NEW Apple M1 Mac mini: Unboxing, Setup & First Impressions

[@TechRealityGlasgow]

It's quite rare to have someone genuinely excited these days about buying in a new bit of tech. The bigger KZbinrs out there are all jaded! Having to save, and then splash out your own cash for gear (and not return it) really does make the whole experience so much more worthwhile, and as we see on the video, genuine! Here's hoping the excitement lasts for a long time!

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Really appreciate this comment. Thank you!

[@StaticVapour590]

It's super satisfying!

[@zenwarfare70]

great video I totally remember 2005. Pure Apple magic. Having a computer running on a mobphone processor is cool too !

[@cenewton3221]

I've been enjoying your unboxings for 6 or 7 years now. Well done!

[@iCaveDave]

I'm so glad you're back! Have an attic full of PowerPCs and have loved your videos in the past! Full Apple Silicon fan now! :)

[@Runeqm]

your videos always remind me of the excitement of a kid waking up on Christmas I love it.

[@glonch]

Happy the thunderbolt dock is still useful! M1 Mini is a great unit - glad you got it.

[@l5386]

You've got such a soothing programme and voice. It's really relaxing watching your stuff. Thanks IMNC! I don't even want a Mac Mini, I just wanted to relax.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thank you!

[@MitchLawSoundguy]

Literally felt your excitement, reminds me when I bought the 16inch MacBook Pro from the apple store, that new apple feeling is the best

[@mossy1259]

Been a big fan since your G5 days! Congrats on the new mac, you’vw definitely earned it

[@venividiviciJA]

Hey Tom, I believe that weird purple window issue is a new feature in Big Sur. If you go to System Preferences --> General --> Untick "Allow Wallpaper Tinting in Windows", that will probably fix it. Anyway, been a big fan of yours for years now. This was a fantastic video! New setup is looking great!

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Didn't even know about this feature until I read these comments. To you and everyone else, thank you so much! What a horrible feature.

[@larrycroft470]

Tom as your #1 fan across the pond i am so glad you got a new Mac!! I so much enjoy watching your videos learning from them and being thoroughly entertained by them!! I just finished watching your Christmas video on your other channel and it was truly the best Christmas video i have ever seen!!! Your precious boys and lovely wife were the stars!! As for the new M1 Macs - i am still on my 2012 Macbook pro BUT i had to join in the excitement so i bought my daughter a new M1 Macbook Pro 13 inch to replacer her 2010 (Core 2 duo!!) Macbook Pro. She loves it!! Now i will hush, sit back and enjoy this one as the cold rain beats down on my roof also.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thank you, Larry. Always love reading your wonderful comments. Best wishes.

[@Luthianp]

Hey, great to see you bringing the Mac enthusiasm back. I have been lurking since you unboxed your first G5 and thought it was time I said hello lol. Please keep up the awesome vids.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thank you for commenting 😀 awesome to hear you've been around and enjoying this madness for so long.

[@ErickNoLastName]

So happy that you finally got a brand new mac!! How exciting! You truly deserve it! Congrats!

[@KironKabir]

i don't usually rewatch videos, especially one as long as this but as i type this, it's the second time i'll be watching this. i like your style dude

[@MagneticObsession]

This video put a huge smile on my face. I’ve been a loyal viewer of yours for 6 years now and to see you so happy - oh, it’s amazing. Congratulations on your M1 beauty. I have one too and I absolutely love it. I hope you get lots and lots of use out of it. ☺️

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thanks so much! Hope you're enjoying your M1 as much as I am 😄

[@jeffjacobsky6487]

Nice one Tom you got the Mac quicker then I thought you would

[@Kpk43]

Very jealous that you get to play with this thing! Excited for more videos to come :)

[@Gamer208010]

Woohoo! Unboxing new Macs is a great feeling. One of my friends just upgraded to an M1 MBP and sold me his late 2014 27" iMac. Still the most powerful computer I've ever owned even at over 6 years old

[@juang468]

I don't know if someone else already mentioned this but I think to solve the purple window problem, you might want to disable wallpaper windows tinting under general from system preferences.

[@Windows71246]

Disabled all transparency. 👍

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Didn't even know about this feature until I read these comments. To you and everyone else, thank you so much! What a horrible feature.

