Thank you! You put my mind at ease! I'm currently in a position where I need a new Mac for college but I can only afford the base 8gb model (which I just bought), and it's going to probably have to last me at least a couple years. Every other tech UA-camr is making it sound like I made a huge mistake and that unless you buy 16gb, you've basically thrown your money away on a brick, which put me in a state of panic. Thank you for the reassuring review. This is what I, and I'm sure a lot of others especially this past year needed to hear. Because not all of us can afford the best of the best, year after year. Maybe one day I will be one of those people who can drop an extra couple hundred dollars without thinking twice, but for the time being that's not a reality for me.
If all you do is right word docs and the occasional light gaming then you'll be fine... but if you're doing rendering or compiling then your 8GB mac mini is going to chew through your SSD like nothing. Some people using 16GB mac mini's for work are reporting SSD life usage of up to 10% in just 2 months... I'm telling you all, wait 2 years and you'll be seeing these things break down left/right and center.
Stories like this are showing me a side of Apple I never saw before (as a lifetime PC user who's buying a Mini). They seem to really know how to work their customers. And then, many of them go on to continue the "message." It's pretty dark IMO. You don't see this is PC-land.
Three virtual drummers, 24 virtual instruments, 96 audio channels and more than a thousand plugins (over 318 of which were Space Designer) with a 128 sample buffer, all running in unison in Logic Pro on the 8gb version, it’s insanely good for music production and 8gb is plenty
@@Coco-gq6pc that is what I did, 8gb 256ssd and a 1tb external ssd, and I'm fine. I usually don't have more than 40 tracks. But I've seen videos of people that have 100
My experience with Mac computers for many years is that when you buy one with the minimum RAM level offered then your computer gets slow after 2-4 years but if you buy the next step of RAM your computer lasts much longer working link butter. I have a Macbook Pro from 2011 -that's 10 y.o. guys- and still runs like butter. Would that be the case if it had 8 GB? I don't think so. My experience says it would be not.
Most you tubers say that they would rather have 16gb, but the 8 is enough for me I’m loving it although I’m coming from a 2015 13inch MacBook Air lol..
Same here except I'm coming from a 2012. Lol. The other UA-camrs seem to think that everybody has money to burn. Nice to finally find a voice of reason.
Today, I bought the 8GB MacMini for 675 EUR. I doubt the new one that comes out in October will be that cheap. I'm sure the one I bought is fast enough for web-browsing, UA-cam, Office Apps, and watching tennis. The 16GB version costs 939 EUR so almost 50% more. I wonder why your channel has only 10k subscribers. This video is high-quality and provides helpful content. Your calm voice is also well-fitting for videos, interviews etc. and your pronunciation is clear, too. Really well done! I liked and subscribed.
@@adityakanodia8319 you should be fine, but just think a little bit. You will do light programming now, but in 2-3 years maybe you will learn new things and you will need more ram. Maybe you will learn how to use docker, VMs, and for those you need 16gb. I decided to go with MBA 16gb ram 512 storage for web dev and stuff like that because I want to keep it for at least 4-5 years. So, if you are doing programming, go with 16gb ram.
Good video, always wanted to try apple. I always been a windows user, can you recommend the mac mini for a small youtuber like me. Im flying drones and filming with my Canon m50, I film everything in 4K. I use Davinci Resolve 17 and are planning to learn more in fusion. Can the mac mini handle that you think. Greetings from Norway.
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Thanks Jackson for a great report and insight into the Mac Mini M1. I currently have an old iMac Late 2009 and am in the market for a replacement. I’ve had a few questions about 8GB and 16GB and you’ve answered them. I do light photo editing but nothing pro work wise plus some leisure computer work. Can i ask if the recent update has fixed some of the Bluetooth issues that you covered and have been reported? Many thanks
Hi. I am also, try to buy m1 mac mini 8GB version. I mostly working adobe photoshop, illustrator ( i use both two at the same time ), indesign. Still I am not doing video editing. But i hope to learn. Is the 8GB version enough for me?
What most ppl don't know and still don't is that M1 + big sur = 8 M is not enough!! I can't even open google chrome with everything open now it's so stupid!
I just sold my 16 inch macbook pro i9. I picked up a macbook air base model, but ordered a macbook air with 16gb and 1tb ssd. I am a graphic designer and this computer seem to do the job quite well, but yes i am having some crash and beach ball. These thing are normal for new chip and new operating system. Hoping these little hiccup will be iron out soon. Great video by the way.
Got the base model from Best Buy which price matched from Amazon. At $660 it's a steal. I'm barely picking up my 16inch MBP at this point. Likely gonna trade up when it's successor comes out. Big fan of the M1 so far.
