I did a poor man version of what you went through, I finally bought an m1 macbook air with 256gb of storage. The storage limitation was driving me crazy however so instead of going with m4 mac mini I went with m1 macbook pro 2020 1tb +16gb of ram which costed me £600 so the same as m4 mac mini. No regrets, I just couldn't deal with dongles everywhere I went.
Good video mate , I have been contemplating getting an apple computer of some description since the M series chips became a thing to complete my apple eco system ( long time android/PC boy here) , originally the iMac was the thought of the day , however the iMac 23.9 screen despite it's decent quality seemed like a down grade coming from a 27 inch monitor . The earlier M1 mini looked alright , but the value case the instant you started doing apple upgrades ( as usual)seemed to evaporate very quickly . In my neck of the woods ( Australia)the base M4 Mac mini is a thousand bucks ($999) , our dollar is worth dirt so everything is more expensive here as usual. Jumping up to the next tier , base 512 GB jumps to $1277.00 , that's a decent jump for a tiny extra bit of storage . Jumping up to the M4 Pro 12 core CPU / 16 core GPU , 512 GB /24 GB ram more than doubles the base model price with $2177.00 😮 , it's kinda funny how apple goes from one extreme to the other with good value for the base model , to eye watering for base premium model😊. I admit I don't even need the high end model and don't do anything that would probably stress the base model , except maybe a bit of gaming if I felt the urge , but that's rare as hell for me these days in my old age. That being said I like to get the premium stuff for future proofing and keep my gear for years to come , call it a character flaw 😊. Decisions, decisions 😂😂😂. Anyway we'll see what happens down the track . Have a good Xmas and new year mate .
Alex "The GOAT" Dobie
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I got the new m4 mini base model and so far I'm in love with it I use it for music
I did a poor man version of what you went through, I finally bought an m1 macbook air with 256gb of storage. The storage limitation was driving me crazy however so instead of going with m4 mac mini I went with m1 macbook pro 2020 1tb +16gb of ram which costed me £600 so the same as m4 mac mini. No regrets, I just couldn't deal with dongles everywhere I went.
Yeah definitely easier to live the dongle life with a desktop vs laptop
@@XDAVideo yeah I suppose. I was going to keep the Air and get the m4 Mini for home use but decided that storage anxiety would just eat me up...
Good video mate , I have been contemplating getting an apple computer of some description since the M series chips became a thing to complete my apple eco system ( long time android/PC boy here) , originally the iMac was the thought of the day , however the iMac 23.9 screen despite it's decent quality seemed like a down grade coming from a 27 inch monitor .
The earlier M1 mini looked alright , but the value case the instant you started doing apple upgrades ( as usual)seemed to evaporate very quickly .
In my neck of the woods ( Australia)the base M4 Mac mini is a thousand bucks ($999) , our dollar is worth dirt so everything is more expensive here as usual.
Jumping up to the next tier , base 512 GB jumps to $1277.00 , that's a decent jump for a tiny extra bit of storage .
Jumping up to the M4 Pro 12 core CPU / 16 core GPU , 512 GB /24 GB ram more than doubles the base model price with $2177.00 😮 , it's kinda funny how apple goes from one extreme to the other with good value for the base model , to eye watering for base premium model😊.
I admit I don't even need the high end model and don't do anything that would probably stress the base model , except maybe a bit of gaming if I felt the urge , but that's rare as hell for me these days in my old age.
That being said I like to get the premium stuff for future proofing and keep my gear for years to come , call it a character flaw 😊.
Decisions, decisions 😂😂😂.
Anyway we'll see what happens down the track .
Have a good Xmas and new year mate .
I feel like storage is really not that much of an issue for a desktop. SSD in an enclosure is a rather nice solution.
Best for some, and worth for others.
In Brazil, the trifle is coming out 1199,46 $
watching this on my M4 mac mini :D