Similar to me--after becoming addicted to the iMac's 5K screen, nothing else would do. I splurged for the LG 27" Ultrafine along with the m2 Pro Mini. Still wriggly with delight about it.Officially playing the waiting game now. My late model 2015 iMac quit working last week (power supply or logic board) and it was not worth spending anything on it to repair. I bought a Mac mini M2 PRO With 1T storage along with the Studio Display that I picked up last week. I'm currently using the Studio display with my MBA and I know I could have spent less and bought a different monitor, but I really like this one.
Do you have PlexPass? With that, even a $100 Intel box with basic iGPU screams, and can do 4k, HDR, etc. without any issue.Just arrived, M2 Pro Mini 12C/19C, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD. Sold the M1 Mini (8C/8C 16GB 2TB) I was using for 74% of what I paid for it 20 months ago (not bad). Refurb price on the M2 Pro was pretty great, too. Hoping for quicker Plex transcodes and better gaming performance.
Yepper, for years now. Sometimes I have local audio/video sync issues, but I don't really expect those to be fixed by the M2 since the thread re: sync issues on the Plex user forum is miles long (also, see signature, most of my gear is <2 years old). Most of the 4K HDR movies I watch are full-quality (large file size, high bitrate), so maybe it'll make a diff there if there has to be any transcoding done, like I mentioned. I do find myself running out of RAM often, though, with no major creative/graphic/AV apps open otherwise, so 32GB will be an upgrade in that area.Do you have PlexPass? With that, even a $100 Intel box with basic iGPU screams, and can do 4k, HDR, etc. without any issue.
What issues did the M1 have in Plex?
All my media sits on a Thunderbolt 3 drive (see sig), the Mac just streams it from there. I thought about a Synology (e.g., DS923+) a couple years ago, but with 4 drives x 6TB or more, it made more sense to just use an external drive bay, especially since I don't need any of the extra features. I like to have my -arrs on the Mac, too, personal preference I guess.I offloaded all of the Plex (and all my other containers, and the -arrs) processing to a Synology NAS eons ago. Is there any reason to keep it on an (expensive) Mac?
- Relatively low cost (I know the ongoing education discount on m2 mac mini but sadly I'm no longer a student)