I hate the Apple tax to upgrade, but they were genius in this aspect with the M series machines. Those who know they need heavy RAM will pay it. Those on the fence may or may not. But there's a big number of us who will let others be the test bed and publish results. In this, Apple hit a home run. 8GB machines that don't throttle are able to do amazing things with such low resources. Yes, swap may be an impact to SSD, I get that. But if a cheap machine lasts only 3-4 years, it's still a win compared to Windows machines trying to do the same. To get high level Apple type performance for such a cheap machine is demonstrative of how much they push developers to optimize for their silicon. I'm betting Apple insisted on high levels of performance from low specs so that Apple could maximize profit by selling performance against low specs, which increases profit margin. Yes, it sucks they do this, but at least they also made sure these machines perform in base configuration. I wish the MBA's could do the same but being fanless, they have to throttle to stay cool and that slows them in heavy workloads, but still....a $699 M1 MBA in 2024 that can still photo edit and handle decently heavy tasks is amazing when contrasted against doing that with a Windows computer from 4 years ago doing the same tasks in the same price range.
Still grabbed the 16gb/1tb configuration. I figure m1 handles Big Sur nominally as they were designed for each other, but future MacOS versions years down the road would benefit from the extra RAM in comparison.
Thank you, very well explained! I want to use the mini M1 8GB for home studio recording and connect to a 4K monitor. 1) I have Studio One Pro software by Presonus for recording and editing. It is customized for M1 chip. The question is if the M1 mini is quiet when recording and the fan is not audible. I have a bad experience with Intel processor that does not work well when connected to a 4K monitor, it heats up a lot, is noisy and the processor goes into a clip. 2) When editing video on a 4K monitor with the M1 mini 8GB is there no delay between the picture and sound? Is it possible to do precise synchronization when making videos? Thank you for the answer!
Thank you for this hounest review. You see a lot of people on the internet who would not accept 8G of RAM. The PC league wouldn't understand it all of course. I'm going for the 8GB/512GB version as I basically only do email, office, some photoshop and illustrator, an occasional 2k video with iMovie and Fusion 360 for 3D printing design. It replaces my late-2013 Macbook Pro and my PC, both still are working fine but slow. I suppose that I can use the Mac Mini for the coming 6-8 years without a big problem.
With a couple of browsers open if i launch my virtual windows machine to run a specialist printing machine (very basic software) the Mac gums, spinning beach balls jittery cursor 2 second lag clicking on a file. 8gb might be enough for some but I made a big mistake buying an 8gb machine.
Ethernet is way better than wifi for stability and so far I've had no issues with blue tooth on which I run powerful speakers, mouse and apple magic keyboard. The 8gb Mac mini M1 is a real little beast!
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I like your setup, good lighting and good sound, I am using the ZOOM PodTrak P8 recording my stuff with green screens mainly. just having problem with my Blue Tooth keyboard to keep jamming up and so does my touchpad. Using a MacBook Pro 7i that's how I found myself on your channel ha ha
VERY GOOD I THINK Im gonna go for the 8gb...Why well I want it to replace my imac 2011 SSD with 16gb ram . 4k is a no no..but I use it for more graphics and I have a zoltac mini PC with a 2070 RTX SSD2tb & 512 NVe it flies and great with resolve I got it because power and price and size but also to run some navtive software ie NOTCH and Disguise. also Unreal Engine. But Im from a mac background and the mini has the ports I need so the laptop thing is not an option also it seems more robust than a Laptop where screens can go wrong and swollen batteries .My imac screen goes black from time to time. so no more CPU with scene for me.
The 8GB RAM is performing similar to the 16GB version because.... the swap file on the SSD is read/writing extremely fast...great...except all that read/write from/to the SSD is going to push the drive to end of life (i.e. failure) way quicker than the 16GB version. The 16GB option is the smarter choice IMHO.
For most folks, it’s a non-issue unless you plan on never upgrading for the next 10 years. Even at 50gb written a day, you are only talking about 18.25 TB writes a year. Modern SSD easily allows between 150-300 TB written before potential gradual failure so we’re talking a decade or more.
My bluetooth is flawless so far and i'm currently using an hdmi. It is much better than my 2012 mac mini bluetooth. I can walk around my whole house without any interference at all. I have steel studs in my wall sand they interfere with the 2012 every time i would go in my kitchen with headphones. I have a logitech bluetooth mouse and have had no problems. I was worried about Bluetooth issue too but I knew I could return it if it sucked. I think its luck of the draw. You should try it out, you have nothing to lose. My Wifi works too, I use an ethernet cable but I was curious. I haven't tried the write to external ssd speeds but even if it is a little slower it isn't a dealbreaker for me.
I intend to buy M1 Mac Mini for video editing. My video will have two 2.7K videos running side by side in FCP (each cropped to half). Also, each video will be of around 2 hours each. Can the base 8 GB model handle it? Videos will have some good amount of effects, some text layers and a little bit of colour grading. Final export will be in 4k. Thanks!
