are you guys using? I will be going from my 27" iMac to my Huawei Mateview, which although has a speaker...my 13" MBP sounds much better.
Something small, the bar isn't high, the benchmark is the 27" iMac.
Something small, the bar isn't high, the benchmark is the 27" iMac.
Soldato
I did look into it but the lack of backlit keys is no good for me.
Soldato
Since I got the Studio Display I will never buy another set of desktop speakers ever again.
Caporegime
I guess that has speakers in like from the iMac?
Soldato
I never had an iMac so I honestly couldn’t say. But they fill my small office no problem and the sound quality is superb. For built in monitor speakers they’re absolutely outstanding. I thought Apple excelled themselves with the speakers in the 16 inch MacBook Pro but even it can’t hold a candle to the display.
Having switched directly from a 2017 iMac to a Mac Studio with a pair of studio displays, I think the sound on the iMac was better!