Black friday deal?
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Soldato
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Hmm, nothing to suggest it. No promotional savings mentioned on the listing either, quite a significant difference so just checking before making the purchase.
As you say, none of the configs they offer on that page show a price cut or promo, as they usually do when selling below rrp.
What's more likely is the title is wrong. It doesn't say m4 pro anywhere, but it does show 12 core CPU and 16 core GPU, which I think is the error ( should be 10 and 10).
Standard M4 mini with 512gb SSD and 24gb Ram is exactly 999 from Apple......
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Yeah I just checked it out - it definitely looks like a listing error on Amazon’s part. The only inference to the M4 Pro is in the title where it states a 12/16c configuration but the entire rest of the page is base M4 specs.
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Yeah I think that's the issue, if you look at the specs near the bottom of the page it does list 10 core cpu and gpu despite suggesting otherwise further up.
Cheers for that, i'll probably just go with the base M4 then.
I did take a look, and there's a store offering some configurations with an additional hub to add storage - are you getting fed those in suggestions?
So I've had my Mac Mini M4 base unit for a week now and I'll start by saying I like it. I took a bit of a risk as I didn't like my only other dip into macOS with my previous MacBook Air M1, but I was assuming that was more down to not being a fan of laptops (spoiler, it was).
What I like. (some of the likes/dislikes will be for macOS)
What I don't like.
What I like. (some of the likes/dislikes will be for macOS)
- I'll give it to Apple, the design is very nice. I do like a small chunk of Aluminium on my desk.
- The cost of the base unit given the performance is very good.
- I love the integration with my iPhone, it would be with my iPad as well but that doesn't sit on my desk next to the MMM4. I accidentally found a great feature. I needed a 2FA code so I opened my iPhone 2FA app and copied the code, I then wondered if that would now automatically be available to paste in macOS. It was. As I thought of it, it must've been an obvious step for Apple and their software coders.
- How energy efficient it is. I have it plugged into an energy monitoring plug and whilst I'm sat here typing I have YouTube playing a video on my second monitor and the maximum I've seen it jump to is 15w. I will have to see what it'll be whilst doing the same on my gaming PC at some point this week.
- It handles all the software I want it to handle. I expect the most taxing software I have is DaVinci Resolve Studio and in testing I am very happy with it's performance. From videos on YouTube I will never get the MMM4 struggling in Resolve as I don't edit anywhere near the level of these professionals showing what it takes to cause the MMM4 to actually start struggling.
What I don't like.
- The cost of upgrades. In the late 1980's I bought a 512k memory upgrade for my Amiga 500, it cost £100 and that seems better value to me than the upgrade costs for this. I was thinking at what price would I have upgraded the memory and/or storage and I decided I would have upgraded both to the next level if they had been £100 each and not £200. I did buy a 2tb nvme drive and a USB4 enclosure and that works well, as well as being faster than the internal storage.
- The power button on the bottom. I know this is a contentious one for a lot of people but not everyone wants to leave their computer in sleep mode. I've 3D printed a button that does the job but I'm not a huge fan of that print. Tempted to design something myself but I am waiting to see what 3rd party manufacturers come up with for some kind of base unit with connectivity.
- I had my MMM4 at home around 1000 last Saturday morning but because I was waiting for an Amazon delivery that contained a keyboard and USB C dock so I could set it up. They arrived late Saturday afternoon. If there was a way I could complete the setup with my iPhone, I couldn't find it.
- Some macOS dislikes. Why can't mouse buttons 4 & 5 just work out the box? I had to install an app to get them to work system wide. The way apps/software "installs" is still a bit alien to me but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Monitor/Window focus is different in the fact that whilst I'm playing a YouTube video on my second monitor and I then want to interact with that I have to click on the browswer tab so it's active and then pause it etc. On Windows just hovering over the window/tab highlights it.
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No no suggestions, just a quick check on Amazon for the prices and Apple and was a bit puzzled. All clear now, listing error on the Amazon site.
Looking at their prices I'm somewhat tempted to jump on an M4 with a few more cores and greater storage in the new year. I think I could probably justify (Read: Rationalise to myself the need) 24gb unified ram and 1tb storage. Alternatively, I'm thinking about jumping in on this kickstarter that's offering modules and just doing the upgrade myself.
For the last gen Studio or have they added the new mac mini to the kickstarter?
Ordered a base spec M4 Mini yesterday, estimated delivery 22-27th Nov. Pleasant surprise to get an email notification just now that it'll be arriving tomorrow 
shame my new desk doesn't arrive until 20th-22nd so won't be able to set it up immediately.
shame my new desk doesn't arrive until 20th-22nd so won't be able to set it up immediately.
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Ordered a base spec M4 Mini yesterday, estimated delivery 22-27th Nov. Pleasant surprise to get an email notification just now that it'll be arriving tomorrow
They must have plenty of stock in the country.
So, think my Mini has a WiFi card issue, been wondering why I have had absolutely atrocious speed issues on my Mini for the last few days, and then realised I'd unplugged the ethernet because it was a bit short to reach the switch and I needed to find one of the longer ones, but knew my M1 Macbook Pro and M4 iPad Pro had zero issues with WiFi on my desk, in the best WiFi spot in my house.
VS
Tried the usual troubleshooting, but fairly certain it's a hardware issue.
VS
Tried the usual troubleshooting, but fairly certain it's a hardware issue.
I caved and ordered a base spec (except bump to 10Gbit ethernet).
It's most likely going to run headless in place of and old Intel MBP I've run for a few things. If it's like the 2012 Mac mini that replaced, it'll hopefully last 10 years or so!
It's most likely going to run headless in place of and old Intel MBP I've run for a few things. If it's like the 2012 Mac mini that replaced, it'll hopefully last 10 years or so!
How practical is this? How do you connect to it remotely if anything needs to be done and if you reboot it, how do you manage to log in?