Don't Waste Money on Apple Upgrades for M1/M2/M3 Mac Mini

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[@edx108]

thank u

[@rajendramvanita]

Useful informations

[@letgeorgedoit]

Thanks

[@zaryl2k]

looks messy brother

[@elderberry-hamster]

Excellent and informative video. My family's main PCs have been running Windows forever, but I can't stand the crap experience that we've had using Windows 10 over the last few years. Terrible buggy OS. My son's gaming system I built for him uses Win 11 which works for him, but I'm going to switch to the Mac ecosystem for my wife's main PC and using your recommendations would last her many years of great usage with her average workloads. I personally use Linux distros for many years and have virtually zero issues. Keep up the beneficial work! God bless.

[@letgeorgedoit]

Thanks for the encouraging comments.

[@railway187]

External storage has a certain risk though: if your Mac switches off due to a power grid failure or it freezes and you have to restart with the power button, then your external storage isn't ejected properly and it can be damaged. I had this problem with an 512GB SD card (made by a wellknown manufacturer, not a cheap one). It became unreadable on my Mac and I almost lost all data on it. Luckily I could reactivate it on an old PC. So yes, external storage is cheaper and more flexible, but it has a small risk too. It is great and probably necessary for backup purposes though. That said, prices for upgrading internal storage are way more expensive, probably too expensive.

[@Dirtyharry70585]

Apple=octopus desktop

[@F34RTEHR34PER]

Their pricing and upgrade structure has kept me from buying a new machine, and will keep me from buying anything until they change it.

[@letgeorgedoit]

Sometimes we are better off buying previous generation in the market places,.
As there's no future for intel macs, M1 machines can be a bargain.
Everyone will agree about the lunacy of apple's pricing and upgrades. It is a big rip-off.
Thanks for the comment.

[@asam0997]

What about installing Mac OS on external SSD? How will be the speed

[@letgeorgedoit]

You can do it. But it is limited by the interface, Thunderbolt and usb 4 are limited upto 40gb per second. This will be good enough for average use. But would not match internal transfer speed. Still it is usable.
Best idea is to have the app inside the internal drive, save every thing else in external drive. This way you don't run out of space in internal drive.

[@asam0997]

@@letgeorgedoit thank you

[@JudgeFredd]

Cute Cat included ?

[@letgeorgedoit]

Yes. She is Pikachu.

[@melchior-chr.v.brincken8006]

WARNING: 8gb is not enough for OSX, it will use the SSD hard as extended memory and shorten the SSDs life. So get 16gb RAM.
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With heat being a non issue, and dockingstations, a Macbook Air M1 can connect with two external monitors. So the Air might be the better choice.
I bought mine used of course, 16gb, 1tb (500gb for music). But for most cases even 16gb, 512gb might be enough - with a dockingstation and external TBs drives that is.

[@jdoe9683]

Best solution is not to buy any of these trash from Apple. They need to be taught a lesson.
- They are supposed to add ports but force users to buy adapters (and carry them around).
- A jump in just 8GB RAM or 128GB SSD costs a fortune while those can be bought very cheap.
Basically trashes.