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Can't believe I'm saying this, but I might actually pick up a Mac Mini (with i7) as my next music production computer. Currently running a hackintosh from 2013 that's starting to show it's age.
Even though the i7 in this thing is "mobile", it's nearly identical to the desktop version in terms of performance. Which was kinda surprising. External thunderbolt 3 drives are nearly as fast the standard drives, so storage shouldn't be an issue.
My only concern is the onboard graphics. I still have a 1080 monitor, but 4k was an issue when these first launched, apparently.
- Built my i9 9900k hack with TB3 and Vega 64 - worked out at around £1800 about 6 months ago. Love it, but it is about 20 times the size :Dkingsteven
- Do you use the app store? I have a license for Logic, but the app store is the only way to download now. A little worried as it won't let me on my current hack.section_014
- ^ I've been able to download Logic on one machine and then copy the app to a second machine via thumbdrive.e-wo
- Also, I'd love to know what makes a mini a better production computer than an MBPe-wo
- just seeing this. yeah all my software is legal. logic, fcp and a load of other software from appstore. running mojave atm from m2 drive and win 10 dual boot onkingsteven
- SSD, going to get another M2 drive for the second slot on my board and do a clean install Catalina at some point but in no hurry.kingsteven
- @e-wo, that's what I did with this machine, but my macbook got too slow, and I put Ubuntu on it. So I don't have a proper mac anymore.section_014
- Gonna see if I can get logged into the app store on this one somehow.section_014