[@juang468]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour yes, at first I thought there was something wrong with my computer until I came across a Reddit post about it 😅

[@owen-gf9hb]

So glad you chose the Mac mini - I love the amount of power (especially in the M1 machines) squeezed into such a small form factor. The clip of you ordering the machine really reminds me of the video about you getting the Retina MacBook!

[@luqmanali3132]

Your theory on the 21 minutes has come true with the mac studio. Higher spec.

[@0hN0es203]

I know just how you feel man. I couldn't wait to get my hands on an M1 mac. I bought the M1 Air with 16GB of ram. Freaking awesome little laptop.

[@jamesspoerry]

Awesome video Tom. I’m currently saving for a M1 Mac Mini. Will also be my first brand new Mac. I’m even more excited after watching your video. Nice and in-depth as usual. Nice to see a proper in-depth review before buying

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thanks, James! Good luck with the saving and I hope you really enjoy it. It's a fantastic little computer.

[@littlemisssynth]

Oh, it is nice to watch a good ramble, and these M1 macs are just bonkers, I upgraded from a mid 2012 MacBook Pro to a m1 air with 16GB ram and the 8 core gpu, and it just flies, and the battery feels bottomless

[@amateurwizard]

They're awesome, I'm so happy for you man. I will say it's made for that 80% use case, it will struggle when it comes to...let's say 'specific' workloads. It's pretty amazing that they made it this good first try.

[@thtadthtshldntbe]

you might want to consider h265 now. It represents a dramatic space savings. If I had to keep my home DVD/Bluray rips in h264, I would need like another 25TB in my NAS array. Also consider wall mounting the monitors and speakers, heck, you could wall mount the Mac mini and the dock tooo and have a completely open desk.

[@DavidSpector]

So happy to see videos from you again Tom. I can’t wait for the new 16in MBP and the iMac redesign.

[@4TheRecord]

What's your thoughts on right to repair and Apple making it difficult to replace parts even if they're parts from another device?

[@jacobpem7927]

I saw the Mac Pro unboxing and now this how time flies

[@timodings]

The mini would make an awesome energy efficient server in case of your replacing it.

[@planesgamingtt]

Lovely video Tom. Been watching your videos since 2009 when you were using a G4. I’m so glad you’ve began your M1 journey. Keep up the great content.

[@PaulJacobs51]

I ordered mine just yesterday.. I am really excited for my first ever Mac.. Always been a PC guy, but I thought it was time to take the plunge and see what all the fuss is about. I have an iPhone, an iPad Pro 11 inch, and an Apple Watch Series 5.. So next up is the M1 Mac Mini.. Now have to wait two weeks.. argghh..! Great video, keep the content coming.. 2 BIG thumbs up..!

[@michelljoseph2507]

I share your excitement bought my first Mac mini new I know the feeling, that machine gonna make me so much money

[@Ashleyyyyy666]

well, I'm about halfway though now and just wow... I'm at the part where you edit 1080p footage, and you saying that your Mac mini doesn't even ramp up the fan is just crazy to me. the fastest Mac I own is a 15" Late 2011 MacBook Pro and it sits there fans blasting doing something as simple as a time machine backup...

[@ConstantijnKool]

Wow a hour of imnc goodness!! congratulations on this monster of a mac!

[@BlindsBar]

Glad to finally see this video the whole apple silicion situation is so awesome. enjoy the mac mini my dude.

[@includenull]

I have a similar issue with my displays on Windows where one monitor is delayed from the other so if I move a window up and down between the two then one is delayed. However there is a reason, they are two different monitors. One is 144Hz TN panel and the other is 60Hz IPS. Your monitors seem to be the same and I'm not that familiar with OSX but I would check to make sure that both screens are running at the same refresh rate. Otherwise like you said this could be the hub introducing a delay on one.