First time Mac user here.My M1 Mac Mini (base model 8/256) arrived Friday. Can't use it yet because I don't have a wired keyboard. I ordered the Magic keyboard Saturday and it will be here tomorrow. Can't wait!
0:36 why no pc user having this problem? It s apple trying to put a cpu in slim body, is your slim? No. YOu could have both 1 ) to keep track of your business finance, watching movies, playing music (MacBook Pro) and other for workflow
Hey, great review! I’m a designer and use Figma and Adobe products primarily and I wonder if you used Figma in chrome, through rosetta or perhaps an already optimized app for M1, since you mentioned it wasn’t a great experience? Tnx
thanks for the video. So the conclusion is , the 8gb ram version of mac mini is worth buying and for future-proof too if i understand correctly? if so, i buy the 8gb ram instead of the 16gb ? anyone, plz advice thanks in advance!
@Sammy Jung ohhh oki hey if you believe that then stick with it, and whoever wants to take your advice can do that but id recommend anyone into video editing and such go with 16gigs
Same exact situation! MacBook Pro 15” 2016/7 ish. Can’t handle anything , want to buy a Mac mini M1 , 16gb back ordered til dec 31 (this was back in nov 5th) i bought the Mac mini M1 8gb and 512gb ssd from my local best buy and i can’t love it more. It’s super silent. Like incredible silent. Think about using an iPad Pro but its a Mac. And the Bluetooth situation i have it too, i will try to put the dongle from the mouse and keyboard in a USB hub maybe? Hopefully a firmware update will fix this issue I’m sure. Thanks for sharing!
You appear to have the Mac mini mounted under the desk. This might be blocking the Bluetooth signal reducing its reliability. If you take the bottom cover off of the machine you will notice a circular area made of plastic. This is for the radios. They don’t like metal. I suggest you might want to put the Mac on the desk rather than under it to see if it resolves the problem.
Hi ..how's your mac mini m1 performing new after recent updates? I'm planning to buy 8Gb variant ..However i'm not sure if 8Gb would be enough for me . My primary usecase - 1080p 20-30 mins x264 video editing in adobe premiere pro and simple composition motion graphics using after effects . Do you think the 8 Gb variant can handle this ? Please reply ...
Nice on-depth review! Was that free or paid version of DaVinci Resolve? I heard that final render is much faster on Studio version since it actually uses all the cores of GPU instead of just one.
I am a very basic user, no video editing just use chrome to access my cloud database and I also use outlook and word. Do you think the 8GB Mac Mini will be ok for me?
I'm watching this video and my Mac mini M1, 16gig ram, and it shows I am using 7.75 gig of ram out of 16 gig. 5.8 gig app memory and the rest is wired memory. I have opened messages, system preferences, bluetooth and activity monitor. Basically I'm doing nothing really except watching UA-cam and I'm almost using 8 gig of ram. There is no question I would get 16 gig of ram. I would be pissed knowing my SSD drive was constantly being used because I didn't spend the $200 for the 16 gig of ram. I have not had any bluetooth issues.
Had my M1 Mini for two weeks now...Beats hareadphones (blue tooth), keyboard, etc. No issues. Wireless is great. Even faster thru put as compared to my L2013 MP and iPad Pro. I got the 16GB/512GB model..Final Cut and Adobe LR/PS and it's all working great so far.
I just got a Mac mini The base model I replaced an aging Late 2012 Mac mini and I got it had a really good deal for being each photos $639 that save me roughly $100. And this thing is fast love it
Do you think an M1 iMac would be a better value than 27” Ultrafine + Mac Mini? Marco Arment isn’t very enthusiastic about the 27” ultrafine but it seems to be the best option at the moment. I just got an 8gb M1 Macbook Pro to hold me over until we know what options are available in 2021. I’d love to hear your opinions about monitor options. I’ve heard that most 4k 27” monitors are pretty meh with Macs (and that some monitors have usb-c that is pretty unreliable too)
Hey Man l Need your help - I have the Mac Mini M1 which Is great but the FaceTime and photo booth or any apple camera app does not work, yet 3rd party apps like zoom and the camera works fine! Please can you or anyone on the forum please test your FaceTime on your Mac mini so I know if its just my issue or the is a BIG issue ??
Cool video! I just picked one up myself. It's night and day difference compared to Intel. But I gotta ask you one honest question... Are you @DaveLee brother?! Seriously, you look like him, sound like him, act like him!!! (please, take this as a compliment).
I was considering the Mac mini M1 but I think i'm gonna wait until after some updates or just say screw it and maybe catch the next one whenever that may be.
