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When will you get the idea that we would use Linux if we could, but some of us have programs that are designed for Windows and windows only like Adobe product and the Microsoft apps (the full ones before you say use the web apps )You all should try Linux Mint! Free open source! (please note: Linux Mint isn't suitable for gaming)
All the requirements like TPM just seem forced to me (at least in a home setting) and for what's really a cosmetic upgrade with little additional functionality (if any) I just can't see the point of windows 11.It is now out on the Beta channel and so I upgraded to it again today. To put the start button back where it belongs is a doddle, and it is running perfectly, unlike when I tried it from the Dev channel. I won't be going back to 10 this time, everything just works and there is no more load on the CPU or RAM than there was in 10. So apart from TPM there seems no hardware limits above 10 that are obvious.
Have to say I disagree with this. There's a face-lift, for sure, but there's so many under the hood changes and improvements that are great. Better continuity when docking and undocking, Android app support etc.All the requirements like TPM just seem forced to me (at least in a home setting) and for what's really a cosmetic upgrade with little additional functionality (if any) I just can't see the point of windows 11.
I have used a load of different Linux distros and while I do like using Linux, it does have its problems. Once set up it is ok, depending on the machine it is used, but sometimes adding hardware can be a pain in the neck.You all should try Linux Mint! Free open source! (please note: Linux Mint isn't suitable for gaming)
I used Windows 11 from the leaked version and used updates until a couple of weeks ago after it was finally launched and then back to Windows 10.Have to say I disagree with this. There's a face-lift, for sure, but there's so many under the hood changes and improvements that are great. Better continuity when docking and undocking, Android app support etc.
In your position I would probably wait a bit. The whole lineup is going to their silicon. They still have the full fat desktop machines to go, likely a derivation of the M1 Max chips that have just gone into the 14 and 16” laptops. You may find the M1 Mini gets a tweak and refresh in the next 12 to 18 months.I am thinking of going for a Mac next year, not 100% decided yet, but a nice Mac mini may be the way to go
In your position I would probably wait a bit. The whole lineup is going to their silicon. They still have the full fat desktop machines to go, likely a derivation of the M1 Max chips that have just gone into the 14 and 16” laptops. You may find the M1 Mini gets a tweak and refresh in the next 12 to 18 months.
The last question is the most subjective and difficult to answer because it’s what you like, don’t like. Can’t advise you there.Ah, this is the other place you meant.
I was thinking of waiting anyway to see if they come out with a new CPU for the Mac mini, I don't want to go for a Imac, I did think about a Macbook pro and then using it with a dock.
But for the reasons I said in the other place, I will hang on anyway
the other thing is, would i like a Mac? i have used Macs, but not for any great amount of time.
but thanks for the reply.
No doubt I would get used to it, after all I came from the Amiga to Windows all those years ago and it did not take that long to get used to things. I wish my friend still lived close by, I could get some more use of a Mac.The last question is the most subjective and difficult to answer because it’s what you like, don’t like. Can’t advise you there.
I came to Macs properly (I wont count university lab/libraries Macs of the early nineties) in 2007 after using windows for the better part of 15-ish years by then. Also some Linux and proper Unix/Xwindows. Took a long while back then honestly to get out of all my old habits - probably a year or more - I dived in at the deep end - I was a maverick at work packing a MacBook when the other folks were packing Vaio’s and ThinkPads (which is a decent spec - still my fave Windows laptop of all time) and I made it work in a predominantly windows based outfit and profession. Think I wanted to prove something…. not sure what
MacOS though now been my daily driver for the last 14 years, and I prefer it in every way of Windows (still run an x390 Yoga Thinkpad and various other boxes running W10 or server 2019 + Ubuntu etc). As well as running W virtualised under Parallels (since v3 or 4…now v17). I can’t truly escape windows for lots of stuff - but that stuff is the world in which we live.
Good luck with your choices.
Yep…they build them like their laptops, completely non-expandable, and essentially non-upgradable. I suppose to save in manufacturing, keep build simple, size minimal etc. both SSD and RAM is soldered to the board.No doubt I would get used to it, after all I came from the Amiga to Windows all those years ago and it did not take that long to get used to things. I wish my friend still lived close by, I could get some more use of a Mac.
Keyboard is a problem, I would like to use this keyboard, but it is not wireless and it needs two usb connections, I was thinking of a KVM switch, I don't really need the video part as I will connect the mac via the HDMI on this monitor and the PC to the DP, it is really quick to switch between inputs on this monitor. Saying that this keyboard is getting on, but it works fine, need a good clean, it is a corsair K65,
I am not sure if I could cope with one of those keyboards that looks like it belongs on a calculator.
I will just have to look after Christmas, while I have saved up over half of what I need to buy the machine itself if I go for the cheapest mac mini, I will get some extra money after Christmas, council tax will be paid, rent is in advanced, but I could use money from my other account.
i think, I have worked out one of the things that is holding me back, the price for what you get. i look at a PC and think, I get a large box for the money I will spend on that, but with the mini it is a tiny machine, it doesn't look like much.
If i updated this machine, it would be to a ryzen 9, going for anything less would not be worthwhile, the new Ryzen 7s, while they are faster than my old R7 1700, the difference is pretty minimal.
I wonder how well the mac mini compares to the Ryzen 9.
thanks anyway
Yeah, the not being able to expand is a bit of an issue to me, certainly in memory, hard drive is not so much, as it is easy enough to stick a external drive on for storage, I have Windows and my main software on a 256GB NvME and i still have 132GB free, but then all my documents and other files are stored on a 2tB spinny drive and also on a NAS.If I got a Mac mini, my idea was to get one of those docks that fit under the machine and connect I presume via the thunderbolt connector, they have space for an internal drive, SD card slots and extra usb ports. I have seen some for around £70.Yep…they build them like their laptops, completely non-expandable, and essentially non-upgradable. I suppose to save in manufacturing, keep build simple, size minimal etc. both SSD and RAM is soldered to the board.
Don’t have any AMD based boxes to compare against. My kids have their M1 13.3” MBPs that are coming up to a year old in January. So far all good, they love them. Performance is great.
Got my new 16” MacBook Pro last week, still got to unbox and set it up. Decided to take their trade offer on my 4 year old MBP rather than chance it on fleabay this time.
God, this comment aged so well.Thats alright Bulldog, no one owns a gpu capable of gaming anyway in 2021...........
It's pretty easy to bypass the TPM check though. I honestly doubt Microsoft are going to stop supporting older hardware when Windows 10 support ends because otherwise, it would force a lot of people who cant upgrade to switch to Linux.Here are all of the hardware specs that users require to meet the Windows 11 minimum requirements:
Personally think they're a bit OTT.
- A 64-bit processor at 1 GHz with two cores
- 4 GB of RAM
- 64 GB of available storage
- DirectX 12 compatible GPU with a WDDM 2.0 driver
- UEFI and Secure Boot capable
- TPM version 2.0
- 720p HD display on 9″ monitor with 8 bits per color channel
- Internet connection
TPM v2 really kills off a lot of "pretty decent" early Xeon rigs and old work horse core2duo and AMD64 PC's too. It requires at a minimum Intel 8th Gen (Coffee Lake) (2017) / Xeon Skylake (2015) or AMD Ryzen/threadripper 2000 (2017) upwards!
The DirectX 12 compatibility requirement may be a bit of a bad idea with zero availability of anything if you haven't got a supporting GPU at Windows 11 launch!
Thats nvidia Kepler / Radeon HD 8570 or R7 240 or better!
(amazingly my god awful GT640 I still haven't replaced does DX12, so think i'll wait a few more months for crypto to die off!)