[@dwainjones6837]

Cool man. I was just scanning for info on the m1 as I’m thinking of buying one and came across this. Great vid dude and most informative. As always I’ll probably hit you up on storage info. A vid chat is overdue if still cool with you. Take care anyway my man and catch your soon. ✌️⚡️

[@BastianNoffer]

I actually had the same Window lagging issue as shown at about 1:06:32 with an Intel MacBook Pro (2018 version) that I man unable to explain to this day, connecting a different MacBook from the same generation and it did not have the issue. The strange color shift I only know from my LG 4K Displays that sometimes after reconnecting them end up in HDR-Mode. Even though your Monitors don't have HDR, perhaps check the Monitor settings if for some strange reason they are in high contrast mode.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thanks for the tip!

[@MothaFaknJEEZUS]

Tom I have to say I have thoroughly enjoyed this “film” you created haha I consumed it all in one sitting and constantly found myself smiling throughout it because of us having the same feeling for the M1 Mac Mini. I ordered mine 2 days ago and should be in my hands in 7 more days. It will be my first desktop computer and I’m super excited it’s the first gen of Apple Silicon! :D

[@geekanoids]

Great video Tom. Did I hear correctly you export video direct to your NAS? curious.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thanks, Dave! Yes that's correct. I started doing it a number of years ago when I still lived with my parents. The upload speed was so poor, it would take sometimes up to 12 hours to upload the longer IMNC videos. I started exporting to a network share so that I could use a headless Mac mini as a KZbin upload box, meaning I could power the Mac Pro down rather than leaving it chugging away for hours on end just to upload a video to KZbin. Once I got a decent connection and upload time was less of a concern, the habit still stuck as I found other advantages. Exporting directly to my NAS means that I never have to remember or allocate time to transferring the videos when local storage becomes full. The files are exported directly to the location in which they'll be stored permanently. It also means that they become part of my nightly share clone/backup, so for example, the exported video that I finished on a Monday, is in 3 different locations automatically by the time I wake up on Tuesday morning. Handy as I don't always upload to KZbin right away, I've got a nice safety net if something happens to the primary NAS. The main advantage however is that I never have to focus on storage when I chose a main system. This Mac mini has 256GB, my MacBook Pro has 256GB, and my Hackintosh had... yep, 256GB. Also makes for a really clean and simple system; fast to restore from Time Machine, fast spotlight indexing etc, as I'm only dealing with around 100GB-150GB maximum stored locally on the internal drive. At the moment, my scratch disk is still locally connected however. I edit from an external SSD. I migrate monthly libraries to my NAS at the beginning of each new month, and I've used this method for years. I will be going down a very different route soon though, and I'm very excited about it. Videos on that coming up next. Apologies for the tangent, Dave... haha! Hope all is well.

[@joe_hyde]

@Gunnar Forrest You're right, nobody cares.

[@thewrightstuff6174]

So much passion. I love it. Keep the videos coming.

[@mikiotty]

Oh yeah, some good old fashioned IMNC unboxing! I've missed this a lot!

[@peterpanda1970]

I can’t wait for mine arriving next Tuesday

[@shauncope4739]

Hi what version of FCPX are you running? ... Good detailed video 👍

[@MostlyBlindMitch]

So I notice you zoom in a lot on the screens to make everything very readable. I'm legally blind and one of the things that has held me back from trying a mac is just having to re-adjust to accessibility options. Is there a video on how you do things like that or can you tell me what I should google so I can get an idea of how it works in depth? Thanks!

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Really happy to be answering this question for you as it's something that I'm definitely passionate about. One of the biggest reasons I switched to the Mac in 2007 was for the accessibility features. The main feature that I use nonstop is the screen zoom that you refer to. If you use Windows zoom accessibility feature, the Mac equivalent is much better. It has several different options and can be perfectly customised. I use 'follow the cursor' style zooming, activated by my scroll wheel while holding the COMMAND key. It's second nature to me now. As for other accessibility features for the visually impaired, they've added a lot over the years and it's now the strongest of any platform I believe. High contrast mode, reduced transparency, motion options, all sorts of things. Dark mode system wide is also a big help for me personally. When you get a brand new Mac out of the box, one of the very first steps of the Big Sur setup wizard is the configuration of accessibility features, so you can enable zoom right from the get go and you're good to go. There's a basic rundown from Apple here: support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh35884/mac Just for the excellent zoom alone, I could never move away from the Mac. I find any other platform a chore now. Really hope this was helpful.