MAN! I've ordered the same config as u, and I'm an a xt3 and DaVinci user and I was super scared that its not going to run my projects but damn u made me sleep better until he will arrive lol,and btw, never saw this DaVinci logo
Tell me about it! This guy is the lone voice of reason among the tech UA-camr community. It put my mind at ease after Linus tech tips, Renee Ritchie, and company put me in a state of panic by making me think the only Mac I can realistically (barely) afford was obsolete before it was even released.
I've the got 16gb/512gb sitting in my cart right now. I know the base model has been shown to be a beast thus far, but there's a little more peace of mind for me knowing I can double that and just wait 2 extra weeks...
No need for 16GB, render times etc are barely 7% faster with 16GB, not worth paying 30% more, also no need for a fan on an Arm powered device, I go Macbook Air M1, avoid the Pro. Also external SSD performs just fine if not better than internal SSD so just go for 256GB.
@@JacksonHayes Well done so you sold your crappy slow Mac to some unsuspecting guy for this fast basic Mini M1, well done, that is what apple want you to do or throw it ib the dumpster would be better for Apple
Mac os is not using only 8gb RAM ,its using memory from ssd so . The process can eat 16gb ram but ssd borrows 8 gb. Just make some math. A 4gb video will eat all 8gb ram when uncompressed so its a trick fans will say that Mac os is optimised same happens to iphones " ohh iphones can do everything with 4 gb ram what android do with 12gb ram"
I traded in my 2017 MBP for the M1 MBP and really notice the improvements. I’m happy to see you’re enjoying the Mac Mini, especially since you had so many issues with your MBP. 💙 Stay well dude
It's my impression that due to thermal issues the Mac Mini is the most powerful of the current M1 batch.
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Thank you! You put my mind at ease! I'm currently in a position where I need a new Mac for college but I can only afford the base 8gb model (which I just bought), and it's going to probably have to last me at least a couple years. Every other tech UA-camr is making it sound like I made a huge mistake and that unless you buy 16gb, you've basically thrown your money away on a brick, which put me in a state of panic. Thank you for the reassuring review. This is what I, and I'm sure a lot of others especially this past year needed to hear. Because not all of us can afford the best of the best, year after year. Maybe one day I will be one of those people who can drop an extra couple hundred dollars without thinking twice, but for the time being that's not a reality for me.
How is the 8gb working for you now? I have a 2019 i3 iMac, and it is LAGGING! Looking at trading it in for the M1 MacBook Mini.
If all you do is right word docs and the occasional light gaming then you'll be fine... but if you're doing rendering or compiling then your 8GB mac mini is going to chew through your SSD like nothing. Some people using 16GB mac mini's for work are reporting SSD life usage of up to 10% in just 2 months...
I'm telling you all, wait 2 years and you'll be seeing these things break down left/right and center.
@@MrShitthead All I’ll be doing on mine is school work - typing word documents, and web browsing for research.
Stories like this are showing me a side of Apple I never saw before (as a lifetime PC user who's buying a Mini). They seem to really know how to work their customers. And then, many of them go on to continue the "message." It's pretty dark IMO. You don't see this is PC-land.
Three virtual drummers, 24 virtual instruments, 96 audio channels and more than a thousand plugins (over 318 of which were Space Designer) with a 128 sample buffer, all running in unison in Logic Pro on the 8gb version, it’s insanely good for music production and 8gb is plenty
Thank you! I got the 8gb and I was worried about that. I only use GarageBand for small projects, e-drumming and some guitar plugins.
🤯 yea I’m copping now
Base model m1 8gb version running ableton 11 working fine
Hello! Do you think 256 GB ssd will be fine for music production with an external ssd?
@@Coco-gq6pc that is what I did, 8gb 256ssd and a 1tb external ssd, and I'm fine. I usually don't have more than 40 tracks. But I've seen videos of people that have 100
Hey man, how you doing after the accident?
Doing relatively well. Slow healing process, but it's happening. Appreciate you asking :)
Good to hear! Stay strong
Picked up a Mac mini M1 8/256 and will be selling my MBP 15 with 16GB of RAM and dedicated graphics as well.
My experience with Mac computers for many years is that when you buy one with the minimum RAM level offered then your computer gets slow after 2-4 years but if you buy the next step of RAM your computer lasts much longer working link butter. I have a Macbook Pro from 2011 -that's 10 y.o. guys- and still runs like butter. Would that be the case if it had 8 GB? I don't think so. My experience says it would be not.
Most you tubers say that they would rather have 16gb, but the 8 is enough for me I’m loving it although I’m coming from a 2015 13inch MacBook Air lol..
QUITE the upgrade!
Same here except I'm coming from a 2012. Lol. The other UA-camrs seem to think that everybody has money to burn. Nice to finally find a voice of reason.
Today, I bought the 8GB MacMini for 675 EUR. I doubt the new one that comes out in October will be that cheap. I'm sure the one I bought is fast enough for web-browsing, UA-cam, Office Apps, and watching tennis. The 16GB version costs 939 EUR so almost 50% more.
