I’m a grad student, so I qualify for the back to school promo and education pricing. So airpods along with a $650 M1 Mac Mini.
I presently have a 5k iMac, late 2014. Still runs fine, is in good condition. Been happy with it all these years, has lasted me longer than any other Mac I’ve owned. I’d miss it. Depending on which trade in site I use, I can get around $450 for it.
This basically means I can get an M1 for a little more than the cost of a pair of airpods (and I don’t need the airpods, so…). Plus, free financing for a year.
I have all the peripherals I need, and I’m actually trying to consolidate my work desk and personal desk, so I’m looking into a KVM switch, so I can just use the same peripherals for both computers. It would free up a lot of real estate in my house.
I use my Mac mostly for the usual casual use, grad school work (mostly spreadsheets, but occasionally something beefier like R Studio), and strategy gaming (the most taxing being Dwarf Fortress), so I’m confident that a Mac Mini would do just fine for my needs. After all, a 7 year old computer does! Man, I’ll miss it… I just upgraded the ram this winter, too.
Anyway, this seems like a no-brainer to me, does anyone see any obvious reasons not to (besides sentimentality)? Any KVM switches anyone recommends? Any particularly good trade in sites people have had good experiences with?
I presently have a 5k iMac, late 2014. Still runs fine, is in good condition. Been happy with it all these years, has lasted me longer than any other Mac I’ve owned. I’d miss it. Depending on which trade in site I use, I can get around $450 for it.
This basically means I can get an M1 for a little more than the cost of a pair of airpods (and I don’t need the airpods, so…). Plus, free financing for a year.
I have all the peripherals I need, and I’m actually trying to consolidate my work desk and personal desk, so I’m looking into a KVM switch, so I can just use the same peripherals for both computers. It would free up a lot of real estate in my house.
I use my Mac mostly for the usual casual use, grad school work (mostly spreadsheets, but occasionally something beefier like R Studio), and strategy gaming (the most taxing being Dwarf Fortress), so I’m confident that a Mac Mini would do just fine for my needs. After all, a 7 year old computer does! Man, I’ll miss it… I just upgraded the ram this winter, too.
Anyway, this seems like a no-brainer to me, does anyone see any obvious reasons not to (besides sentimentality)? Any KVM switches anyone recommends? Any particularly good trade in sites people have had good experiences with?
