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New Mac Mini M1....
I decided that, after 26 years of Windows based computers, I would try a Mac. The Minis are pretty inexpensive when it comes to a Mac, though still somewhat pricey overall. Back when they came out ...
Plus, you've run Linux before, so using commands in the terminal window should be second nature on a Mini. Virtually anything you can run in Linux, you can rebuild under Darwin (Mac kernel).
You can even have a virtual Xserver running if you download XQuartz. And, if you install Homebrew, you can add all sorts of unix/Linux things that have already been rebuilt for Darwin. A good example is Pan, which has always been my newsreader under Linux, and now under Mac.
Actually, I was never very versed in the terminal. The only command I even remember is the one to get an update. sudo apt update or something like that.
I haven't used the terminal at all on this Mac yet.
I've been using this Mac Mini M1 solely for a week now. It's taken a bit of getting used to, but I've not yet found something that I couldn't do with this and that I needed to reconnect my Windows desktop for. I actually completely removed the desktop and put it in one end of my bedroom closet.
The bad news is, no gaming. The few games that I have through Steam cannot run in this environment, so that's a disappointment. Granted, I hadn't played them in a while, but still. Hopefully, as the Apple silicon based Macs come to replace the Intel based units, Steam will be working on a system that will allow their games to run on them. It'll be quite the challenge, but I have a feeling these will start making more of a dent in the PC market.
I had to go with Edge for a browser, as Safari doesn't have a warning if you're going to accidentally close a window that has a bunch of tabs open. Edge does. And Edge has quite a few more extensions available for it, though I only use a couple.
So far, so good. I'm glad I got this.
i think with Safari you can do "reopen all windows from last session" or something like that, but a warning would be nice. I thought they used to have that, but I haven't used the Mac for a while.
