True, albeit its price was off the scale. And no CUDA apparently, so it wasn't for me.
All in all I agree tho.
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All in all I agree tho.
Alex Lindsey who uses Mac Mini's racked in scores for digital rendering has been waiting for The new Mac Pro. He doesn't know all of it's spec's yet but he indicated on Macbreak Weekly he expects to spend at least 14K to get what he wants. Alex never purchased "The Trash Can" Leo Laporte retired his for a 27" maxed out iMac Pro. His reviews of the Mac Studio is what cause me to get one.
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I think I may have created the perfect flip-flopper setup. I have now mounted my M1 Mini to the back of a 27" 2560x1440 HP monitor. The Mini gets the HDMI input, and the PC on a table next to my desk currently gets the DVI input (although that will switch to display port when I get around to it).
Now if I decide I want to switch to using the Mini, I only have to select the correct input (fairly straightforward on this monitor, thankfully) and push my PC keyboard back so I have room for my wireless Logitech K380.
I do miss having the lovely silver brick to look at, and the plastic mounting bracket probably scratched it up a little. It may stifle airflow a bit too, but considering the Mini's cooling is probably overkill for the M1, I'm not terribly concerned. Oddly, the sound from the internal speaker seems to be amplified and is actually pretty passable. In essence then, I have an iMac
But, of course, without the sleek aluminum case and little black Apple that makes us all want Macs in the first place.
Now if I decide I want to switch to using the Mini, I only have to select the correct input (fairly straightforward on this monitor, thankfully) and push my PC keyboard back so I have room for my wireless Logitech K380.
I do miss having the lovely silver brick to look at, and the plastic mounting bracket probably scratched it up a little. It may stifle airflow a bit too, but considering the Mini's cooling is probably overkill for the M1, I'm not terribly concerned. Oddly, the sound from the internal speaker seems to be amplified and is actually pretty passable. In essence then, I have an iMac
But, of course, without the sleek aluminum case and little black Apple that makes us all want Macs in the first place.
Now that really is flip-flopping! Bravo!!!I think I may have created the perfect flip-flopper setup. I have now mounted my M1 Mini to the back of a 27" 2560x1440 HP monitor. The Mini gets the HDMI input, and the PC on a table next to my desk currently gets the DVI input (although that will switch to display port when I get around to it).
Now if I decide I want to switch to using the Mini, I only have to select the correct input (fairly straightforward on this monitor, thankfully) and push my PC keyboard back so I have room for my wireless Logitech K380.
I do miss having the lovely silver brick to look at, and the plastic mounting bracket probably scratched it up a little. It may stifle airflow a bit too, but considering the Mini's cooling is probably overkill for the M1, I'm not terribly concerned. Oddly, the sound from the internal speaker seems to be amplified and is actually pretty passable. In essence then, I have an iMac
But, of course, without the sleek aluminum case and little black Apple that makes us all want Macs in the first place.
My read on the AS Mac Pro is that they were too afraid to admit that transitioning the Mac Pro to Apple Silicon at this time didn't make any sense, so they did it anyway just to check off the "Transition all Macs to Apple Silicon" box. A good leader would've kept it Intel-based until they could make it work, or even just left the Pro as "the one to get if you need Intel" for the foreseeable future.
Honestly though, I think what Apple/Cook miss with the Pro is the halo effect a product like the 2006-12 model had on the entire Mac family. It was expensive, but still reasonably attainable/justifiable for hobbyists and small businesses. That meant that you could go into any audiophile's home office and see a big gleaming cheesegrater among all the other cool stuff they inevitably had. On the flip side, I have never once seen a 2019 outside of an Apple store and probably never will since I don't go into TV studios.
I was thinking on doing the same. Both my monitors have dual inputs so I can have my XPS workstation one input one of both, then a mini on input 2 of both. Ideal. I would just have to swap keyboards like you said. That is ideal!I think I may have created the perfect flip-flopper setup. I have now mounted my M1 Mini to the back of a 27" 2560x1440 HP monitor. The Mini gets the HDMI input, and the PC on a table next to my desk currently gets the DVI input (although that will switch to display port when I get around to it).
