NAS is supposed to be used in a network environment, to be shared amongst many users. If your plan is to attach directly, a thunderbolt storage unit would be faster (and probably cheaper if compared to a 10Gb NAS).
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Refurbished M1 Mac Mini With 10Gb Ethernet Now Available
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Duh?
The point is, a high end machine can’t have the M1, which is why Apple still offers Intel on ALL high end models even if day to day performance is the same or inferior to the M1.
I believe the M2 will be a real computer chip, now that the M1 proof of concept has succeeded for the most part.
We'll see - I've always been a MBP/iMac guy, and have always regarded Mini's as lower-end. Curious how many cores and RAM Apple chooses to pack into gen2.
I believe it can fallback to 2.5. My guess is that Apple is using the same 10G NIC from iMac Pro. I have a caldigit connect 10G adapter at work and it can do NbaseT which means it can operate at 1G, 2.5G, 5G and 10G. Both caldigit and iMac Pro are using the same 10G NIC so I assume M1 Mac mini should be the same.
by the way, I just ordered a refurb M1 Mac mini, 500+ is a decent deal.
What I mean is every update is more powerful than what it is replacing. Better... who knows... but you can bank on more powerful. The individual question everyone needs to ask is if the difference was worth the wait for them, and only time can tell. Hope the wait is fruitful for you.
I bought a m1 Mac mini 16 gig 1T and ended up sending it back. None of my gear would work on it. Lord knows when avid will release driver and an actual version of their software to run on it. For the life of me I could not get my old Mac Pro to migrate over to the Mac mini. I just ordered a used Mac mini i7 32 gig 1T will be here tomorrow. Maybe try again when everything finally runs on the ARM processors.
No, it can fall back to 2.5Gbps. Got to Apple, Mac mini specs detail page for clarification - https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/
That’s really good to know! I have a 10GB Mikrotik switch not doing much right now.
Not that it matters, but I'm pretty sure that these have been up for over a week, in the UK at least.
Just ditching the two legacy USB-A for type C would have went a long way to make the machine more usable. I have absolutely zero USB-A devices and cables so those 2 TB4 ports are in high demand on my m1 mini's with the two legacy ports just taking up space.
It depends on where the refurb is coming from. Apple's own refurbish page varies wildly as to what they have in stock
With the prices of SSD so high and this being a desktop machine, I would get a basic amount of internal SSD space, like 1TB, for system and documents and then put a 2TB external SSD on it for media and such.
That’s why everyone expects that Apple will increase all of those limits when it brings out the new mid-level Macs like the MBP and Mini. Whether that is an M1x or an M2x, it should be able to replace and exceed the corresponding Intel models that are replaced.
And Santa Claus is never going to magically replace all the hardware I own and come across daily at work and at customers with USB-C equipment, and it’s often just very inconvenient to constantly tote a dongle or adapter.
Laptops are by definition, designed to be all-in-one. After charging, they should stand by themselves. Super convenient.
Laptops work best (convenience) without external batteries, drives, and monitor, and the same is true for dongles/adapters for the vast majority.
The worldwide exodus from USB-A to USB-C is hardly the same as the move away from floppies or even CD-roms. Way too early.
The problem is some define convenience as all-in-one with no attached appendages after charging.
Others define convenience as a port that can do it all once a dongle or adapter or hub is attached.
Neither side will ever win their argument.
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Oh nice. I guess the biggest challenge would be finding an affordable 10Gbps NAS then. I think these still are in the $500 range even used.
I’ve considered that for a long time, but I don’t mind paying a little extra. I for some reason really prefer to have all my files (sans movies and shows) on a local drive. I have enough external HDD’s as it is (>20TB across 4 enclosures) anyway.
Definitely get it replaced! I had wifi problems with my first one. Swapped it out with Apple.
Incorrect comparison as there are USB C Female to USB A Male Adapters as well as USB A Female to USB C Male Adapters. As long as there is no charging going on things should work.