ToTo Man
the band not the dog
Studying the rear of the new M1 Mini the port connectivity looks rather meagre compared to my 2010 Mini. I have a few questions:
- I use the combined analogue/optical 3.5mm audio input on my Mini to record audio from my TV. As far as I can tell the new M1 Mini no longer has a 3.5mm input, is that correct or does it now share the 3.5mm output?
- I use a dummy dongle in the miniDisplay port on my Mini to trick the GPU into action so that I can access the Mini's full list of screen resolutions when I'm in another room and am using the Screen Sharing app on my MacBook. Does the M1 Mini still require a dummy dongle for this? If it does then this immediately reduces the number of thunderbolt/USB4 ports.
- £699 seems a great price, but you only get 8GB RAM. The 16GB RAM model is an extra £200, which is quite a price jump. Is 8GB RAM still adequate in 2020? (My 2010 Mini and 2015 MacBook Pro have 8GB).
- I use the combined analogue/optical 3.5mm audio input on my Mini to record audio from my TV. As far as I can tell the new M1 Mini no longer has a 3.5mm input, is that correct or does it now share the 3.5mm output?
- I use a dummy dongle in the miniDisplay port on my Mini to trick the GPU into action so that I can access the Mini's full list of screen resolutions when I'm in another room and am using the Screen Sharing app on my MacBook. Does the M1 Mini still require a dummy dongle for this? If it does then this immediately reduces the number of thunderbolt/USB4 ports.
- £699 seems a great price, but you only get 8GB RAM. The 16GB RAM model is an extra £200, which is quite a price jump. Is 8GB RAM still adequate in 2020? (My 2010 Mini and 2015 MacBook Pro have 8GB).