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About the Mac mini I bought under the trap of consumerism

by Poster May 10, 2025 111
It's another menstrual sticker for Mac mini, there are so many Apple users playing... Well, I can't control that much anymore. Who told me to share so much? Let me explain my background. I am born in the 90s, and I will soon be 30. I am not married and have no savings. I am currently working as a front-end developer in Chengdu Internet. My job is regarded as a youth meal, and I don't have a high salary. I am pure cow horse Why is it consumerism? The main reason is that buying a Mac is not just needed. This post is going to have plenty of excuses/reasons for me to buy it, so I'm consumerist. I bought the MBP M1Pro 32G 512 at the end of 2021, and I was comfortable working on the front end. For the next three years, I became accustomed to carrying the computer to and from get off work every day. (Not to mention Niu Ma will buy his own computer to commute to and from work, the win issued by the company is not easy to use, and it is easy to interrupt my work when meeting or going home), so I don't think I need a Mac mini. But is there any science and engineering man who doesn't like electronic products? Since the Mac mini changed its mold to ➕ State Subsidy last year, he has seen countless plants in the V2 community and Bilibili. The Mac mini beggar version went from 3500 to 3200 and then fell below 3000 to 2899. There is a lot of discussion, but I am consumerist. How can the beggar version fit my imagination? 16 ➕ 256 does not satisfy me at all. My MBP was running out of storage during the period of 23 years, and I hated every pop-up window. At the end of 23 years, I spent 1,800 to expand the capacity to 2T, and there has been no problem for more than a year. Just writing code so far takes up only 6-700G. To sum up, if I want to buy a Mac mini, the most ideal configuration is to have a storage of 1T and above. The MBP is 32G, and with the DeepSeek wave during the Spring Festival, it is natural to rivet 64G of memory. In addition, in the previous v2 discussion, many people bought it as a server, so many people would suggest buying a 10-Gigabit network, but I can't use it. So I just bought Gigabit, which is enough. The most common front-end development is that downloading npm packages requires a network hahaha. After listing the requirements, the one-step Mac mini configuration I imagined was 64G 1T Gigabit network, so the processor naturally went to the M4 Pro. It was added to the shopping cart before the Spring Festival. This configuration of ➕ National Subsidy is 16999-2000 (National Subsidy). I have been thinking about it since I got 14999. When chatting with friends, I occasionally say I want to buy it Before the May Day holiday, it was still 14,999, but JD gave me an extra 12 interest-free installments. Isn't this a pure temptation for me, but I still resisted it because I saw v2 and still reviewed Mac mini as a dusty product. After the holiday, I chatted with my friends about 618 coming soon, what to buy, and mentioned the Mac mini, and my friend told me that I could find a college student to add education discounts and get it cheaper. I always feel that as a front-end developer, I may only need 64G in 5% of the scenarios. No need to buy it. --- I was visiting Pinduoduo today and wanted to buy a telescopic pole. As a result, when I looked at the JD 360 camera, I clicked on the shopping cart again. With the education discount mentioned by my friend last week, I tried my certification and it broke! Gou Dong actually passed it for me, which means that I can get the configuration in front of me for 13700? The state subsidy ➕ education discount ➕ is interest-free for 12 periods. The capital bombarded me indiscriminately. I couldn't help it anymore. I had to place an order. ! [] (https://i.imgur.com/JyTwRKr.jpeg) I'm starting to list my consumerism psychological excuses 1. As a front-end developer, in addition to completing work tasks, I also hope to participate in GitHub open source contributions. 2. Next, participating in open source can allow me to get free GitHub copilot for free, so I have been doing free prostitutes since I was exposed to open source in 22 years, which is also one of the motivations. 3. There are 87-key keyboards and touchpads at home and at work respectively. Writing code with a laptop on my back when commuting to and from get off work will hardly interrupt my thoughts (the touchpad is also what consumerism made me buy) 4. Still because of open source, I received an airdrop worth $2,000 from FLT last year. I am not very good at playing web3, so I cashed out. 5. Let's talk about open source. I naturally came into contact with lobechat with ai and contributed some code. The author also gave me the right to use the api key for one year. I contributed to the development of nextjs and ollama to eat a lot of memory. It's time to upgrade 6. Still because of open source, antd sent me 500rmb encouragement just a few days ago. 7. I also bought the Tuozhu A1 printing machine for my birthday last year because of various excuses, which can draw pictures and print brackets by myself There are so many reasons, why don't you just buy it directly? So many plays …. Hey, think about it, I'm almost 30. On the one hand, I don't have any savings, and on the other hand, I haven't started a family yet. So I still have some concerns …. The above pile of reasons are completely trapped in the trap of consumerism. Seeing that everyone buys it and wants it, they continue to rush, and a month's salary is consumed The post also summarizes some poisonous chicken soup about consumerism that I have heard from my college life to now: 1. Money is earned, not saved. Carpe diem. 2. How much you spend now will definitely earn back later. 3. Buy what you like, money just stays with you in a different way 4. Owning the same product at the age of 35 is different from owning it at the age of 25. 5. Please add something to other comment areas... Well, what's the purpose of it now that you buy it? I think I probably put it at home and continue to carry my MBP to work. Part of the content can be controlled remotely at the company. (Do you have any recommended solutions here) Go to work during the day and go home after work to develop nextjs with Mac mini. Continue to participate in open source contributions. In case another airdrop hits me. That's all I'm thinking of for the time being. If 618 conditions permit, I'll get another   Dell U2725QE   (there is a high probability that it will be pushed to Double Eleven, and my wallet will cry to death ok long-winded for a long time, I thought that I could look at the impulses of my youth by myself in the future, and then look at the messages in everyone's comment area, which may be helpful to me end I hope the comment area can be as friendly discussed as deepseek ! (https://i.imgur.com/2ntUvH0. jpeg) ! [] (https://i.imgur.com/DtOv08k. jpeg)

