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expired Posted by rahmav001 • Dec 19, 2024
Dec 19, 2024 5:42 PM
Costco Members: Apple Mac Mini Desktop Computer: M2 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (2023)
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- If you're doing anything taxing, M2/8GB might not make you happy. I had a similar spec MB Air M2/8GB that stunk for work. I used a lot of SaaS apps and did research, so lot's of browser tabs. And Zoom calls would have choppy video. I had to reboot daily to make sure things would keep running smooth. YMMV!
- $500 (if you buy student discount or at Microcenter etc) is 66% more than $300. If spending $300 on a computer is already a lot for you or budgets are tight, the extra $200 is a pretty big deal (and with the Costco warranty, this adds some extra protection without AppleCare). If you already aren't batting an eye at $500, and you want the added value of the new M4 and 16gb, then you're going to lean that way.
Is it right for you? Maybe. I think it's a matter of intended use and financial situation.
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I bought the m2 8gb 8 months ago and apple is giving $260 for trade so I upgraded to m4 with 16gb of ram ( i was getting a lot of spinning with the 8gb for what I was doing )
Back then m2 16gb was $800 and now m4 16gb is $500. ( seems like one heck of a deal now compared to then )
No thanks.
But yes, I agree that the N100 makes a good Unix box too.
There are many alteratives, including just getting an external SSD and putting MacOS on there.
The fearmongers act as if every SSD is about to fail. There are almost _NO_ large scale SSD failures. The _actual_ incidence rate of SSD issues is shockingly low - far lower than HDDs.
Yours is a solution in search of a problem.
It is not widely known so I was providing knowledge, and some of the Macs only use a single SSD chiplet so it may only be able to write 80-100 TBW.
What most people don't know (again trying to impart some knowledge) with smaller RAM (like 8GB) running a few apps it will silently swap memory to the SSD and every time it does that it is a write. So even if you write 10 TB through normal activities, your swapping can happen fairly often and that will 100% shorten the life of your SSD because that can easily be 10's of TB.
Note: When the SSD dies since it is soldiered (the m4 is a package) you must bring it to an Apple repair shop and the repair will likely be the cost of the entire machine. And you would say the m4 is on a package. Great! You still can't buy it and the SSD is not a normal SSD (the controller is part of the enclave) you need special software to pair the new package, but guess what you can't buy them because Apple doesn't want you to buy a 1 TB drive for $80, they want to charge $600.
How do I know, my team has macbook and mac studio/mac mini and I have seen the repair costs for SSD failures and watch out if you have a Macbook pro and the screen dies, that is $1200.
For $300 it's not the end of the world, it is just unfortunate that they walk around w/ the green credentials and specifically create e-waste because repair is prohibitively expensive.
Personally I think it should be illegal for Apple and others to not allow for user-serviceable parts and specifically lock them so you cannot upgrade them. Hopefully the EU will crack down on this, because I am sure the US won't.
It is not widely known so I was providing knowledge, and some of the Macs only use a single SSD chiplet so it may only be able to write 80-100 TBW.
What most people don't know (again trying to impart some knowledge) with smaller RAM (like 8GB) running a few apps it will silently swap memory to the SSD and every time it does that it is a write. So even if you write 10 TB through normal activities, your swapping can happen fairly often and that will 100% shorten the life of your SSD because that can easily be 10's of TB.
Note: When the SSD dies since it is soldiered (the m4 is a package) you must bring it to an Apple repair shop and the repair will likely be the cost of the entire machine. And you would say the m4 is on a package. Great! You still can't buy it and the SSD is not a normal SSD (the controller is part of the enclave) you need special software to pair the new package, but guess what you can't buy them because Apple doesn't want you to buy a 1 TB drive for $80, they want to charge $600.
How do I know, my team has macbook and mac studio/mac mini and I have seen the repair costs for SSD failures and watch out if you have a Macbook pro and the screen dies, that is $1200.
For $300 it's not the end of the world, it is just unfortunate that they walk around w/ the green credentials and specifically create e-waste because repair is prohibitively expensive.
Personally I think it should be illegal for Apple and others to not allow for user-serviceable parts and specifically lock them so you cannot upgrade them. Hopefully the EU will crack down on this, because I am sure the US won't.
It's basically a way for large companies to create industry regulations or credentials which is prohibitively expensive or shuts out other businesses from competing while they basically fake it and rather do the opposite aka Apple is not environmentally friendly at all.
It is basically serious collusion and conspiracy but they pay off the politicians and have strong lawyers and marketing personnel so good luck.
It is not widely known so I was providing knowledge, and some of the Macs only use a single SSD chiplet so it may only be able to write 80-100 TBW.
What most people don't know (again trying to impart some knowledge) with smaller RAM (like 8GB) running a few apps it will silently swap memory to the SSD and every time it does that it is a write. So even if you write 10 TB through normal activities, your swapping can happen fairly often and that will 100% shorten the life of your SSD because that can easily be 10's of TB.
Note: When the SSD dies since it is soldiered (the m4 is a package) you must bring it to an Apple repair shop and the repair will likely be the cost of the entire machine. And you would say the m4 is on a package. Great! You still can't buy it and the SSD is not a normal SSD (the controller is part of the enclave) you need special software to pair the new package, but guess what you can't buy them because Apple doesn't want you to buy a 1 TB drive for $80, they want to charge $600.
How do I know, my team has macbook and mac studio/mac mini and I have seen the repair costs for SSD failures and watch out if you have a Macbook pro and the screen dies, that is $1200.
