In early 2023, Apple updated the Mac mini from the M1 chip to the M2 chip, and also introduced the option for an M2 Pro chip. Let's take a look at what the similarities and differences are between the 2 chip options, and see what that $700 price premium actually gets you.
We're going to take an in-depth look at how silent Apple's M2 Pro Mac mini really is. We'll look at a variety of measurements and tests that I performed, and I'll give my verdict on whether the M2 Pro Mac mini is a silent beast or a noisy monstrosity.
Windows is famous for its Blue Screen of Death, but macOS has a Green Screen of Death, which brings hope that the restriction preventing scaled 1440p @ 120Hz with HDR on may be a software bug.
The M2 Pro Mac mini has an issue with the Ethernet. More specifically, transfer speeds seemed erratic, and it turns out it's because of packet loss. Here's more on the issue, and how to fix it.
The M1 Mac mini has been the most affordable Mac computer with Apple Silicon since its release in 2020, but in early 2023, Apple released the M2 Mac mini. Which one should you buy? And if you already have an M1 Mac mini, should you upgrade to the M2 Mac mini?
My testing of the HDMI 2.1 port on the M2 Pro MacBook Pro 14" connected to an LG C1 48" OLED TV was successful at 4K resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate, and HDR enabled. That's the good news, but the bad news is there are some serious limitations due to how Apple implements its display scaling.
For the past year or so, I've been using an LG C1 48" OLED TV as my computer monitor. Today, I'll go over 5 reasons why I decided to do this, and why you should consider using a TV as your computer monitor.
If you are considering a M2 Pro machine, but aren't sure if you want to go for the MacBook Pro or the Mac mini, then this analysis is for you. We'll take a look at both machines to highlight what the similarities and, most importantly, differences are to help you make a decision.
Apple announced the new MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and Max chips, as well as the new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro chips. The biggest limiting factor, the HDMI 2.0 port, from the M1 versions of these computers may finally be addressed.
Apple's Mac Studio desktop computer launched in March of 2022 and I'm going to tell you 5 reasons you should NOT buy the Mac Studio.
I've been using the 2020 (really 2018) Mac mini for my normal workloads and running some stress tests on it to determine how silent it truly is. Let's see if the tiny yet attractive Mac has a place on the desk of someone who cares about computing noise.
In March 2020, Apple updated their website with a NEW label on the Mac mini, the small form factor BYODKM (Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard, and Mouse) computer that was last updated in 2018. So what changed in these 2 years?
In recent years, video card makers have come to realize that even though gamers want powerful, well-cooled GPUs, they don’t always want to listen to a vacuum cleaner, especially when there are no game or movie sounds to cover up…
The GeForce 10 series of graphics cards from NVIDIA are extremely powerful, but also power-efficient, making them ideal candidates to use for a silent gaming computer. Of the 3 cards currently available, which should you choose? The answer depends on…
AMD’s new Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card just had a bunch of performance reviews posted today. While it appears to trade blows with the similarly priced (at $649) nVidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti in terms of performance (i.e., FPS),…
Information Week reports that SSD prices are falling fast and capacity will surpass HDDs in 2016. I hope this is true, as that will mean that we can finally have affordable silent home storage solutions, something I’ve been waiting a…
The Cooler Master HAF XB Evo Open Air Chasis bills itself as a high airflow computer case that can also be used as a test bench by simply removing it’s top and side panels. The large mesh vent on the…
The Prolimatech MK-26 is a very well regarded graphics card cooler, but how well can it perform when the objective is silent / quiet computing? To find out, I installed the MK-26 on an EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX video…
Happy 2014! The year of 2013 introduced a lot of cool products and revisions, including the release of new game consoles (Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft XBox One), updated phones from Apple (iPhone 5s/5c) and Google (Nexus 5), a more…
A while ago, I was in the market for a new Haswell-based computer system. One of the common problems I’ve always had is that plugging headphones directly into the onboard audio found on the motherboard (or linked to the front…
nVidia’s GeForce GTX 770 series GPU lauched today, and reviewers seem pretty happy with it, particularly its price point. At $400 MSRP yet with slightly better performance (though also higher power consumption) than the GTX 680, it seems to be…