I wonder why your channel has only 10k subscribers. This video is high-quality and provides helpful content. Your calm voice is also well-fitting for videos, interviews etc. and your pronunciation is clear, too. Really well done! I liked and subscribed.
Good video! I found a Fix for the Bluetooth and WiFi issues and made a video on how to fix it, let me know if it works for you. 👍
video starts @ 5:58
If only need work in office, Excel, streaming, music. 8gb ram is enough due to the optimized that the apple machine is
Great video, thanks!
Nice video Jackson! I’m new here, but I’m loving your content :) keep it up
I intend to use this for at least 3-4 years, what would you recommend, 8gb or 16gb?
Light user = 8gb
Power user = 16gb
@@RACAPE I want to do programming, light gaming (fortnite) and video editing (mostly 1080p, maybe 4k). So am I a light user?
@@adityakanodia8319 you should be fine, but just think a little bit. You will do light programming now, but in 2-3 years maybe you will learn new things and you will need more ram. Maybe you will learn how to use docker, VMs, and for those you need 16gb. I decided to go with MBA 16gb ram 512 storage for web dev and stuff like that because I want to keep it for at least 4-5 years.
So, if you are doing programming, go with 16gb ram.
@@RACAPE Thank you so much for your help! I will definitely go for the 16gb model now
@@adityakanodia8319 No, get 16GB
Good video, always wanted to try apple. I always been a windows user, can you recommend the mac mini for a small youtuber like me. Im flying drones and filming with my Canon m50, I film everything in 4K. I use Davinci Resolve 17 and are planning to learn more in fusion. Can the mac mini handle that you think. Greetings from Norway.
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Thanks Jackson for a great report and insight into the Mac Mini M1. I currently have an old iMac Late 2009 and am in the market for a replacement. I’ve had a few questions about 8GB and 16GB and you’ve answered them. I do light photo editing but nothing pro work wise plus some leisure computer work. Can i ask if the recent update has fixed some of the Bluetooth issues that you covered and have been reported? Many thanks
Hi. I am also, try to buy m1 mac mini 8GB version. I mostly working adobe photoshop, illustrator ( i use both two at the same time ), indesign. Still I am not doing video editing. But i hope to learn. Is the 8GB version enough for me?
I'm a software engineer, my M1 will hit a wall with most of my workloads -- but I still love it.
8GB or 16GB?
What most ppl don't know and still don't is that M1 + big sur = 8 M is not enough!! I can't even open google chrome with everything open now it's so stupid!
I just sold my 16 inch macbook pro i9. I picked up a macbook air base model, but ordered a macbook air with 16gb and 1tb ssd. I am a graphic designer and this computer seem to do the job quite well, but yes i am having some crash and beach ball. These thing are normal for new chip and new operating system. Hoping these little hiccup will be iron out soon. Great video by the way.
Got the base model from Best Buy which price matched from Amazon. At $660 it's a steal. I'm barely picking up my 16inch MBP at this point. Likely gonna trade up when it's successor comes out. Big fan of the M1 so far.
I hate the Apple tax to upgrade, but they were genius in this aspect with the M series machines. Those who know they need heavy RAM will pay it. Those on the fence may or may not. But there's a big number of us who will let others be the test bed and publish results. In this, Apple hit a home run. 8GB machines that don't throttle are able to do amazing things with such low resources. Yes, swap may be an impact to SSD, I get that. But if a cheap machine lasts only 3-4 years, it's still a win compared to Windows machines trying to do the same. To get high level Apple type performance for such a cheap machine is demonstrative of how much they push developers to optimize for their silicon. I'm betting Apple insisted on high levels of performance from low specs so that Apple could maximize profit by selling performance against low specs, which increases profit margin.
Yes, it sucks they do this, but at least they also made sure these machines perform in base configuration. I wish the MBA's could do the same but being fanless, they have to throttle to stay cool and that slows them in heavy workloads, but still....a $699 M1 MBA in 2024 that can still photo edit and handle decently heavy tasks is amazing when contrasted against doing that with a Windows computer from 4 years ago doing the same tasks in the same price range.
Still grabbed the 16gb/1tb configuration. I figure m1 handles Big Sur nominally as they were designed for each other, but future MacOS versions years down the road would benefit from the extra RAM in comparison.
Thank you, very well explained! I want to use the mini M1 8GB for home studio recording and connect to a 4K monitor.
1) I have Studio One Pro software by Presonus for recording and editing. It is customized for M1 chip. The question is if the M1 mini is quiet when recording and the fan is not audible. I have a bad experience with Intel processor that does not work well when connected to a 4K monitor, it heats up a lot, is noisy and the processor goes into a clip.