[@MostlyBlindMitch]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour This was an amazingly helpful response! I appreciate you taking your time and helping me out. Not going to lie, I think their is an M1 Mac Mini in my future, been wanting to try a Mac for a long time, this might just be the "jumping off point". Thank you so much!

[@thtadthtshldntbe]

Bro we come for the ramble. For those only interested in Apple products (I don't buy them for reasons I won't specify here) they can always find one of those soulless, overeditted, hyperactive tech site videos.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Very much appreciated !

[@erg7732]

YAAAAAS FOLKS! It's like the PowerPC days are back!

[@nitrax8629]

With the new iMac, they're really taking on the iMac G3 nostalgia with the colours and the hello text (the latter very cleverly cropped for backgrounds!)

[@namesdom]

We have one of these at work for live streaming. There is an unbelievable amount of equipment attached to that thing including audio interfaces, cameras, etc and it runs with no problem. It does get kind of warm, but no where near hot. Runs amazingly smooth. I was extremely acceptable about apple silicon at first but now after using that machine especially considering what it goes through 24 hours a day, I am extremely impressed.

[@johnsweenie]

You should review some de-esser plugins

[@creatorvoss]

Hey It'sMyNaturalColor , one Q. I have noticed that the m1 mac mini for the UK unit comes with a 3 prong power plug but the end of the cord where it connects to the mac mini is a two pin. So will the grounding/ earthing work?? Secondly if the UK unit comes with a three prong plug, why does the other unit and Indian unit comes with a two prong plug and cord. No grounding/earthing. I don't understand what is apple doing. Without earthing/ grounding wire, it's not safe with a metal body. It's a very basic thing. I believe it's a UK regulation and requirement, but will the grounding/earthing work if the other end is not three pin. Other question is if you happen to know, does the m1 mac mini uses a ACTIVE PFC Power supply or a passive pfc. It sure uses a pfc type but not sure which one. I contacted apple support in my country, no clue. Checked community support, no threads. If you can find out, it'd be great for us mac mini users. I don't have the resources to find. Also one question about ups, if you happen to know. Can i use a simulated sine wave type ups like a line interactive ups which are cheap for the m1 mac mini or do i need to use a pure sine wave type ups which are very costly but are very very safe and very accurate and clean AC currents and no voltage fluctuations whatsoever and therefore very costly.

[@Rageeequittt]

Glad you got one! Was wondering if you would. Funny enough I got the email that mine has shipped as I was watching this.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Very exciting!! Enjoy it!

[@TheOriginalCollectorA1303]

Awesome to see you got an M1 Mac now!

[@uychuadongenrich]

Thank you for this video, i'm still using my mac mini late 2012 version with 16 gb of ram, and i am jealous you got a new mac there, i will definitely get this mac m1 soon , i love mac mini its more powerful than the macbook air

[@tomscott88]

Great vid glad to see some new Mac stuff! Chuffed for you. Like you my first Mac was 2007 but I’m holding off this whole port not running at full speed issue and only 1 external display on the laptops is a big downside so happy to wait 3-4 months for the actual pro stuff 👍

[@zigcatus]

Tom I upgrade from a Mac mini 2009 to the new Mac mini M1 and love it my poor old Mac mini was still running well so my wife is using it now. I found a type-C dock on Amazon it comes with a hard drive enclosure SATA and SD/TF card reader plus three USB 3.0 and 1 type 2.0 USB the Mac mini sits on top of the dock (HAGIBIS brand dock) I picked it up for $50.00AU. I use the bay for time machine backup all ports are in the front and the SATA bay is on the underside off the dock I am just using a 1TB 2 inch drive but later will put a SSD in the bay just love the system.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

I think I've seen the dock you mention! Absolutely awesome, you must've seen such a humungous boost going from an '09.

[@ghostraider4312]

Apple M1 Macs are really good in terms of performance. M1 Mac Mini was designed for 4K video editing in mind so 1080p is nothing for it hehe

[@ericwood3709]

Just too bad Apple seems to have stopped aiming Macs at regular users. I used the Mac from childhood as my machine for everything, but Apple's insanity in the hardware department long ago compelled me to move to Linux on standard PC hardware instead.

