[Random thoughts] mini M4, install a Windows virtual machine, how is the software compatibility and experience?
by Poster
Nov 2, 2024
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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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Poster Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous12535 # 36 over budget too much https://i.imgur.com/XKj1Tkx. png @ Anonymous6204 # 37 pve doesn't seem to be very friendly to the hardware support of mac mini, which is very troublesome @ Anonymous7749 # 38 I originally wanted to use win through a virtual machine, but combined with the previous reply, win on arm compatibility seems to be a big problem @ Anonymous3513 # 39 407 0 A card is almost enough to buy a mini https://i.imgur.com/Iy0taMy. png @ Anonymous12476 # 40 I have used Black Apple before, and I have also used domestic uos for a period of time. Adaptability is either a problem or a compatibility problem
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Anonymous11220 Nov 2, 2024@ Poster step to step by step.. Slowly excessive.. I started with mac with the same idea as you.. Also installed pd virtual machine. After using it for a long time, I found that there are many alternative software. So the pd virtual machine hasn't been turned on for a long time..
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Poster Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous11220 # 42 Ignite the little flame I want to enter again https://i.imgur.com/Iy0taMy. png
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Anonymous43 Nov 2, 2024I feel that the popularity of mac mini this time is due to most people like you who want to take a car with state subsidies and experience macos in a cost-effective manner
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Anonymous11220 Nov 2, 2024@ Poster at this stage. Don't buy apple products with intel chips.. Others are bought according to demand. But I still prefer a portable MacBook
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Anonymous2027 Nov 2, 2024It's not expensive to buy... By the way, remember to tell everyone when hanging Xianyu
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Poster Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous43 # 44 Yes @ Anonymous2027 # 46 You just want to squat my idle fish https://i.imgur.com/duWRpIu.png
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Anonymous12536 Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous2848 Are there still such rubbish printers?
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Anonymous2480 Nov 2, 2024Go ahead and buy it. When the time comes, remember the welfare v friend 😹. I bought an m1 8 ➕ 256 in early October. At the end of the month, I lost dozens and sold it.
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Anonymous3279 Nov 2, 2024If 90% of your needs can be covered by Mac, you can use a virtual machine, otherwise it is better to use a small Windows host for pure tossing
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Anonymous9056 Nov 2, 2024You can buy it without thinking, provided that you use the national supplement, so that when you have a free fish, the loss will be very small
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Anonymous1602 Nov 2, 2024@ Poster Look, it can't be compared with wsl
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Anonymous12466 Nov 2, 2024The "software diversity of win" for example?
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Anonymous12466 Nov 2, 2024If people around you don't use Mac, there is a high probability that you won't be able to get used to it. There are so many tricks, like: 1. The key positions of the external keyboard and the key positions of the Mac's built-in keyboard are reversed. They can be adjusted in the system settings or modified with Karabiner-Elements. 2. The scroll wheel of the external mouse is also reversed with Windows. If you adjust it in the system settings, the touchpad is reversed with Windows. It is recommended to use Mos to modify it, which can even make the scroll wheel smoother. 3. Mac has pointer acceleration turned on by default, and it couldn't even be turned off before. 4. The alt tab that comes with the Mac is quite difficult to use (the minimized window will not pop up). You can use alt-tab (open source software) or context. It will definitely be used in the first few years of using the Mac, but the way to switch tasks later will be too difficult. There are too many: task center, screen cut, Alfred/Raycast, etc.
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Anonymous1721 Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous12466 99% of the software has portable software solutions, and the mobile hard disk is ready to use.
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Anonymous12466 Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous12466 # 53 Use control + space to switch input methods, because it also works on Windows
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Anonymous1721 Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous12466 The Linux lineup includes Macs and the like, and the biggest problems are unification, portability and compatibility. If these points cannot be done, it is difficult for people to support them. Linux is poorly done in this respect. MacOS seems to have these unfriendly features
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Anonymous12466 Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous1721 # 54 Although this is not popular on Mac, theoretically every app (essentially a folder) can do this, but the software data may only stay on the Mac
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Anonymous1721 Nov 2, 2024@ Anonymous12466 I haven't seen a solution in this area so far. I have tried to download Linux before, but it can't solve the problem. For example, py and sh script software can be opened and used immediately, just like Windows exe. I can analyze software behavior in Win and make my own portable. I didn't try it on MacOS. I tried it on Linux and the effect was too spicy.
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Anonymous1721 Nov 2, 2024I also wanted to complete the three-terminal universal portable before, using py script App Windows Ubuntu MacOS Data Windows Ubnuntu MacOS xxxPortable.py Open "xxxPortable.py" to automatically identify the platform and open the software to realize a multi-platform portable software solution