2) When editing video on a 4K monitor with the M1 mini 8GB is there no delay between the picture and sound? Is it possible to do precise synchronization when making videos?
Thank you for the answer!
Thank you for this hounest review.
You see a lot of people on the internet who would not accept 8G of RAM. The PC league wouldn't understand it all of course.
I'm going for the 8GB/512GB version as I basically only do email, office, some photoshop and illustrator, an occasional 2k video with iMovie and Fusion 360 for 3D printing design.
It replaces my late-2013 Macbook Pro and my PC, both still are working fine but slow.
I suppose that I can use the Mac Mini for the coming 6-8 years without a big problem.
How has the 8gb mini worked for your usage?
With a couple of browsers open if i launch my virtual windows machine to run a specialist printing machine (very basic software) the Mac gums, spinning beach balls jittery cursor 2 second lag clicking on a file. 8gb might be enough for some but I made a big mistake buying an 8gb machine.
Exactly what I was looking for, to convince my family of how even the cheapest M1 is going to knock their socks off.
Ethernet is way better than wifi for stability and so far I've had no issues with blue tooth on which I run powerful speakers, mouse and apple magic keyboard. The 8gb Mac mini M1 is a real little beast!
Just got one with SSD hub for $350, excited to try it out. Apple silicon rocks
Are you able to get real-time playback with some noise reduction in a 4k timeline with BRAW footage? Don't want to wait on a 16gb version either.
why is the b-roll so shaky?
I have broken arms.
@@JacksonHayes DJI makes arms
Hi! How about now? What are you feeling the 8G RAM? Is it enough?
Apple sucks for lots of reasons but this is revolutionary. Verge folks are already talking about M2 with 32 cores cpu and 128 cores gpu.
Hi everyone, there is a way out finally! *cyber_kor* on Instagram unlocked my macbook.. He is reliable and top notch.... He is available now on WhatsApp +1 347 830 3644
I like your setup, good lighting and good sound, I am using the ZOOM PodTrak P8 recording my stuff with green screens mainly. just having problem with my Blue Tooth keyboard to keep jamming up and so does my touchpad. Using a MacBook Pro 7i that's how I found myself on your channel ha ha
Not everyone makes 'content'. 8GB is fine for the use that most use a cheap computer for.
VERY GOOD I THINK Im gonna go for the 8gb...Why well I want it to replace my imac 2011 SSD with 16gb ram . 4k is a no no..but I use it for more graphics and I have a zoltac mini PC with a 2070 RTX SSD2tb & 512 NVe it flies and great with resolve I got it because power and price and size but also to run some navtive software ie NOTCH and Disguise. also Unreal Engine. But Im from a mac background and the mini has the ports I need so the laptop thing is not an option also it seems more robust than a Laptop where screens can go wrong and swollen batteries .My imac screen goes black from time to time. so no more CPU with scene for me.
My 2011 Mini has Bluetooth issues...
The 8GB RAM is performing similar to the 16GB version because.... the swap file on the SSD is read/writing extremely fast...great...except all that read/write from/to the SSD is going to push the drive to end of life (i.e. failure) way quicker than the 16GB version. The 16GB option is the smarter choice IMHO.
For most folks, it’s a non-issue unless you plan on never upgrading for the next 10 years. Even at 50gb written a day, you are only talking about 18.25 TB writes a year. Modern SSD easily allows between 150-300 TB written before potential gradual failure so we’re talking a decade or more.
My bluetooth is flawless so far and i'm currently using an hdmi. It is much better than my 2012 mac mini bluetooth. I can walk around my whole house without any interference at all. I have steel studs in my wall sand they interfere with the 2012 every time i would go in my kitchen with headphones. I have a logitech bluetooth mouse and have had no problems. I was worried about Bluetooth issue too but I knew I could return it if it sucked. I think its luck of the draw. You should try it out, you have nothing to lose. My Wifi works too, I use an ethernet cable but I was curious. I haven't tried the write to external ssd speeds but even if it is a little slower it isn't a dealbreaker for me.
So far, my 16GB has had no issues!
I intend to buy M1 Mac Mini for video editing. My video will have two 2.7K videos running side by side in FCP (each cropped to half). Also, each video will be of around 2 hours each. Can the base 8 GB model handle it? Videos will have some good amount of effects, some text layers and a little bit of colour grading. Final export will be in 4k.
Thanks!
Final cut run amazing on this but i honestly would say get the 16gig as u cant upgrade and its better to be safe than sorry
@@yanicmb Thanks for the reply 👍
set the fan speeds at 50 to 75 percent with macsfan speed control and you can avoid the thermos in any computer where you can control the fan
First time Mac user here.My M1 Mac Mini (base model 8/256) arrived Friday. Can't use it yet because I don't have a wired keyboard. I ordered the Magic keyboard Saturday and it will be here tomorrow. Can't wait!
did you have any issues on the Bluetooth connectivity with the magic keyboard?