[@hsrrysmyth3026]

Tom goin back on install 2012 Mac mini as server notice the ram being 8+4 how Apple says you must have two equals ram replacement, so it works with mixed rams 😊, Apples has us restriction to their rules, can you elaborate on this query on mixed ram's.

[@RWL2012]

Has this started suffering from the SSD thrashing issue...?

[@MrStephen182]

Lovely upgrade Tom. I love your videos where you ramble on.

[@deanjohn9203]

I thought those displays looked familiar! I have the same ones! I'm using a single Dell stand to hold both of them, you should upgrade! And nice video!

[@1110samuel]

Snap! I felt exactly the same and had to buy one 😂

[@regchan]

does that have 10GB nic if ont u need an adaptor for the 10gb connection

[@tabbycat406]

The purple tint issue is a thunderbolt dock problem. In July, you inspired me to buy a Thunderbolt dock, so I got one for my 16" MacBook Pro 2019, and it was on the Big Sur beta, and after connecting both my displays, one was purple. I looked up the issue, and I can't figure out the issue. It seems to be some sort of Big Sur issue, maybe only occurring to newer devices.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

My issue turned out to be the checkbox in System Preferences > General > 'Allow wallpaper tinting in windows' Found out from these comments. Horrible feature to have enabled by default, and a weird feature in general. Glad to have turned it off now.

[@tabbycat406]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour What a useless and stupid feature. Thanks man, if I ever have the problem again I’ll remember that.

[@Techinfinite0605]

Congrats Tom i just bought me the mac book pro and i love it since i upgraded from the 2006 15in mac book pro

[@benbranca]

whaaa?! been considering an upgrade from my 2013 macbook pro myself..

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

The 2013 MacBook Pro is the best Mac I've ever bought, and it's still going strong.... but the M1 is such an upgrade. Leaps and bounds quicker. Not perfect, but a lovely piece of kit.

[@danielgartin-oh9ik]

Is this going to be your new main computer or are you still using your MacBook Pro, I got a MacBook as well

[@dustinschings7042]

I didn't realize that you sold your Hackintosh until this video. Neat upgrade if you ask me!

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

I was very sad to see it go, but it's gone to an excellent home.

[@Paul-Howell-M3EYG]

I am shocked... From your Hackintosh to Macbook pro and now you've made the leap to the M1 - Got to be done though. I do nejoy your vlogs very much - No BS, just straight to the point and well explained.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thank you!

[@samr5043]

Great video as always! I imagine most of the issues will be resolved in subsequent releases of Big Sur, as I've had a couple of issues with Big Sur which slowly are being resolved. Looking to upgrade to a new MacBook Pro this year when they're (hopefully) released so seeing how well this performs was great!

[@DriftaBeatz]

I just bought a m1 mac mini. from apple's website + the pro apps student bundle. 16gb of ram 256gb ssd. I'm using it for music production with midi. Since core audio is way better than windows audio for latency. I use a quad monitor mount with 4 27inch screens. My top monitor is used for the mac mini. I run the audio output from the mac mini into my pc. then use windows to reloop the audio channel to any output. I run barrier for the mouse and keyboard setup over the lan via ethernet.

[@DriftaBeatz]

I've had 0 issues. It's silent it makes beats!!!

[@marksapollo]

I’m waiting to see what they do with the iMac or if they make a new Mac Pro Mini. Think I’ll buy a new mini PC first. Will be interesting to see what you make of the new Apple CPU computer.

[@gvader666]

Waking up from sleep with only one screen looks to be an old issue of Mac Mini. (or maybe just something simmilar) Still, I had the same problem without dock with 2012 mini on i7 with 2 screens connected directly (one via HDMI, second by TB2).

[@MaxMacZone]

The keyboard reminds me of those HP keyboards that have been everywhere for the last 15 years.

[@DJJumpdancer]

i would get one but it only supports 2 Displays and i have 3 so i wait for the iMac with M1X chip

[@rustyblades11]

The thunderbolt feeling you have makes sense . Thunderbolt is a intel created standard so it makes sense when running on a intel machine it feels more fluid. I hope they really do fix these on the M1 machines as they are amazing machines with incredible potential.

