My dad took delivery of his yesterday, and it really is a marvel.
Of course, literally all he’ll use it for is as a Plex server so he could have carried on with his M1 mini. But it does mean that I now have an M1 mini to mess about with.
That really is overkill for a Plex server
Oh, I know that. But he’s got the money and enjoys his toys.
If I had the money for it, that’s what I’d use, too
I’m using a 2014 Mac Mini with 4gb of RAM. I did replace the HDD with and SSD as it was unbearably slow. Now it’s perfect aside from the OS not getting updates. I wish there was a way for Plex to work with Apple DRM for movies I have on there from the iTunes store.
I use a Mid-2011 27” iMac with 16GB ram. It’s desperately in need of Linux, but I need to get new hdd because everything is so full. I also have to reformat everything since it’s HFS+ still.
Lots of work to do
Don’t tell him about building an unRAID server on a PC. It’s a rabbit hole your dad will love.
Can scale it from cheap used hardware to top of the line server hardware.
I started mine with retired PC hardware and have upgraded it to used commercial server hardware and it’s rock solid with more storage than my office server at work. 😂. The ultimate tinkering platform.
Oh god, he’d have no idea at all. He text me after I helped him set up his new one because Plex wasn’t working.
The server hadn’t been set to launch at login.
He loves his toys, but has almost no idea how to use them.
Set mine up as well. Marvellous piece of kit. Quite affordable for what you get.
Does anyone know if the m.2 SSD is replaceable with something like a 2230 1tb SSD from a non-apple source?
They are only replaceable if you know how to solder chips on to a PCB https://youtu.be/cJPXLE9uPr8
The connector also isn’t a standard m.2 connector. So even if it was as easy as swapping the card out. You wouldn’t be able to change it with a regular NVMe card you buy in the store.
Ahh, thank you.