@@markmoncera5010 None. I keep it as a backup keyboard now. I purchased the Satechi Slim X1 keyboard and it connects with no issues as well. ✌🏼🧔🏻👍🏼
0:36 why no pc user having this problem? It s apple trying to put a cpu in slim body, is your slim? No. YOu could have both 1 ) to keep track of your business finance, watching movies, playing music (MacBook Pro) and other for workflow
Hey, great review!
I’m a designer and use Figma and Adobe products primarily and I wonder if you used Figma in chrome, through rosetta or perhaps an already optimized app for M1, since you mentioned it wasn’t a great experience?
Tnx
thanks for the video. So the conclusion is , the 8gb ram version of mac mini is worth buying and for future-proof too if i understand correctly?
if so, i buy the 8gb ram instead of the 16gb ? anyone, plz advice thanks in advance!
Go with the 16 gig that would be more future proof than 8gig especially in a year from now when software starts demanding more
@Sammy Jung ohhh oki hey if you believe that then stick with it, and whoever wants to take your advice can do that but id recommend anyone into video editing and such go with 16gigs
Hi Jackson, first time on your channel. Love your insight and just what i need to know before getting the M1 mac mini. thank you so much
Lovely video mate
*YOU FORGOT A MAJOR POINT IN THE WHOLE VIDEO: AND THAT IS.....PORTABILITY OF MACBOOKS OVER MACMINIS* 😎😎😎
Same exact situation! MacBook Pro 15” 2016/7 ish. Can’t handle anything , want to buy a Mac mini M1 , 16gb back ordered til dec 31 (this was back in nov 5th) i bought the Mac mini M1 8gb and 512gb ssd from my local best buy and i can’t love it more.
It’s super silent. Like incredible silent. Think about using an iPad Pro but its a Mac. And the Bluetooth situation i have it too, i will try to put the dongle from the mouse and keyboard in a USB hub maybe? Hopefully a firmware update will fix this issue I’m sure.
Thanks for sharing!
how well does it perform with dual screen 32" 4k? thanks
I have a really bad Mac mini 2014 it’s i5, and only has 4 GB of ram 🤒. I really want the Mac mini 2020 M1 with 8 GB minimum
You appear to have the Mac mini mounted under the desk. This might be blocking the Bluetooth signal reducing its reliability. If you take the bottom cover off of the machine you will notice a circular area made of plastic. This is for the radios. They don’t like metal. I suggest you might want to put the Mac on the desk rather than under it to see if it resolves the problem.
just a big thx to ,my intel ssd h10 with 32 GB optane memory..........don't quote me
Hi ..how's your mac mini m1 performing new after recent updates? I'm planning to buy 8Gb variant ..However i'm not sure if 8Gb would be enough for me .
My primary usecase - 1080p 20-30 mins x264 video editing in adobe premiere pro and
simple composition motion graphics using after effects .
Do you think the 8 Gb variant can handle this ?
Please reply ...
Is the 8gb ram good for audio recording like Logic pro? And video editing as well? Final cut pro?
Nice on-depth review!
Was that free or paid version of DaVinci Resolve? I heard that final render is much faster on Studio version since it actually uses all the cores of GPU instead of just one.
I’ve always used the studio version.
I’ve been using the Apple M1 MacBook Air and it does ok but I’m seriously considering the M1 Mac Mini strictly for editing.
I am a very basic user, no video editing just use chrome to access my cloud database and I also use outlook and word. Do you think the 8GB Mac Mini will be ok for me?
Yes , you will be fine with 8gb
I love your background music please tell name of music 😊
Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Finally something to the point! Thanks
I'm watching this video and my Mac mini M1, 16gig ram, and it shows I am using 7.75 gig of ram out of 16 gig. 5.8 gig app memory and the rest is wired memory. I have opened messages, system preferences, bluetooth and activity monitor. Basically I'm doing nothing really except watching UA-cam and I'm almost using 8 gig of ram. There is no question I would get 16 gig of ram. I would be pissed knowing my SSD drive was constantly being used because I didn't spend the $200 for the 16 gig of ram. I have not had any bluetooth issues.
Had my M1 Mini for two weeks now...Beats hareadphones (blue tooth), keyboard, etc. No issues. Wireless is great. Even faster thru put as compared to my L2013 MP and iPad Pro. I got the 16GB/512GB model..Final Cut and Adobe LR/PS and it's all working great so far.
I just ordered one of these. Thanks buddy! Subbed!
How has it worked for you so far?