[@nelizmastr]

I also have the M1 Mac Mini. Same config, 16GB/256GB, had it since the 2nd week of december. I'm running 2 1440p monitors , both connected to the Mac itself. For extra ports, I use a satechi dock that the Mac itself sits onto. Bought it for my 2018 Mac Mini that I sold recently, and it works great for the M1 too. Adds a ton of USB and an SD card reader. Might want that to replace the TB2 dock, assuming your MBP will be retired for editing duties.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

I'll be retiring the dock to eliminate any issues there, for sure.

[@willm5032]

I don't need a new m1 mac yet as I have a mac pro (2008 i got super cheap and maxed out) but I'm getting incredibly tempted to get a mac mini to replace it eventually as my home work machine

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

I miss my 2008 Mac Pro very much. Enjoy your maxed out beast, and I'd say only upgrade when you absolutely have to.

[@willm5032]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour thanks! Mac pros are wicked, I'd have gotten a 2010 one but I couldn't afford it at the time but the one I have was £100 all in. It's a bit of a Frankensteins monster, I've had to put in a MacBook WiFi card and a flashed GPU (but a natively supported one so I get boot screen) but it was needed as a wfh machine due to Corona. If M1 was around then I'd have got a mini because they seem to be mental. I also love your excitement in this vedo btw :)

[@TimWard-v6e]

i am still using. mac pro 6,1 Ie trash can mac i now this was made 2yeaars a go but i need some help i need a thunderbolt 2 dock for it can cant find one i am in the uk do you have a suggestion. i have tried ebay but they are all most 500 pounds i am not made of money

[@feieralarm]

I'm having the M1 MacBook Pro for about 2 months now and I'm still absolutely in love with it. I've been thinking about getting a Mac Mini as well, but I'll wait for a later generation with 10GbE and more I/O in general.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Good call. While the mini is glorious, I/O is definitely a massive drawback.

[@feieralarm]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour I just finished the video and toward the end you've said that you also have those colour issues when switching between desktops on a single monitor. I don't have these issues at all, surprisingly. Do you have the wallpaper tinting option enabled in the general settings? Maybe that might be the culprit. You also mentioned that you have some apps locking up on you or hanging. Are those any specific apps? Because that's another thing that doesn't happen for me.

[@kev2427]

Great video, Tom. When using a windows keyboard on a Mac.....how do you use the option and command keys?

[@TommyMacsWorkshop]

Usually they are remapped to the alt & windows keys.

[@jakewhitlatch]

Wow ur startup time is so much better than my M1 MacBook Pro. I have never gotten to the login screen faster than 45 seconds. Sometimes it is closer to a minute. My 2006 MacBook Pro boots into 10.7.5 in half that time. I find it quite ridiculous.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

That is odd!! It seems that no 2 M1 Macs are equal.

[@GhastUnity]

Awesome! I bought the macbook air instead. The Performance is insane! Might retire my 15" MacBook Pro, as it was very heavy for me to carry around 🙃

[@LynxoneYT]

You should unbox the Apple Watch great video!

[@Time4Technology]

Sweet - I got that same keyboard but don't currently use it. I like the typing flow on it very well, however the "clancking" of the keys has a little bit of echo to it.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Yes there is definitely an echo, and my desk echoes too so it's extremely loud... but so far I'm loving it.

[@TheRetroMacintosh]

Unrelated but you had a G4 MDD, i just got a 1.25GHz Dual PowerPC, any mods i can do to reduce the overheating of the processors? Excellent Video!

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Renew thermal compound, replace stock fan and you can also add 60mm fans on the rear case, as I demoed many moons ago in a video somewhere on the channel. Be careful with that one, though. I believe one of the heatsink designs prohibits this. I did it on a machine with the copper heatsink, plenty of room. Hope this helps!

[@TheRetroMacintosh]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour Yeah thermal compound has been done, im unlucky i have the big aluminium heatsink, isn't very good. so trying to find a copper one, but im potentially going to watercool it somehow.

[@chezsnailez]

We just picked up a new-to-us MacBook Pro - one of the last with a DVD drive. Not lichen OS Catalina very much. Gonna buy parts to keep our old Snow Leopard BlackBook going as it has software we're-a lichen to use. Only drawback to the older 'comptar' is the lack of an up-to-date browser - we get by with a browser ID spoofer...

