M1 Mac Mini The Best Budget Ham Shack Computer?
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- A look at the M1 Mac Mini as a budget oriented Ham Shack Computer. This video takes a look at Mac mini performance and how it relates to Ham Radio Software applications. The video also discusses the possibilities of running Ham Radio Windows applications in the future.
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thanks very much for the info l use Mac mini M1 and a Mac desktop M1 come back to ham radio after 35 years my god how things have change since the 70s
all the best Allan G6TMO
I also use a Mac Mini (though mine is a 2014) in my ham shack. Turns out, the 2014 runs on a single voltage inside the device. ~12v. The power supply outputs a wide range of voltages, it seems poorly regulated. I have successfully removed the power supply and installed Anderson Powerpole connectors for direct 12v drive of my Mac Mini. Works great. At maximum it draws about an amp and a half, and when it's sleeping it draws almost nothing. It's also very RF resistant and quiet. Mine has 16gb, and I swapped an SSD into it. When the M1 machines hit the used market for a decent price, I'll take one apart and see if I can make the same modifications. 73 de w8tam
I just picked up a late 2014. I'm swapping in an SSD tomorrow. Any other suggestions Thomas?
@@k8drtqrp Nice! I run Win10 on it. Bootcamp drivers work pretty well, but it's a little hassle getting them. Hit me up if you need help! Good luck taking it apart. Watch out for the wifi antenna coax. The connector is super small. 73 de w8tam
@@de_w8tam all done and working fine. I’ll se what she can do!
Excellent presentation. I've been an Apple user from day one, currently running an 8 core Intel Xeon iMac Pro with 32 GB DDR4, and it's refreshing to see that the amateur radio software developers are finally coming around (kind of) to the Mac side of the fence. The M1 chip has me poking around to see what's been happening in that regard, knowing that the second after I purchase an upgrade it'll be trumped by new and improved version :) ... Thank you for the thorough overview. Nicely done.
It's great for the metal AAA games out if they get structurally optimised it will compete with mid range dedicated graphics, Apple has been putting out arm chips for 21 years, starting with the iPods
I have the M1 Mac and this help me to get windows ARM64 working. I just wish I could get the serial ports working. Paralles assigned my Radios serial port to windows. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a driver for FTDI serial to USB parts.
I got a couple of these, a later version and and earlier version at a hamfest this past spring, and plan on utilizing them. I like the fact that FT8 can run on it . Thanks for a great all informative video!
de WB9DBD
I appreciate the M1 MM is a quick machine and the comparison is interesting however, why do we need a fast Mac in the shack? I’m using a 7 year old mini which does everything I need and purchased 2nd hand for approx. $120.
Nice video, sir. I just received mine this week. Great computer!
Thanks. It is crazy powerful 👍
I'm seriously considering making the jump to an M1 mini, but like others, I've got Win10 compatibility issues. Good HAM centric overview. I see you got SDRUno to run on Win 10ARM parallels, but it sounds like you didn't get it to communicate with the RSP box. I'm guessing the drivers are for x86, which is why there's issues. That is one app that's keeping me back as well as anything for the RTL-SDR drivers, the other being my DMR radio programming S/W. If you get any of these working let us know!
Yep. Parallels is currently running Windows 11 since Parallels has added a virtual TPM chip. The nice thing is the M1 Macs can run the virtual machines blazingly fast. I also run the ARM64 version of Ubuntu. You can run the three operating systems simultaneously with no noticeable slowdowns. Also SmartSDR for MacOS has added more features since this video. I plan to do an update video in the near future.
@@hamradioscience thanks. Had a strange thought. I wonder if running windows 10 ARM on parallels you could somehow use one of the SDR play drivers for ARM.and make that work. That’s great to hear about running multiple operating systems on parallels such as Ubuntu.
@@Screamer916 No luck with SDRPLAY. The drivers being used aren’t compatible with ARM. SDR uno runs fine stand-alone playing an IQ file. The same is true for Zadig drivers and RTL sticks. Also the Windows version of SmartSDR will not work under Parallels simply because the SmartSDR for windows now detects a non Intel or AMD processor and will not allow the install. Some Windows compliant USB drivers will work. I did get the USB drivers to work on a FT-991a with several control and logging software Windows applications. It seems that most Windows programs work ok on the ARM64 platform, but it can be hit or miss at this point.
@@hamradioscience thanks for the detail. I just looked on SDRplay’s roadmap, and I saw this for version 2 of SDRuno: “Cross Platform (Windows, MacOS, Linux) This will support both x86 and the new Mac M1 architecture if practicable” . Yeah!
Nice discussion on the Ma M1 and HAM. Have you investigated AllStar or EchoLink on the M1 Mac? I had both servers on using a VM on an old Mac Mini which is gone. I know there is no full VM yet but I was aondering if you know of a native MacOS version of either AllStar or EchoLink. 73
Hi George. No I haven't. Right now it seems that most simple Windows programs work ok under the ARM64 version of Windows 10, however since everything is beta, it is really hard to say. The biggest problem seems more centered around custom drivers. As I mentioned in the video, I plan to revisit the Parallels setup over the next couple of weeks. If anyone has other applications they would like tested, leave a comment. If I have it, I will give it a look.
I was thinking on getting one this year. You have a list of programs you use?
Mostly SmartSDR for MacOS with a Flex since it’s pretty much a one stop solution with the Flex. Also Parallels with the ARM version of Windows 11. A good number of Ham Apps will work under Parallels Windows 11 ARM. However some programs won’t work that use custom drivers like SDRPLAY or Windows SmartSDR. It will work with with Yaesu drivers installed manually with programs like Ham Radio Deluxe or Yaesu Suite. The author of SmartSDR SDR has released a macOS control program that supports some Icom radios.
mmm no.
Better use a NUC PC.
It cost about 1.8 lakhs in my country 😭😭😭.... I can't afford
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