I just got a Mac mini The base model I replaced an aging Late 2012 Mac mini and I got it had a really good deal for being each photos $639 that save me roughly $100. And this thing is fast love it
Do you think an M1 iMac would be a better value than 27” Ultrafine + Mac Mini? Marco Arment isn’t very enthusiastic about the 27” ultrafine but it seems to be the best option at the moment. I just got an 8gb M1 Macbook Pro to hold me over until we know what options are available in 2021. I’d love to hear your opinions about monitor options. I’ve heard that most 4k 27” monitors are pretty meh with Macs (and that some monitors have usb-c that is pretty unreliable too)
Hey Man l Need your help - I have the Mac Mini M1 which Is great but the FaceTime and photo booth or any apple camera app does not work, yet 3rd party apps like zoom and the camera works fine! Please can you or anyone on the forum please test your FaceTime on your Mac mini so I know if its just my issue or the is a BIG issue ??
Nah it works just fine on mine.
Cool video! I just picked one up myself. It's night and day difference compared to Intel. But I gotta ask you one honest question...
Are you @DaveLee brother?! Seriously, you look like him, sound like him, act like him!!! (please, take this as a compliment).
Haha I’ve heard that one many times - no relation! Love the guy’s vids tho!
I was considering the Mac mini M1 but I think i'm gonna wait until after some updates or just say screw it and maybe catch the next one whenever that may be.
really loved this video! ty for the info
Is 8Gb enough? Lol
Are you enough?
next refresh would be mac mini 16 512 base at 699
but if I pay 900 why not just get an air
Bro you are amazing kipp going
2:12 hahah
nice vid.., will there be Mac mini for 2021?
I was impatient as well and got the base M1 mini
Update: ended up returning the base M1 mini and ordering a 16GB RAM 1TB SSD mini.
how do you import GoPro videos with the new m1 update?
Did you try the old upside down trick for the Bluetooth?
Just subscribed. I rely on illustrator/indesign do u think 8gb can handle it? I can’t wait for end of December either D:
Probably, unless you have a LOT of objects/layers.
MAN! I've ordered the same config as u, and I'm an a xt3 and DaVinci user and I was super scared that its not going to run my projects but damn u made me sleep better until he will arrive lol,and btw, never saw this DaVinci logo
Tell me about it! This guy is the lone voice of reason among the tech UA-camr community. It put my mind at ease after Linus tech tips, Renee Ritchie, and company put me in a state of panic by making me think the only Mac I can realistically (barely) afford was obsolete before it was even released.
I've the got 16gb/512gb sitting in my cart right now. I know the base model has been shown to be a beast thus far, but there's a little more peace of mind for me knowing I can double that and just wait 2 extra weeks...
Im buying the 8GB version only now because I want to upgrade to the M1X chip next year, and its gonna be a beast!
was there?
I like you and your Video
No need for 16GB, render times etc are barely 7% faster with 16GB, not worth paying 30% more, also no need for a fan on an Arm powered device, I go Macbook Air M1, avoid the Pro. Also external SSD performs just fine if not better than internal SSD so just go for 256GB.
You're right about the external SSD, half-right about the fan, and very wrong about the RAM.
I really dig your editing and camera work!
Music is annoying
i love music
I’m interested in knowing if there are delays when color gracing.
Nah, pretty immediate.
Frist
Does the Bluetooth dongle or the usb one solve this Bluetooth problem?
Probably, I’ll be testing that later.
Well done which mug did you sell your Macbook to who was stupid enough to buy it ?
Some guy on the internet!
@@JacksonHayes Well done so you sold your crappy slow Mac to some unsuspecting guy for this fast basic Mini M1, well done, that is what apple want you to do or throw it ib the dumpster would be better for Apple
Which external display do you use?
Currently, the UltraFine 4K, although I dabbled with the Asus ProArt PA329C, but it was crap. Switching to the UltraFine 5K soon!
Bravo
tyvm!!
Lovely video mate. Hope you’re healing smoothly!
Great video!
I'm amazed with this stories.
me too
Any trouble with bluetooth?
sorry - got it.
Hello, I want to use this machine for video editing and music production. Which ram should I go for it. Plz suggest. Love from India 🥰
Mac os is not using only 8gb RAM ,its using memory from ssd so .
The process can eat 16gb ram but ssd borrows 8 gb.
Just make some math.
A 4gb video will eat all 8gb ram when uncompressed so its a trick fans will say that Mac os is optimised same happens to iphones " ohh iphones can do everything with 4 gb ram what android do with 12gb ram"
I traded in my 2017 MBP for the M1 MBP and really notice the improvements. I’m happy to see you’re enjoying the Mac Mini, especially since you had so many issues with your MBP.
💙 Stay well dude
Appreciate the kind words, and yeah, the M1 has been such a nice experience over the MBP!
Awesome video. Was there any hiccups in terms of Color grading? My main go to’s for editing and color grading are Premiere Pro and Final Cut.
Nah, it works just fine!