Hi all,
So I pulled the trigger on a new Mac Mini M4 at the weekend and now (mostly) sorted bar my virtualization rig.
Memory pressure in tne end was a non issue - physical used 24GB, used 19.48GB, cached 4.88GB about 40% up in the green zone on the memory bar. This is with virtualbox, php storm, vs code, soap ui and firefox all running.
Defo think I'd have struggled with 16GB so 24GB was the right choice.
Anyways my question is this - what to do about my 2018 Mini .
1) It's Apple care is due up for renewal beginning of July - 5/6th I think - based on the fact it's now vintage is it worth it ? It got upgraded to 32GB so I kinda think Apple might poo poo me if I did try to send in for service on such an old machine. - my new machine was purchased with 3 years from the start so it's already covered.
2) It got "vintaged" now about 2 months ago so the countdown is now on to it being obsolete and not serviceable anymore. Pretty sure I could get one more year but what happens if apple obsoletes a product when you're half way through the one year run - do they cancel the contract and refund you ?
gumbaloom
So I pulled the trigger on a new Mac Mini M4 at the weekend and now (mostly) sorted bar my virtualization rig.
Memory pressure in tne end was a non issue - physical used 24GB, used 19.48GB, cached 4.88GB about 40% up in the green zone on the memory bar. This is with virtualbox, php storm, vs code, soap ui and firefox all running.
Defo think I'd have struggled with 16GB so 24GB was the right choice.
Anyways my question is this - what to do about my 2018 Mini .
1) It's Apple care is due up for renewal beginning of July - 5/6th I think - based on the fact it's now vintage is it worth it ? It got upgraded to 32GB so I kinda think Apple might poo poo me if I did try to send in for service on such an old machine. - my new machine was purchased with 3 years from the start so it's already covered.
2) It got "vintaged" now about 2 months ago so the countdown is now on to it being obsolete and not serviceable anymore. Pretty sure I could get one more year but what happens if apple obsoletes a product when you're half way through the one year run - do they cancel the contract and refund you ?
gumbaloom