{"id":1476,"date":"2021-04-18T10:40:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T17:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2021-04-18T10:40:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T17:40:54","slug":"m1-mac-mini-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/m1-mac-mini-review\/","title":{"rendered":"M1 Mac mini Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After much thought and a generous sale price I purchased a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/mac-mini\/\">M1 Mac mini<\/a>. It\u2019s the step up version (8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage). I&#8217;ve used it for a couple of weeks now and I&#8217;m enjoying it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without getting too deep in the weeds, here are the pros and cons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pros:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Compatible with every app I use (your mileage may vary). <\/li><li>Hardware works as expected.\u00a0<\/li><li>Runs cool no matter what I\u2019m doing.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-26451973-b744-406e-9daa-d3552dfc9659\">Cons:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I can no longer use my mini as a space heater.\u00a0<\/li><li>Can only use two monitors (that\u2019s not really a con for me).\u00a0<\/li><li>Bluetooth issues at times.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say I am delighted. The Developer Transition Kits (DTK) were not known to be bastions of reliability as they were barely alpha quality hardware. The M1 mini is a different story. It has been, apart from a few bluetooth issues, very reliable, from set up to everyday usage.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My Intel mini can get very warm at times running tasks you wouldn&#8217;t think would tax the machine. For example, at set up Spotlight starts indexing the hard drive. When I did this on the Intel mini it got very warm and the fans kicked in quickly. The M1 mini didn&#8217;t even get warm during this process, and finished the task much quicker than the Intel mini. I was astonished to see how easily the computer handled this task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I had to pick one thing that excites me the most it is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT211861\">Rosetta 2<\/a>. All of the software I used on the Intel mini I brought over to the M1 mini using Migration Assistant worked without issues. I would say that the most impressive feature on these new breed of Macs is Rosetta 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The downside for me is the bluetooth is flakey at times. The keyboard and mouse lose connection for a bit, and it comes back just as quickly. It\u2019s better now that Apple has addressed it, but it\u2019s something to watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, I\u2019d give 5 thumbs up to this new M1 mini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you made the leap to the new Apple Silicon? Let me know in the comments. I\u2019d love to hear from you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After much thought and a generous sale price I purchased a new M1 Mac mini. It\u2019s the step up version (8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage). I&#8217;ve used it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,64,60],"class_list":["post-1476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-apple-silicon","tag-m1","tag-mac-mini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nisus.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}