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[3150.90 --> 3152.56] Very, very cool. |
[3152.98 --> 3154.30] And lots of different uses for developers. |
[3154.30 --> 3159.60] Like you said, CI, you could have a build farm, especially if you're building for iOS. |
[3159.60 --> 3166.04] You can offload your compiles and different Xcode things to Mac minis. |
[3166.68 --> 3168.66] Of course, there's live performances. |
[3169.02 --> 3171.86] You could use them for your home media server. |
[3172.18 --> 3176.30] Of course, the Apple TV and plus Plex may have rendered that. |
[3176.56 --> 3177.92] Of course, you could just run Plex. |
[3178.02 --> 3179.54] Can you run Plex on your Mac mini, Adam? |
[3180.08 --> 3182.52] Well, I mean, let's go back to the specs here. |
[3182.58 --> 3185.68] I think the answer is definitely getting closer to yes. |
[3185.68 --> 3192.92] I mean, I would say you'd probably want to max it out because Plex in a transcoding scenario. |
[3193.40 --> 3194.74] So just rewind a little bit. |
[3194.84 --> 3201.08] Plex is like a media server for your either home or business where you can do lots of interesting stuff. |
[3201.12 --> 3202.78] Let's just say that and cap it there. |
[3202.86 --> 3207.66] Go back and listen to a backstage near you to get the deeper details. |
[3207.66 --> 3223.62] But since you can bump to a 3.26 core processor, you're definitely going to get the transcoding you need from a native MKB file, which is a full res HD file, typically 20 to 30 gigs in size. |
[3223.62 --> 3227.98] Because you don't need much memory for Plex, really. |
[3228.20 --> 3231.16] You can get away with like 8 or 16 gigs of memory. |
[3231.28 --> 3232.62] The CPU is really where it's at. |
[3232.76 --> 3241.16] Most of the stuff that Plex does is CPU intensive, which is why an error would never work, but why, say, a bumped up Mac mini. |
[3241.16 --> 3253.02] So in this case, actually, if I were configuring Mac mini for Plex and I didn't care about, let's say, onboard storage, I knew I had external storage that was totally adequate. |
[3253.16 --> 3257.30] I could buy a $900 Plex machine as a Mac mini and be totally happy. |
[3257.30 --> 3268.40] That gives you 10 gigabit Ethernet, 128 gigs of storage, SSD storage, only thing that's offered, 8 gigs of RAM because you really don't need much. |
[3269.00 --> 3269.80] You don't need it. |
[3269.90 --> 3272.66] Sure, maybe you could bump the 16 at $200 at your price point. |
[3273.02 --> 3273.82] That's $1099. |
[3276.24 --> 3277.48] Actually, I made a mistake there. |
[3278.10 --> 3281.44] No, that's $1199. |
[3281.56 --> 3283.48] Sorry, $1199 for the six core model. |
[3283.48 --> 3289.66] Wouldn't you be able to do that exact same thing with eGPU? |
[3291.52 --> 3293.02] I can't confirm or deny. |
[3293.52 --> 3294.72] Like what you're talking about? |
[3295.42 --> 3296.34] Probably, yes. |
[3296.50 --> 3297.26] I don't know. |
[3297.54 --> 3298.58] I mean, I really don't. |
[3298.90 --> 3308.02] I've never attempted to look into eGPU for complex reasons, probably because of components, really, the complexity. |
[3308.02 --> 3313.24] You know, if you can get a machine that just bumps your CPU up one level, why get eGPU? |
[3314.10 --> 3317.38] I guess if you had an older machine you wanted to retrofit and use, maybe. |
[3318.30 --> 3323.22] Oh, because you have a Mac mini and you can't get a dedicated GPU on that thing. |
[3323.42 --> 3324.38] So you get an eGPU. |
[3324.72 --> 3324.96] Yeah. |
[3325.06 --> 3325.42] That's why. |
[3325.60 --> 3326.30] I guess so. |
