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[Random thoughts] mini M4, install a Windows virtual machine, how is the software compatibility and experience?

by Poster Nov 2, 2024 72
Recently, the M4 Mac mini is so popular that I am considering buying a Mac mini, but I am not engaged in development, and I am not a video music creator. The only thing I have with Apple is an iPhone. After buying it, I can experience the Apple system. So I think that the performance of m4 is so good, and I can experience the performance of m4 and the Mac system by buying it, but I don't want to give up the software diversity of Win, so I think it should be a minor problem to arrange a Win virtual machine, but I don't know how is the compatibility and system experience of the ARM version of Win software on the virtual machine? At present, the computer is a win notebook that has been used for several years. It's time to die after playing games, so no matter what you change, it's an experience upgrade.

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  • Anonymous5812 Nov 2, 2024
    Don't follow the trend, I personally feel that the virtual machine experience is too bad
  • Anonymous1841 Nov 2, 2024
    I hope you become an excellent idle fish seller.
  • Anonymous11377 Nov 2, 2024
    If you like playing games, just change your game book. If Mac mini doesn't do professional things, it is suitable for surfing the Internet and writing code. Compared with the x86 platform, mute is the biggest advantage If you use win and linux, just have a nas to install the virtual machine, and only put the silent computer in front of the monitor
  • Anonymous2159 Nov 2, 2024
    Both a virtual machine and Windows involve a lot of arm translation, and the experience will not be very good. In this environment, M4 will not be easier to use than if you buy an AMD mini machine Forget about playing games. On the whole, Mac runs games through Wine is slightly worse than SteamOS's Proton, and there are very few native games... I'm not saying that Mac can't play games. If you use Mac frequently and occasionally portingit to play games, it's good to bring one less computer, but if you specifically consider the use of games, it's completely unhappy for yourself
  • Poster Nov 2, 2024
    @ Anonymous5812 # 1 I have never experienced the virtual machine of mac os, but the experience article says it is better than the experience on win
  • Poster Nov 2, 2024
    @ Anonymous1841 # 2 Ah this ~ I also thought I could squat down https://i.imgur.com/io2SM1h. png
  • Anonymous1841 Nov 2, 2024
    @ Poster # 6 If you just play games and watch videos, maybe win's mini console is more suitable.
  • Anonymous2848 Nov 2, 2024
    Compatibility is too poor, x64 driver can't be installed, which means that some printers are compatible with it very troublesome
  • Anonymous11378 Nov 2, 2024
    You can rent one to experience it, and then buy it if it feels suitable. Don't be taken advantage of
  • Poster Nov 2, 2024
    @ Anonymous11377 # 3 I want to fix https://i.imgur.com/io2SM1h. png in one machine, the game is rarely played
  • Poster Nov 2, 2024
    @ Anonymous2159 # 4 doesn't have much game use. After all, Niu Ma doesn't have the time and energy to play games. If you think about it, there is really little demand for mac
  • Poster Nov 2, 2024
    @ Anonymous1841 # 7 When squatting idle fish, it should make me calm down and think about whether mac is my just need https://i.imgur.com/Iy0taMy. png
  • Poster Nov 2, 2024
    @ Anonymous2848 # 8 The printer is not bad. I use it at home, and my printing requirements are almost zero. I mainly like to download some cracked software or open source software experience
  • Poster Nov 2, 2024
    @ Anonymous11378 # 9 I have installed black Apple before, and the system can adapt to it, but I can't give up the software openness of win
  • Anonymous3097 Nov 2, 2024
    There is no translation at the arm64 windows driver level, specifically: U shield does not work, printer does not work, and devices that require x86/64 driver do not work.
  • Poster Nov 2, 2024
    @ Anonymous3097 # 15 Are there many printers that support mac?
  • Anonymous3097 Nov 2, 2024
    @ Poster Many big brands support it. In fact, as long as it supports the AirPrint protocol.
  • Anonymous7424 Nov 2, 2024
    Just buy an n100 to do daily windows tasks
  • Anonymous9151 Nov 2, 2024
    The virtual machine experience is not good. I installed an arm version of Windows. Anyway, the experience is very average. Really
  • Anonymous560 Nov 2, 2024
    Every time the mac mini beggar version attracts a group of people's attention because of its low price, but the application of this thing is very narrow, so the mac mini is the worst-selling model in the mac series