| ▲ | matt-p 3 hours ago |
| Another option is a 'maxed out' mini e.g M5 Pro/64GB. Mini is super easy to travel with if you know there'll be a 'dock' at the far end e.g office<>home or whatever. |
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| ▲ | msdz 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| So I can somewhat speak to this, as I actually did this for a while c. 2021 and 2022. The issue (apart from my Mac mini still having the old, bigger form factor back then) is that this requires a full shutdown (obviously), and that is more friction than opening a closed laptop lid. It just takes a moment for every app and background service etc. to settle back in after, and depending on how your brain works, you might not like that a whole lot. It absolutely is a cool feeling to carry a pretty mighty desktop in the backpack, though. |
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| ▲ | matt-p 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I think it's actually good to have a forced reboot from time to time, but then I'm not very disciplined in closing stuff I'm no-longer using! Especially like docker containers I was using months ago, that I forgot to shutdown. | | |
| ▲ | msdz 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yeah, I agree (with the same unfortunate habit) – but up to twice a day of forced work full stop is overdoing it, too. |
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| ▲ | anentropic 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I did this for a few years, going further back in time. The shutdown thing didn't bother me, and in fact the Mini was lighter than a Macbook Air at the time. So all in all it was pretty convenient. | |
| ▲ | mettamage 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | What if you have some battery system working? Then technically, you could travel with it | | |
| ▲ | boromisp 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | At that point you lose too much convenience. Maybe if someone built a mini UPS with at least 10000Ah capacity, USB-C 4 pass-through and the right form factor to permanently attach it on top of the mini. | | | |
| ▲ | msdz 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | And imagine plugging a small iPad screen into the thing with sidecar… Almost like a Macbook! |
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| ▲ | seviu 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| A part of my brain can’t process acquiring a Mac Mini M5 Pro knowing that they sell M6 despite being aware that it is just a weaker processor. It will get worse with the MacBook ultra rocking a M5 too. Apple’s marketing department is gonna kill me. |
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| ▲ | kridsdale1 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Think about it maybe like: I want a 2026 pickup truck.
The dealer also sells a
2027 hatchback. I am not shopping for a hatchback. |
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