Memories surface in weird ways but I just had a vivid one about what the Apple ][ smelled like, of all things
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completely normal 
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ok this is silly but just the kind of thing apple does in terms of attention to detail:
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That is a crazy idea for a controller. How cool.
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Apple was a client of my agency back when Steve Jobs was still alive, but very ailing. When Iād travel to the original Apple Cupertino headquarters for meetings, I was constantly blown away by the attention to detail in the campus design and amenities for staff and visitors. Jobs demanded it and it truly was insanely great.
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Yeah but they still suck for the dongle. Chiselers.
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Iām shopping for a new desktop right now, and trying to pick between the base Studio M4 Max or the M4 pro mini with the upgraded CPU and 48GB RAM. I really canāt decide between the 2 and looking for a few opinions.
M4 Max w/ 14ācore CPU, 32ācore GPU, 16ācore Neural Engine and 36 GB RAM or M4 pro w/ 14ācore CPU, 20ācore GPU, 16-core Neural Engine and 48GB RAM. On top of the CPU the Studio also has more port options. As configured, theyāre the same price. The other important consideration for me (with this form factor) is that I think they both have the same cooling.
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Gotta say I am really happy with my mini. The new M4 Minis are adorable and tiny too, much smaller than my M2 Pro.
Iāve done some software development on it as well and even at 16GB itās fine.
Gaming too, runs titles like ESO just fine, maybe not a solid 60fps but I bet the M4 would.
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The price is whatās getting me. Itās only $200 less than a studioā¦ which seems to me to be way more of a beefy desktop. I doubt that Iāll get to do a lot of AAA gaming on it, being a Mac and all but I do like future proofing it so I wonāt need to replace it for 4 - 6 years.
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Yeah for only a $200 gap I would get the Studio.
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Thatās kind of where my heartās at, but my brain is a cheapskate. 
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Youāre kind of overspeccing the RAM there a bit too, 32GB will be fine for years, even for heavy usage like software development or rendering. Really 16GB will be for most usage.
I mention this because Appleās price for RAM is super shitty.
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It is but on the offhand chance that CD Projekt Red releases Witcher 4 for Mac, I want to be ready.
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of course it is 
btw before i go all grumpy old man on apple i will freely admit that i bought the new ipad air last month to use in a pedal-less setup and it is doing a really nice job. itās also about time to replace my ancient mini that i use for garageband. so yes i drink the kool aid also. i just bitch alot while doing it.
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Welp, looks like it might not be just a pipe dream after allā¦
I am skeptical of 120fps UHD but this is cool and if Witcher 4 is indeed mac available I am all in
I donāt really need 120 fps as long as I can get a consistently smooth 60. This is also on a Macbook running the Max chip (36 GPU cores vs the 16 / 20 on the Pro).
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I would get as much RAM as your budget will allow. One of the main things I donāt like about Apple computers is that you no longer can upgrade the RAM later. So, unless you plan to get a new computer again within a few years, Iād invest in a decent amount of RAM (read: as much as you can afford), to āfuture-proofā it, as it were.
The same goes for the hard drive, but, of course, here you can also add external hard drives as necessary.
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