For $300 it's not the end of the world, it is just unfortunate that they walk around w/ the green credentials and specifically create e-waste because repair is prohibitively expensive.
Personally I think it should be illegal for Apple and others to not allow for user-serviceable parts and specifically lock them so you cannot upgrade them. Hopefully the EU will crack down on this, because I am sure the US won't.
The $300 M2 and iPad are ploy to get people into buying into the ecosystem and with 100%-500% tax .
These are excellent Apple machine when running, but a nightmare to fix like a Telsa.
For hassle free, get Latitude/Thinkpad with spare parts, Toyota/Honda.
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I got the m1 for $299 during the last clearance deal for my wife, and Apple is offering $225 for it during trade in. Thats not bad for a machine thats basically four years old.
I suspect that this m2 is worth even more in trade in value...you might even net positive trading it in to Apple (need serial number to confirm value)
I think paying $200 something every few years to have a brand new machine with 2x the performance or more aint bad...cant be matched by anything in windows land, thats for sure. For reference, my daily driver thinkpad P15 was well over $3k when I got it in 2021, and im lucky for it to be worth over $900 now.
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It is not widely known so I was providing knowledge, and some of the Macs only use a single SSD chiplet so it may only be able to write 80-100 TBW.
What most people don't know (again trying to impart some knowledge) with smaller RAM (like 8GB) running a few apps it will silently swap memory to the SSD and every time it does that it is a write. So even if you write 10 TB through normal activities, your swapping can happen fairly often and that will 100% shorten the life of your SSD because that can easily be 10's of TB.
Note: When the SSD dies since it is soldiered (the m4 is a package) you must bring it to an Apple repair shop and the repair will likely be the cost of the entire machine. And you would say the m4 is on a package. Great! You still can't buy it and the SSD is not a normal SSD (the controller is part of the enclave) you need special software to pair the new package, but guess what you can't buy them because Apple doesn't want you to buy a 1 TB drive for $80, they want to charge $600.
How do I know, my team has macbook and mac studio/mac mini and I have seen the repair costs for SSD failures and watch out if you have a Macbook pro and the screen dies, that is $1200.
For $300 it's not the end of the world, it is just unfortunate that they walk around w/ the green credentials and specifically create e-waste because repair is prohibitively expensive.
Personally I think it should be illegal for Apple and others to not allow for user-serviceable parts and specifically lock them so you cannot upgrade them. Hopefully the EU will crack down on this, because I am sure the US won't.
Stop fearmongering. It's old, and it's completely wrong.
https://www.macworld.co
https://support.apple.c
Trivial.
It's basically a way for large companies to create industry regulations or credentials which is prohibitively expensive or shuts out other businesses from competing while they basically fake it and rather do the opposite aka Apple is not environmentally friendly at all.
It is basically serious collusion and conspiracy but they pay off the politicians and have strong lawyers and marketing personnel so good luck.
If no other machines had a web browser, you'd have a far more interesting point. As it is, the marketplace is wide open, and anyone is free to release an OS with a web browser, Office-style applications, etc. The fact that Apple is remarkably successful in doing so - at a price premium still, in some cases - is not a bad thing.
I got the m1 for $299 during the last clearance deal for my wife, and Apple is offering $225 for it during trade in. Thats not bad for a machine thats basically four years old.
I suspect that this m2 is worth even more in trade in value...you might even net positive trading it in to Apple (need serial number to confirm value)
I think paying $200 something every few years to have a brand new machine with 2x the performance or more aint bad...cant be matched by anything in windows land, thats for sure. For reference, my daily driver thinkpad P15 was well over $3k when I got it in 2021, and im lucky for it to be worth over $900 now.
Right...we don't see that issue. Stop repeating the echo chamber. Find the facts. SSDs are remarkably reliable.
Stop fearmongering. It's old, and it's completely wrong.
https://www.macworld.co
https://support.apple.c
Trivial.
Now we are talking border conditions, I can posit maybe 99.9999% use the internal SSD for the boot disk, so my premise and NORMAL use case still exists. You shouldn't send people into the briar patch for a mode of operation that practically nobody uses.
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It is not widely known so I was providing knowledge, and some of the Macs only use a single SSD chiplet so it may only be able to write 80-100 TBW.
What most people don't know (again trying to impart some knowledge) with smaller RAM (like 8GB) running a few apps it will silently swap memory to the SSD and every time it does that it is a write. So even if you write 10 TB through normal activities, your swapping can happen fairly often and that will 100% shorten the life of your SSD because that can easily be 10's of TB.
Note: When the SSD dies since it is soldiered (the m4 is a package) you must bring it to an Apple repair shop and the repair will likely be the cost of the entire machine. And you would say the m4 is on a package. Great! You still can't buy it and the SSD is not a normal SSD (the controller is part of the enclave) you need special software to pair the new package, but guess what you can't buy them because Apple doesn't want you to buy a 1 TB drive for $80, they want to charge $600.
How do I know, my team has macbook and mac studio/mac mini and I have seen the repair costs for SSD failures and watch out if you have a Macbook pro and the screen dies, that is $1200.
For $300 it's not the end of the world, it is just unfortunate that they walk around w/ the green credentials and specifically create e-waste because repair is prohibitively expensive.
Personally I think it should be illegal for Apple and others to not allow for user-serviceable parts and specifically lock them so you cannot upgrade them. Hopefully the EU will crack down on this, because I am sure the US won't.