Mac mini M4 (2024): docks, stands and other accessories

[axantas]

What’s the dpcl?

Also, do you think, from your experience or what you’ve read, that having the Mac mini under the table will affect Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and interactions such as AirDrop, continuity, or using features such as Sidecar?

I just read quite some reviews, reporting Wi-Fi problems with several docks underneath the MacMini.
FYI: If you put a metal plate aka "stand" underneath a plastic bottom of a device, it might block some signals...

 

[Populus]

I just read quite some reviews, reporting Wi-Fi problems with several docks underneath the MacMini.
FYI: If you put a metal plate aka "stand" underneath a plastic bottom of a device, it might block some signals...

Okay, I think I know what you mean. In my case the Mac mini would be under the table but with nothing underneath it.

 

[HuskerHarley]

Guys, I ordered this, it is with dust protection.
Hagibis Desktop Stand

Looks beautiful and solves the button

 

[axantas]

Okay, I think I know what you mean. In my case the Mac mini would be under the table but with nothing underneath it.

My "Trashcan"-Mac resides under the table for 10 years now - that is no problem.
Try to use the free stand you have at home - put it on the back of a sturdy steel coocking pot and see, what happens.

 

[ivnj]

I use Ethernet with my human centric. So no wifi issues. And open all sides so no heat issues.

 

[Che Castro]

Guys, I ordered this, it is with dust protection.
Hagibis Desktop Stand

Looks beautiful and solves the button problem too.
I'm waiting for delivery.

any update on this ? my desk is the same color so it would blend , but air flow worries me

 

[Norbert Mikołajczyk]

any update on this ? my desk is the same color so it would blend , but air flow worries me

Hi, yes, it is affecting airflow and performance slightly on most demanding long renders.
On the test project using this stand the difference in rendering After Effects Project was mostly ~30s-1min longer sometimes just 10-15s longer.
Without the stand Mini rendered it in ~24min.
The fans were at the same levels at max around ~3150rpm.
It is hard to tell what's the real impact and I should probably wait longer to cool down enclosure completely before another try.
Clearly this tiny computer wasn't mean't for brutal rendering, especially one after another with or without the stand.

Rendering smaller projects didn't take a hit at all. Render times were the same.
So the difference is not big, but the demanding tasks could differ, so the differences also could be bigger.
Ambient temp was ~21C.

While normal usage no weird spinning fans, all good.
Of course no problems with wifi.

EDIT: I run the same test project from cold enclosure and the time was
With dock: 23m45s
Bare Mini: 23m30s

So here it is, the difference in temps are minimal at best.