[3326.56 --> 3331.34] I mean, okay, so let's keep it the lowest price point, which is, you know, $799. |
[3331.34 --> 3335.58] But you'd have to consider how much an eGPU would be on top of that. |
[3335.84 --> 3336.22] Sure. |
[3336.42 --> 3343.24] Why not just add $300 to your price point here, do $1199 and no external or extra thing? |
[3344.22 --> 3346.08] Because it's not, I don't think. |
[3346.74 --> 3349.26] $1199 and then buy not a Mac mini? |
[3349.44 --> 3350.02] Buy something else? |
[3350.08 --> 3354.20] No, buy a Mac mini at $1199 by just bumping only the CPU. |
[3354.90 --> 3355.72] Keeping everything based. |
[3355.72 --> 3356.92] You're not bumping the GPU, though. |
[3357.58 --> 3357.84] Right. |
[3357.84 --> 3358.90] They don't offer that. |
[3358.90 --> 3360.64] That's what I'm saying. |
[3360.90 --> 3361.58] Well, with eGPU, you get that. |
[3361.64 --> 3362.32] That's what Tim's saying. |
[3362.50 --> 3366.16] You can buy your own external GPU and attach it via Thunderbolt, right? |
[3366.70 --> 3366.92] Yeah. |
[3368.22 --> 3368.54] Yep. |
[3368.88 --> 3370.14] Boom goes a dynamite. |
[3370.32 --> 3372.36] Let's see how much atypical eGPU might cost. |
[3372.36 --> 3374.60] That actually solves my problem, too, possibly. |
[3374.88 --> 3375.24] Ooh. |
[3376.16 --> 3381.86] If you could get a Mac mini and you spec it out to, you know, wherever you want in terms |
[3381.86 --> 3387.86] of memory and solid state drives, then you get an external GPU, boom. |
[3387.86 --> 3389.76] You can edit 4K, no problem. |
[3390.12 --> 3390.40] Okay. |
[3390.50 --> 3391.98] So here's the add-on there, right? |
[3392.06 --> 3398.14] Is one, I'm just referencing because it's quick to Google and it's on Apple, so it's |
[3398.14 --> 3398.88] trusted at least. |
[3399.04 --> 3400.70] It's a trusted point to start at. |
[3401.20 --> 3401.34] Okay. |
[3401.42 --> 3404.32] You may be able to go lesser on price and smaller on size. |
[3404.42 --> 3404.74] I don't know. |
[3404.80 --> 3405.44] I haven't done the research. |
[3405.44 --> 3412.14] But a Blackmagic eGPU, which is a very trusted brand name in the video world, so when it comes |
[3412.14 --> 3416.48] to graphics and video performance, this is trusted, is $699. |
[3416.48 --> 3426.74] And it's like a little, you know, just based on the visuals, it seems like the older, what |
[3426.74 --> 3432.90] was the, the, the Wi-Fi tower looking thing Apple had before? |
[3433.06 --> 3433.52] Extreme. |
[3433.94 --> 3434.30] Oh, yeah. |
[3434.50 --> 3434.84] Airport Extreme. |
[3434.84 --> 3436.38] It seems very much like an Airport Extreme. |
[3437.08 --> 3437.30] Yeah. |
[3437.30 --> 3445.10] So if you can deal with one more plugged in device, $700, and this in particular eGPU, |
[3445.24 --> 3449.70] then sure, what Jared and you mentioned is, is, is great. |
[3449.74 --> 3452.10] Or you can just add 300 bucks and move on with your life. |
[3452.78 --> 3455.06] Well, the nice thing with a Mac Mini is you have options. |
[3455.40 --> 3455.58] Yeah. |
[3455.74 --> 3457.82] And that shows it right there. |
[3457.94 --> 3459.14] Maybe it's not for you. |
[3459.20 --> 3461.52] Maybe the pricing, you know, you go crunch the numbers. |
[3461.60 --> 3464.28] It doesn't make sense to do an eGPU for that use case. |
[3464.28 --> 3467.08] But the fact that you have options, there's so many ports in the back. |
[3467.64 --> 3471.56] And I think the biggest deal with this Mac Mini release is just the fact that it's not |
[3471.56 --> 3473.06] dead in the, dead in the water. |
[3473.50 --> 3475.68] And Apple is updating it once again. |
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