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Steve
@stevedylandev.eth
Alright, I've decided I want to replace the Pi on my desk with the new Mac Mini I love having a bunch of small apps or services being run from my desk and it just feels like the next level of power. For $600, is there something else you might recommend that has similar specs? Particularly the silicon and how it affects performance
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Steve
@sdv.eth
I want to believe you won't be able to beat the performance per dollar afforded by the Mac Mini; it's just so well optimized. The biggest tradeoffs are the lack of replaceable components and having to largely stick to macOS. There's the Linux distro that runs on the Apple Silicon chips, but personally I'd want a fork that is more proxmox like and is just a dedicated hypervisor instead of general operating system. Probably many years away from that, if even. I think it's a great buy honestly. Any Mac mini has a great place in a home lab, I would just maximize RAM to keep it open for docker containers + running LLMs. Personally I feel silly for buying a refurbed M2 mini a few months ago to do some mining and it ended up not working out at all. I'll be lucky if I get a few hundred dollars for it back if I decide to trade in 😅
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Harris
@harris-
I've got an Asus mini pc that I run most of my stuff off proxied through a cheap VPS, in Australian bucks I think it was <900 (so whatever that is in freedom dollars) back when I bought it. BYO RAM and SSD options are kind of nice, with m.2 and 2.5" storage. Probably in terms of apple arm performance it wouldn't be as good but I like the ability to throw some more storage on it and it costs next to nothing to run. Looks like the latest ones barebones would be 3-500 usd with 2x m.2 ssd slots. Insane how cheap storage has become for those ssds these days
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marv 🎙️
@marvp
Nothing comes close at that price point tbh. I'm still using an M1 MacBook Air and I think I'll be upgrading to the Mini soon
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max ⚡
@maxp.eth
new $5 vps just dropped. can i run my startup off one? 🤣
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Nicholas Charriere
@pushix
I like system76 also but Mac mini is a great choice https://system76.com/desktops/meerkat
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Frank
@deboboy
Same… tried to find a used one but the new price = impulse buy
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agusti
@bleu.eth
Now i need to too 😂💀
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