Now if I decide I want to switch to using the Mini, I only have to select the correct input (fairly straightforward on this monitor, thankfully) and push my PC keyboard back so I have room for my wireless Logitech K380.
I do miss having the lovely silver brick to look at, and the plastic mounting bracket probably scratched it up a little. It may stifle airflow a bit too, but considering the Mini's cooling is probably overkill for the M1, I'm not terribly concerned. Oddly, the sound from the internal speaker seems to be amplified and is actually pretty passable. In essence then, I have an iMac
But, of course, without the sleek aluminum case and little black Apple that makes us all want Macs in the first place.
I've been doing pretty well, helps not having access to PayPal and my credit card. My pool of money is smaller now.
I don't know why but I keep pondering on an iPhone and Apple Watch combo, something about it is drawing me but I can't put my finger on it. There's nothing wrong with my Pixel 5 and I'm sure a cheap Garmin will do everything I need from a fitness perspective. I'm become accustomed to the light weight Pixel 5 so I'd only consider the non-pro models now which means going back to 60hz.
yep that's what I do! in fact on my 49" monitor, I can even have the mac input on one half of the screen and windows input on the other half
now THAT'S a flip-flop-flip-flop......
Oh now that's interesting.yep that's what I do! in fact on my 49" monitor, I can even have the mac input on one half of the screen and windows input on the other half
I don't use both MacOS and Windows on one monitor but what I do have is two displays set up, one of which is connected to my gaming PC and one of which is connected to my Mac mini. I use a virtual KVM called Synergy to sync my mouse and keyboard between the two.
It actually works very well, I can move my mouse across the two screens just as if it was a dual screen setup and whichever screen the mouse is on is the active screen for my keyboard. About the only downside is I can't drag windows across both screens (different OSes obviously)
I don't know if this is the thread for me though because I don't flip-flop so much as use both at once lol
Shhhhhhhh. Don't tell me that.yep that's what I do! in fact on my 49" monitor, I can even have the mac input on one half of the screen and windows input on the other half
To be fair that is what a lot of us do.
Besides what you listed about Synergy, any other issues you experience with it?
I use my Mac Mini M1 as my main unit, then my Windows 10 machine for gaming.
Lately, I have been simply RDPing into the Windows machine. But, I am thinking of testing a game via RDP, to see how it performs...
Well its a virtual solution so it relies on networking. I had some syncing issues for awhile but that was because I had a wireless dead zone in my house. I bought a range extender and that largely solved the issue. I havent desynced in quite a long time. If you're wired, you'd probably never have issues.
I don't game on my Mac with my synced keyboard though. There might be some latency issues if you do so. My host computer is also my gaming PC so that's where I play all my games.
There can be a bit of a stutter at times when moving between the two systems. Like I'll drag my cursor to the edge of my Windows screen and it will stutter for a moment before snapping to my Mac. This usually happens if one of the machines has gone to sleep, switched to screen saver, etc. The stutter never occurs if both machines are awake and doing things.
I think those are the only issues? It's a great program. It is a paid solution so there is that aspect of it.
I don't game on my Mac with my synced keyboard though. There might be some latency issues if you do so. My host computer is also my gaming PC so that's where I play all my games.
There can be a bit of a stutter at times when moving between the two systems. Like I'll drag my cursor to the edge of my Windows screen and it will stutter for a moment before snapping to my Mac. This usually happens if one of the machines has gone to sleep, switched to screen saver, etc. The stutter never occurs if both machines are awake and doing things.
I think those are the only issues? It's a great program. It is a paid solution so there is that aspect of it.
I’ve never used Synergy myself.
But I prefer the wired way. I have a MX Master 3… which can easily switch between multiple devices. But with my BlackWidow Keyboard… I use a USB Switch Selector to go between my Windows PC and Android device (not Mac).
I have a separate keyboard (Keychron) to use with Mac.
