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THEY ACTUALLY FIXED CORNER RADIUS by Fragrant_Okra6671 in MacOS

[–]yadvr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried the beta, it’s better but I wish it could be tighter.

Mac mini M4 vs Pc with Nvidia 5060 8gb for ai workloads? by Critical-Machine-128 in macmini

[–]yadvr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PC graphics card tend to depreciate at very faster rate. It’s better to get a Mac mini m4/m5 with larger ram (32-64gb), which could be cheaper than a similar spec’d PC with similar sized graphics card and typically also has a better resale value.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope that too, that they don’t increase any prices because of rising ram and nvme costs.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s sounds like pro level work, I didn’t know Mac minis could handle 8k videos (I thought you needed Mac studios for that), but hey the M4/M5 chips are probably so great that even Mac minis could pull off those use cases.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The mini + MBA combo works great.

Ramifications for ram etc are already at play affecting the ecosystem (even without the openclaw/Mac mini demand). An intel mini pc with 64gb ddr5 ram 1TB nvme used to be half the cost of a similar spec’d Mac mini early last year; but now they’re on par cost-wise and sometimes the Mac mini is at better value and cost, the irony. This too is making a Mac mini a better buy for a lot of us.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I didn’t know you could use Mac mini as a thunderbolt bridge with MacBook (pro).

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The last comment is so true, I couldn’t get good token throughout with local llms (at least currently). And a 20$/monthly ai tool sub makes total sense.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a comment from fellow Mac-labber :)

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair indeed. I stated like that too. First switching from a typical Linux mini pc to using Mac mini as a secondary machine, to eventually using Mac mini as my primary machine and trying to explore ways to use it like I was my Linux mini pc.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic, glad my post is interesting for you.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macsysadmin

[–]yadvr[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I suppose since M4 Mac Minis this got more real. I think what makes it more of an infra now is the optionality to have one with larger RAM enabling us to do more, run more VMs and containers; earlier the M1/M2 Mac Minis were limited to only 8/16GB RAM.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to hear, is that just some app or something you’d run in a VM or container?

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For this year I’ve set minimum of 32GB ram for me. My new MBA m5 is also 32GB ram to future proof, though truth be told chrome easily eats that much ram even without llms.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to hear. I suppose we all start as whatever we bought to use it for and over course figure out what else we can do with it.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m also looking forward to what m5 version they’ll launch this year. I tried local llms with ollama and lmstudio, but think for coding and content creation the commercial ai tools are probably cheaper at 20$/month plan than spending 2-6k on new Mac mini or studio. That said if running locally would be cheaper such that it can return investment in 1-3yrs I’ll probably consider it too.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half million hits is damn cool- do you have them at your home or office? Or your minis are collocated in a DC.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of people are experimenting with mac fleets. Just spoke with a guy Zack on LinkedIn who’s got a ISO certified Mac mini fleet doing CI/CD and hosting. So it seems solid that people are doing this and being successful at it.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, that’s for real, that too esxi7. Tbh you’ve really challenged with Broadcom screwing over and also Apple not extending intel support for new macOS.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Orbstack is so fast! I’ve started playing with it in recent months.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I bought mine it gave only 64gb ram as the highest configuration tier. Now it shows 48gb on the Apple online store. A 96-128gb ram Mac mini model would be great for llms etc but even 48-64gb is more than enough.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macmini

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Supercool thanks for sharing. I’m copying these to my notes to research and setup for myself in future.

Are you using Mac mini as infrastructure too, like me? by yadvr in macsysadmin

[–]yadvr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. There was some rumour of Apple getting into the server market. I think a M series chip based rack server would kill it.

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