Just ordered mine today. 16/256. Delivery stated as 28/1-4/2. Can't wait to get it. Also got an Acasin branded TBT3 NVME enclosure from Shopee. Monitor will be a Viewsonic 32" 2K monitor.

The Mac mini will be replacing my MBPR 15" 2013 which is basically tethered to my desk almost all of the time anyway.

Fingers crossed that MCO 2.0 won't cause too much of a delay.

Ordered mine too on Jan 13 but my credit card was not charged. There was just this RM0 transaction when I placed the order.

Update: What a coincidence. Right after I wrote the above, I went to check and my credit card has been charged for the Mac Mini. Also received SMS for the charges.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 14 2021, 05:50 PM

Status still the same. Hasn’t changed yet.

Is yours 16/512? Mine is 16/256.



This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 14 2021, 08:46 PM

Same here, my current computer is a Macbook, also from 2010. I ordered 16/256 as I plan to use a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure with either 1 or 2TB SSD. Haven't decided which SSD to buy yet.

1 to HDMI and 1 to USBC
or
both USBC to monitors
or
1 USBC to Thunderbolt Hub which has 2 USBC ports and/or HDMI ports.
or
1 USBC to monitor then daisy chain to next monitor (if your monitor has 2 Thunderbolt ports)

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 15 2021, 01:48 AM

Pressing ⌘R in Safari repeatedly seemed to have helped.

13/1 Ordered (ETA: 28/1 - 4/2)
14/1 Card Charged
16/1 Preparing to Ship
16/1 Shipped (ETA: 25/1)
18/1 E-Invoice Received

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 19 2021, 02:53 AM

Things are moving again. Status changed to shipped.



13/1 Ordered (ETA: 28/1 - 4/2)
14/1 Card Charged
16/1 Preparing to Ship
16/1 Shipped (ETA: 25/1)
18/1 E-Invoice Received
19/1 Out for Delivery & Delivered

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jun 14 2021, 12:42 PM

Out for delivery! 6 days ahead of ETA.

Thunderbolt enclosure delivered. One more thing to go.

Mac mini delivered.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 19 2021, 03:36 PM

Quite excited about it. First new Mac in 7 years. First Mac Mini ever.

I am using MBPR 15" Late 2013 and was also considering both. Eventually settled for Mac mini 16/256.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 22 2021, 09:03 PM

Is anyone seeing the macOS 11.2 update for Mac Mini now? I updated it last night but I think Apple pulled it this morning. I wonder why they pulled it.

There were some weird stuff going on during the update. Monitor blanks out which is normal but came back on out of sync with "digital static". A bit disconcerting. Waited for a few mins and the process pulled through.

Update: Right after, and I mean seconds after, posting the above, my Mac Mini kernel panicked as if to answer my question. This Apple neural engine is quite amazing.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 2 2021, 03:08 PM

For those updating to macOS 11.2, please be patient and let the process finish.

When I updated mine last night, it started off fine then had minutes of black empty screen, then the monitor went out of sync and displayed "digital static" and then more black screens. It restarted at least 2, 3 or 4 times. I thought something was wrong and was tempted to power off and on the Mac Mini. Just be patient and wait. Eventually it finished and booted up properly.

Not sure how long it took as I went to do other things. Somewhere between 10 and 20 mins.

I dread to think what would have happened if I had gone ahead and power cycled the Mac Mini.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 3 2021, 04:59 AM

Let us know how yours goes. It could be just a combination of my hardware and monitor that caused what I experienced.

This macOS 11.2 not so good lah. Just a few minutes ago, screen turned green and rebooted. I was just browsing Telegram groups.

Crash reported as "SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)"

Since macOS 11.2 update yesterday (2/2), I've had 2 crashes. No crashes before the update back to 19/1 when I received and started using the Mac.

2/2 Kernel Panic CPU
3/2 SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)

carpathia Can you see the macOS 11.2 update in System Prefs? I wonder if Apple has pulled it.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 3 2021, 01:48 PM

I'm using the TPLink UH720 USB 3.0 hub (7 ports + 2 charge only) for my keyboard, music keyboard, mouse, microphone, USB3 HD & SATA SSD. It comes with a 12v 3.3a PSU. Quite happy with this hub. I was using this with my MBPR and now with the new Mac Mini.

For external NVME, I'm using an Acasis FA-TB34 Thunderbolt 3 only enclosure with a 2TB Adata SX8200 Pro NVME SSD. My mini only has 256GB. I've got another Acasis enclosure otw from CN. This one is the USB4/TBT3 model that accepts both SATA and NVME SSDs. I don't have the model handy right now.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 3 2021, 08:27 PM

Ya, better wait a bit. I have already volunteered to be the guinea pig.

Can you check for me if you go into Sys Prefs, Software Update, does the 11.2 update show for you?

Anybody who needs Epson printer drivers but cannot find them on epson.com.my, try epson.eu. The drivers there works with my old L355 ink tank printer. I believe including scanning, the icon is there but I haven't tested it yet.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 4 2021, 12:33 AM

You bet I have. I posted my results here: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=99759788


This is what I got with the Adata 2TB SX8200 Pro in the Acasis FT-B34 Thunderbolt 3 enclosure which has an Intel JHL6340 controller.

I was a bit disappointed. The Adata performs well in a PC. I've seen tests of the Samsung 970 Pro in an Orico enclosure with 2+GB/s reads and writes. The Orico is using the same controller.

So yeah, I was hoping for better results. Not sure if its the Acasis enclosure or the Adata or a combo of both. I have another Acasis enclosure on the way. This has a slightly newer controller, JHL7440. Not sure if it will make a difference. Unfortunately I don't have another NVME SSD to test with.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 4 2021, 12:43 AM

Depends on what you're doing. eg: if gaming then GTX1660 Super will be much better. M1 iGPU is about GTX1650 level.

Yeah, I ordered from Apple website on Jan 13. At that time Machines still had 8/512 in stock. The rest all oos.