M1 v2?

[kucharczykt]

When can we expect to see a second rendition of the m1 macs (or more specifically the mac mini)? I enjoy the current mini for the most part but the lack of support for an egpu, no 10gb or even 2.5gb Ethernet ports, and limited amounts of dongel-ablity(based on the ltt review) combined are a deal breaker for me and the reason I stopped considering the mini, but if at least the egpu and dongle problem got fixed in a new version I will probally buy a mini.

 

Oh yeah no internal upgrades suck too e.g. ram and storage.

[WhitetailAni]

The M1 Mac Mini got 10Gb Ethernet (I think).

[kucharczykt]

3 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

The M1 Mac Mini got 10Gb Ethernet (I think).

No it didn't I checked before I made this post

[ProjectBox153]

17 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

The M1 Mac Mini got 10Gb Ethernet (I think).

No, they don't. You're thinking of the 2018 Mac mini. 

 

21 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

Oh yeah no internal upgrades suck too e.g. ram and storage.

Unless something seriously changes at Apple, I doubt you'll see that change. The RAM is part of the SoC, so that's not going to be upgradeable, and I seriously doubt they would allow for storage upgrades. That hasn't been possible on the Mac mini since 2014. 

[kucharczykt]

14 minutes ago, ProjectBox153 said:

No, they don't. You're thinking of the 2018 Mac mini. 

 

Unless something seriously changes at Apple, I doubt you'll see that change. The RAM is part of the SoC, so that's not going to be upgradeable, and I seriously doubt they would allow for storage upgrades. That hasn't been possible on the Mac mini since 2014. 

I've never shopped for macs so I didn't know but since linus made a point to mention it in his review I assumed other macs had this "feature"

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, kucharczykt said:

I've never shopped for macs so I didn't know but since linus made a point to mention it in his review I assumed other macs had this "feature"

What do you mean by "feature"?

[kucharczykt]

Just now, ProjectBox153 said:

What do you mean by "feature"?

I mean most other windows pre-builts are upgradeable and 80% of laptops are upgradeable as well so its hard to call it a feature, I see it as more of a restriction.

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, kucharczykt said:

I mean most other windows pre-builts are upgradeable and 80% of laptops are upgradeable as well so its hard to call it a feature, I see it as more of a restriction.

That's been debated in the Apple community for a very long time now. Lots of people (myself included) don't like having soldered RAM and storage. I'm glad that the SSD in my 2017 MacBook Pro is not soldered. 

[kucharczykt]

1 minute ago, ProjectBox153 said:

That's been debated in the Apple community for a very long time now. Lots of people (myself included) don't like having soldered RAM and storage. I'm glad that the SSD in my 2017 MacBook Pro is not soldered. 

I know this is off topic but why do you have 3 f@h systems?

[ProjectBox153]

10 minutes ago, kucharczykt said:

I know this is off topic but why do you have 3 f@h systems?

The ThinkCentre M73 is the only one that's completely dedicated to F@H. The OptiPlex 990 and the Precision T3500 are doing other things as well. I also run F@H on Phobos and York (in my signature), my 2011 iMac, as well as a 2010 iMac.