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New M1 Mac Mini as HTPC?
Awesome Donkey:
--- Quote from: glynor on November 12, 2020, 07:47:47 am ---I would NOT be so confident on that particular portion there. Apple has built the best SOC team in the industry, by a wide margin, and Intel has been seriously struggling for years now. This particular chip is their "thin & light" version of the M-series chip, and it is wiping the floor with everything but the highest-end AMD and Intel CPUs.
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We'll see how long it'll take Apple to release a Mac Pro with a MX chip with on-par performance with the highest end Intel and AMD CPUs. I think it could be 5 years, who knows, maybe I'm wrong and it'll be much sooner.
Nonetheless, I have zero interest in these new Macs, and once Hackintoshes die with the end of support for the last released Intel Mac (in about 7 or so years) I'm hopping off the Apple train for good.
glynor:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on November 12, 2020, 07:52:44 am ---We'll see how long it'll take Apple to release a Mac Pro with a MX chip with on-par performance with the highest end Intel and AMD CPUs. I think it could be 5 years, who knows, maybe I'm wrong and it'll be much sooner.
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They've already stated that they're transitioning the entire line to Apple Silicon over the next two years, so... Unlikely. Based on the fact that their thin & light CPU seems to be beating 8-core i9s, I wouldn't recommend placing bets that involve money there.
We'll see more in a few days when the first Mac Minis start showing up, but... :o
The main limit to the current chips seems to be that the RAM is on-package, which is why they're limited to 16GB (hence the "consumer" releases initially). But, if an iMac or even Mac/iMac Pro is coming next year, that limit isn't going to last long...
hulkss:
Thanks for the comments. It will be interesting to see what the future brings for Apple home theater.
In the meantime, I'll try a new AMD Ryzen build and keep JRiver on Windows 10.
bhampster:
I have the new M1 Mac mini ordered and can’t wait to experiment with it.
(It’s a gift so no need to dissuade me with benchmarks)
At the moment I have three source components UHD BDP, ATV4K and 2010 Mac mini running JRiver.
I was very hopeful JRiver would load and run on the new Mac mini. Now, I guess I’ll find out.
It runs iOS apps so JRemote will work even if for some reason JRiver does not.
It’s going to be used as an HTPC unless it’s very bad for that purpose but on the contrary I think it will do HTPC well. My ten year old Mac mini does perfect but I just assume this will be better.
glynor:
--- Quote from: bhampster on November 12, 2020, 11:00:12 am ---It’s going to be used as an HTPC unless it’s very bad for that purpose but on the contrary I think it will do HTPC well. My ten year old Mac mini does perfect but I just assume this will be better.
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I suspect Rosetta is going to work just fine. We'll see. Keep us informed!
I have a family member who just ordered one as well, and I'm sure we'll get some at work before too long (though I bet there will be a lot of heel dragging because change).
I, personally, really want a new Mini. But I want 32GB of RAM (and I was going to get the better CPU too)... I'm hoping that when they ship the iMac Pro/Mac Pro variants, they'll replace the "high-end" Intel Mini that remains with a new M1X based one. And then I can see if I can get a "discount" Intel box, or get one of those.
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