[@bomer1971]

I love your videos, your point of view. I own a second hand 2011 Mac mini and I hope one day to have an experience like yours, maybe with a M1 for the same reason you told. You deserve that piece of Apple history. Ciao!

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Really appreciate it. Thank you.

[@dustinschings7042]

Aww man another one! Love these!!

[@russ9034]

Top video mate. I love your enthusiasm! Out of curiously, why are you using windows layout keyboards as opposed to Mac?

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thank you! I've found very limited keyboard options with the Mac layout. I moved away from an Apple keyboard a long time ago and don't miss the Mac keys at all. I do remap the alt key to act as command, and the Windows key to act as option.

[@AlexR_R12APR]

Good to see you excited. I was as well until a week into ownership (M1 Mini 16gb/2tb). Just too many problems, glitches and crashes. Apple are sending out a replacement but the whole thing does feel like they've taken the cake out of the oven before it was ready. Our M1 MacBookAir on the otherhand seems great. BUT, there's no peripherals hanging off it and an internal screen. Maybe the Mini doesn't like being a desktop.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

I really hope you get some more luck with the replacement.

[@xanpagebrown]

have you considered a dual monitor arm? might be some form of relief from having one monitor on the riser

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

I have been keeping monitor arms in mind. I'm still undecided about my future with regards to displays, so I'm holding off on any arm purchases until I decide what I'm doing. I'll explain more in the next part of this video.

[@runabout76]

Hey Tom, Re: the Logitech stuff. The G Hub software from Logitech does an amazing job on the Mac. Great control over my G613 keyboard and G604 Mouse.

[@neccros007]

If I recall the tearing isn't the monitors, it's the hardware. I read an article before that discussed tearing and what you need to set to fix it....

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Do you happen to have a link?

[@neccros007]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour Its been a while and plus I will need to figure out where I read it... :( I'll see if I can find it... It might of been a YT video. All I recall is they specifically talked about the tearing

[@NoobixCube]

It always bothers me that mechanical keyboards don’t come with alternate Mac key caps for the command and option keys. I had to settle for a Perixx membrane keyboard if I wanted one that looked the part.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

This was a huge gripe of mine at one point too, and it stopped me swapping to a mechanical keyboard for years.... but since somewhat reluctantly swapping to the K65 a few years back, all is good. I really don't notice the keycaps at all. I remap command and option, then I forget about it. Worth it over typing on a membrane, definitely.

[@NoobixCube]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour Absolutely. My main desktop is my Linux PC, on which I’m using a Cooler Master keyboard with Cherry MX Red switches. I acquired a 2012 Mac Mini just to poke around at what I was missing out on, and needed a keyboard for it, hence the Perixx. For a membrane, the Perixx is fine, but there’s nothing special about it. Good uniform key actuation, unlike a Logitech membrane, though. Logitechs are a little spongey, in my opinion.

[@ashleycox432]

Great video TOm. Takes me back to when I unboxed my first new Mac, a 2007 1.83GHZ Mac mini. I really want another one of those. You got more in the box back then; apple remote, display adapters and of course physical install media. I'm waiting for the next generation of the mini or the new 16 inch MacBook Pro before I jump in, as much as I wanted to try the first ten products for myself.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Thanks, Ashley! Good to hear from you my friend hope all is well. 2007 Mac mini... absolutely splendid time to buy a Mac I bet. There will always be something magical about that era of Apple.

[@vonvision]

Watching it on my M1 Mac mini :) Good luck with yours!

[@welshtony1]

cant beat a nice new upgrade. look forward to the next video, be interesting to see if you solve the minor issues

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

I'll definitely cover the issues at the beginning of the next video. One is sorted already.

[@welshtony1]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour Good to hear Tom, hopefully the others will be sorted at some point to :)

[@mvcube]

I guess, the "purple thing" is due to background tinting. I'd turn that off in system preferences.

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Didn't even know about this feature until I read these comments. To you and everyone else, thank you so much! What a horrible feature.

[@joeh603]

Ooo nice. What's the old keyboard you use? and the monitors too ?

[@ItsMyNaturalColour]

Corsair K65 Dell U2412M

[@joeh603]

@@ItsMyNaturalColour Ahh ok thanks