Hi everyone, I’m considering to get a Mac mini for light home usage mostly for media consumption and possibly as a plex server. But I read a lot of complaints on incompatible monitors, so is there a way to confirm if my current monitor will work with it?

got no issue. most likely hdmi cable.
i'm using armagaddeon and asus monitor to mac mini. via hdmi and usb c
i even connect to hdmi splitter

Hello!

Anyone managed to use more than two displays? I’m seriously considering getting one, but my current setup runs three monitors; 34” 2k, 27” 2k, and a drawing tablet FHD. Pretty sure I can run both monitors natively via the TB port (both has a TB port each, with DP and HDMI) since it runs fine on my 2016 MBP.

The issue lies with the drawing tablet. I’ve been reading around, and it seems like I’d need to drop about a grand (possibly more) to get docks/adapters to have more than two screens.

So…question is, anyone managed to get it running more than two without breaking the bank?

Mac Mini still worth it at this point in time (April 2022)? When is the next new model coming? Mac Studio too expensive for my budget

Last month I bought a new SSD, Adata XPG S70 Blade 1TB (PCIe Gen4). Put it into an Acasis Thunderbolt external case (PCIe Gen3.) Can detect and format but it unmounts after a few seconds. Not sure why. Gen4 should be backwards compatible with Gen3. Just a heads up in case anyone is considering this SSD.

So far, I've been using an Adata SX8200 Pro 2TB (PCIe Gen3) in another Acasis ext TB case((PCIe Gen3) with no probs.

The S70 Blade is working fine in my Win 11 PC.



This post has been edited by soonwai: Apr 25 2022, 11:39 PM

Hi all. Just wondering it is best to take the mac mini now or should I wait for sept/oct, just in case the refresh model will be coming out? but according to internet, the mac mini m2 wont happen until 2023 at least.

Appreciate your comments

What do you plan on using the Mac Mini for? Office productivity or heavy workloads?

Hi, hows the Armagaddeon monitor doing ? good?

mainly light surf net, basic office and maybe a bit of photo touchup. gonna plan to scale down my desktop due to underutilized

Sounds like what the M1 would be able to achieve fairly easily. Right now its all whether you have the patience to wait or you need it immediately

Thanks. Yep . Hand kinda inchy to take now buy when look into calender, its like, oh lets wait for 1-2 month

I kind of hope we might see a Mac Mini with the M2 chip as well. Seems like a no-brainer for Apple to just upgrade it with the M2 chip.

not sure if asked before (still reading history) .. but mini can run iphone (ios) games natively or need download some sort of emulators like windows (for android terminal)? if can run natively, anyone tried , is it laggy compare to iphones?

i did some reading... M2 seems a bit issue
some Youtuber solve it by changing thermal paste
but yeah.. that one is on laptop. mybe for mac mini different stories

That is because similarly like the M1 MBA, it is passive cooling hence they used the same trick to cool the M2 MBA. For the Mac Mini, it has active cooling so it shouldn't have any issues at all.

Hi All,

I am looking to change my Dell XPS 15 to Mac Mini, mainly for photo and video editing, but not too sure is M1 16gb sufficient or not... no budget for the mac studio

Hi all,

Since I (am still) waiting for the mac mini to be launched with the M2, any current M1 user can advise on any USB port hubs they use? Or is the default number of ports offered sufficient for your usage?

Any brand. I add usb a extension -4 ports

First of all, what is your photo editing and video editing workflow? What software do you use, what format do you shoot in and how many files are you constantly editing at once? This would really provide a better view of things. For example, if you are a heavy FCP user then yes, the M1 does make full use of it. If you use Adobe Premier or Da Vinci, it may not necessarily be the most powerful option out there but it does the job well.

16GB would be sufficient. I am ono 8GB but it's hitting the limit. Other apps needed to close to run photoshop smoothly. I do simple editing on final cut as well but recently been using Luma Fusion to edit video faster since I'm using it on iPad Air as well. No issue and works flawlessly.