I got a Mac Mini

It might be mini, but it sure is!

1.5 months ago, I switched from Windows to Mac.

The Mac I was using for the past 1.5 months was a 2021 M1 iMac Base model. It got the job done, but after using it for about 4 weeks, I realized that the 8 gigs of RAM was starting to show. Because I mainly write about tech news, I have 10s of tabs open (Bluesky, 9to5 Mac, 9to5 Google, The Verge, MacRumors, CNET, and many more). I also draft my post for my blog and MBD News in Pages, so that’s another app open. I also use Apple Music to focus and most of the time have Discord and Figma open.

That’s a lot of apps for a four-year-old iMac with 8 gigs of RAM, so after some research, I found out that I can trade in my old iMac for $270 and use the EDU discount for $100 off, bringing the total to $247. After a not-so-quick trade-in ( I forgot my Apple ID password), I got the Mac.

I've only had it for about 2 hours, but in that 2 hours, I could already see the performance improvement. I took about 10 minutes to install macOS 26 (Developer Beta ~ 30GB). It took about 5 minutes to install Darkroom, VS Code, GitHub Desktop, DaVinci Resolve, Fimga & Msty.

I will continue to post updates here!

My Mac Mini on my Desk

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