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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
5 years ago

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 ...
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GabeU's avatar
GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
5 years ago

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.    

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
5 years ago

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. 

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    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    5 years ago
    maratsade wrote:

    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. 

    They did.  They removed it, for whatever reason.  

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      maratsade
      Distinguished Professor IV
      5 years ago

      "They removed it, for whatever reason."

       

      To show us who's boss. 

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        GabeU
        Distinguished Professor IV
        5 years ago

        They just released the update for Big Sur to take it from 11.2.3 to 11.3.  And I thought Windows 10 version updates were big.  Sheesh!!!

         

         

        It installed without issue.  I'm so loving this thing.   The more I learn on the this the less need I have for my Windows based PCs.  Still, I can't print on this due to my printer being so old there's no driver for it, and I can't play any of my Steam games on the Mac, or at least not yet, so I'll still have to use my Windows desktop or laptop occasionally.