So. I am a dell user for years. I just found out they have a line of monitors that have internal KVM built in. This is great news for me. I am swapping out my 2 24s to a 43" anyways, so this made my decision easy. They have 27, 32, and 43 inch options with this feature all of which are 4k.
This will work perfect for my dual system. Mac mini with drive dock and my xps workstation. They can work side by side on the monitor and move between them on the fly. Its a reall slick setup.
This will work perfect for my dual system. Mac mini with drive dock and my xps workstation. They can work side by side on the monitor and move between them on the fly. Its a reall slick setup.
The apple watch is nice, and I use it for exercising, but I don't use it anywhere near its potential. For me, once the glow and excitement wore off, I don't do much with it. I'm sure I'm not a typical apple watch owner. Its not bad, don't get me wrong, its just a watch
As I mentioned before, we are in the process of getting our home gym completed. The AW will come in handy then when using fitness+. I like that service as you have guided workouts without cameras staring at you like on peleton etc. I am also thinking that I am going to get a zwift trainer for my bike. E riding looks like a hoot in the winter months!
I workout 7 days a week, doing a variety of workouts, i.e., running, elliptical, weights, karate, etc. Yet with that said, I feel the usefulness of the apple watch has diminished. The standing reminders seem rather dubious, I don't know what sort of science is behind the nagging but trying to get me to stand x number of times is questionable at best.
All in all, I'm not knocking the apple watch, just that its not the motivating factor for my workouts, nor do the metrics aide or spur me on.
I love my Apple Watch, it's my favorite Apple device. And yes, it's just a watch, that happens to give me all my phone notifications and I can use it as a phone too. Plus the fall detection, heart monitor, O2 test.
I do everything with it probably 90% of the time and the phone stays in my pocket.
Nope, they are annoying A/F. I am looking at having the Fitness + workouts on the Atv in our Gym to follow along with, while the watch is monitoring our progress and putting it on screen. I do like that. The watch is not going to motivate me, but it's a fun tool to use with the fitness + workouts available.
Once complete, we will have our treadmill, a set of selectable dumbells, a flat bench, a pull up bar system, TRX, resistance bands and a zwift trainer for my Mtn and road bikes. It should set us up for Everything we would ever want to do. Oh, getting a good heavy bag for kickboxing training as well. Our gym is approx. 14 x 18 and we are making it modular to move things as needed.
I'm not questioning that others find value, but for me, its just not a thing for me. I see people, including my wife use the watch to get a call, or speak to text and I'll be honest - that's annoying as hell in public.I love my Apple Watch, it's my favorite Apple device. And yes, it's just a watch, that happens to give me all my phone notifications and I can use it as a phone too. Plus the fall detection, heart monitor, O2 test.
I do everything with it probably 90% of the time and the phone stays in my pocket.
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I agree, I never use it like that in public! It's more of an easy way to do things for me and I know it's not for everyone. It doesn't look all that good either, but what can I say, it works for me.
I tried an android watch and it didn't suit me near as well.
The issue with the Apple watch I have is that the data it collects about training isn't massively useful in terms of seeing trends and improvements around certain activities. Calories burnt and heart rate aren't really that useful in isolation. Garmin does a lot of smarts to show you things like training readiness, body battery, aerobic/anaerobic effect, stress, etc. It can build a nice picture with graphs to see how you are doing, when to push, when to rest.
It is like everything apple. gives you the basics and a bit of fluff. Just enough to make the faithful go "WOW". But in reality, there are much better options for the specific tasks. But, as I mentioned the information that it targets while working out is fine by us. It comes up on the screen while we are doing it.
As for garmin, it's a great wearable too. I bought one of their first ones, the vivosport. I bought it because it was one of the only wearables back in the day that somewhat connected with my lumia 1020 (best phone ever)! I missed the gift set from garmin where they had all of the Marc series in a collectors box and when purchased you got one of them for "free". I should have gobbled that one up.
If I get more into hiking, which is sort of what I want to do, I my get a garmin. There's a few that last a lot longer then the AW, provides better GPS features and for its design is a better product. Its not a fashion piece and it doesn't try to be a jack of all trades, master of none