M1 Mac Mini for web development

[SateEU]

Hi Guys!

 

Sorry if this post is in the wrong category. As I see there is no category for apple fanboys :V

Soo... I am a UX/Front End Developer for a small company. I am thinking about buying a Mac Mini M1 to do my Dev work. Is it worth switching from 2017 MBP? Do we have any devs here who have switched to M1? I know that Mamp Pro is using Rosetta for translation and stuff. At the moment I am working on a 13-inch 2017 MBP which is connected to Mi Curved 34".

Here is why I am thinking about switching:

Since covid started I had no problems with my MBP but for the last 2 weeks(?) fans are spinning like hell. It is weird as previously I never had that issue. It was quite quiet. I have contacted Apple about that issue and I got my favourite “It’s normal. We see no issues.”

So I thought, I'm gonna buy a Mac Mini to keep all my work in a small box. I would save some desk space and I am not going to risk setting my laptop on fire (lol).
Personally I have a full tower PC which is used for gaming and render work but I don't want to move my dev work there as the company I work for provides licences for MacOS only (buying licenses for Windows would cost a small fortune).
 

 

More Details for geeks:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5

16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 1536 MB

 

Temps I have:

[ProjectBox153]

18 minutes ago, SateEU said:

Here is why I am thinking about switching:

Since covid started I had no problems with my MBP but for the last 2 weeks(?) fans are spinning like hell. It is weird as previously I never had that issue. It was quite quiet. I have contacted Apple about that issue and I got my favourite “It’s normal. We see no issues.”

 

 

More Details for geeks:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5

16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 1536 MB

Those MacBook Pros are known to run hot. I have the same laptop (just with 8GB of RAM) and it gets extremely hot at times. 

[Stahlmann]

After a few years theres probably lots of dust in there. And as it's an apple product you likely can't just open it up and clean it. Somehow apple still doesn't think if stuff like this and make their devices completely unserviceable. Even for cleaning. If you can find a way to clean it, it's probably going to be quiet again.

[ProjectBox153]

1 minute ago, Stahlmann said:

After a few years theres probably lots of dust in there. And as it's an apple product you likely can't just open it up and clean it. Somehow apple still doesn't think if stuff like this and make their devices completely unserviceable. Even for cleaning. If you can find a way to clean it, it's probably going to be quiet again.

No. The bottom panel is held on with screws and a couple clips. It's fairly easy to get off. 

[SateEU]

15 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

After a few years theres probably lots of dust in there. And as it's an apple product you likely can't just open it up and clean it. Somehow apple still doesn't think if stuff like this and make their devices completely unserviceable. Even for cleaning. If you can find a way to clean it, it's probably going to be quiet again.

This unit was send to Apple around 6 weeks ago for Keyboard replacement. It was cleaned (I think).