Replies

  • Anonymous8276 May 10, 2025
    Think carefully and do what you want. It's okay
  • Anonymous13094 May 10, 2025
    It's okay, I'm still in school, and I already bought a second-hand mac studio on impulse purchase, but the mbp of the m1 pro in my hand is completely sufficient, and the performance is completely excess. What I want is to have more fun while I am young, and I am still interested in these things now. When I go to work and save money to support my family, I will have more worries at that time.
  • Anonymous2019 May 10, 2025
    If you really think this purchase is unnecessary, consider returning it.
  • Anonymous454 May 10, 2025
    The 2999 Mac mini is indeed cost-effective, but it's a bit outrageous that you added more than 10,000 yuan. It has nothing to do with cost-effectiveness. What's more, you said it's not just needed, and front-end development doesn't need your configuration at all.
  • Poster May 10, 2025
    @ Anonymous2019 The purchase is indeed unnecessary, so I still don't consider returning it. @ Anonymous454 Cost-performance ratio is one thing, but the usage does not meet my needs, so buying a beggar version feels like buying a vase, and it will still feel itchy later. In my front-end career, nextjs, docker and rust may really be used, which is about 5% of the same as mentioned in the article. https://i.imgur.com/NIvxivj. png https://i.imgur.com/NIvxivj. png https://i.imgur.com/NIvxivj. png
  • Anonymous3961 May 10, 2025
    Add 1k on 2T urine bag, not fragrant?? I just use it very well. Upgrade to the latest system. Don't be too excited about playing black monkeys!
  • Anonymous10552 May 10, 2025
    Hi, I'm not as good as you, I bought it too, but I'm 30 now. No job, worry
  • Anonymous1677 May 10, 2025
    You're okay, but I'm not an Apple user at all. I spent 4,500 to get it on the first day of release purely with the idea of trying early adopters, and threw it in the cabinet a month later to eat dust. The reason is that I didn't know that there were operating systems in the world that didn't support the HOME/END button.
  • Anonymous8277 May 10, 2025
    Diversify risks and invest well to prepare for retirement. After 90s, it is impossible to rely on national social security to support the elderly with their toes. Most people have no fate of getting rich, and wealth can only be accumulated by time. Before you spend, think about the elephant in the blind room of retirement.
  • Anonymous8278 May 10, 2025
    So, who the hell are you?
  • Anonymous3717 May 10, 2025
    "30 years old, not married, no savings", buying a computer worth more than 10,000 rmb still costs 12 interest Curious about your life plan
  • Poster May 11, 2025
    @ Anonymous8278 huh? I don't understand, the epitome of ordinary coders and consumerism/moonlight people. @ Anonymous3717 "It costs 12 interest to buy a computer worth more than 10,000 rmb", which is also in line with the title. I feel that 12 interest-free periods equal to no money, and the remaining full amount of money is put in Yu'e Bao to eat interest. As for the life plan you mentioned, I feel that I will eat the Internet for another 2 years, and then change careers. Now I don't have enough savings to buy a house, and it will be empty if I get married. It's still in the feeling that one person is full and the whole family is not hungry. @ Anonymous8277 Hmm, it's not the first priority to provide for the elderly myself. I always feel that providing for the elderly for my parents. Send the old man away and complete his own task
  • Anonymous13130 May 11, 2025
    The money earned by open source contributions is enough for this computer, so buy a device and continue to contribute
  • Anonymous8279 May 11, 2025
    The purchase price is not expensive, it is very good to satisfy yourself
  • Anonymous11633 May 11, 2025
    This configuration is a bit abstract. It's already 15,000 yuan, is there still a shortage of 10 Gigabits? On the contrary, I plan to buy a minimum 10 Gigabit storage machine, because I have a 10 Gigabit network port at home, which is equivalent to solving the storage problem. In terms of memory, I also have x86 with large memory and the performance will only be stronger, so I haven't bought it yet (just wait for M5
  • Anonymous8281 May 11, 2025
    Memory and hard drives made of gold
  • Anonymous6988 May 11, 2025
    You can buy the 2899 mac mini. Why don't you equip it with diypc when it's so expensive? I don't like the junk performance of the m4. Don't be brainwashed by ➗. It's not that windows can't be developed and you can play games by the way.
  • Poster May 11, 2025
    @ Anonymous11633 Add 750, right? I bought mbp before and it was 512. I also have dust-eating nas at home, but I still feel that I can't use it. My usage scenario doesn't need to be that fast. @ Anonymous6988 University diy's 6700k is also eating dust, usually don't play pc games, plus diypc takes up a lot of space. So mac mini has become the first choice
  • Anonymous2463 May 11, 2025
    @ Anonymous1677 # 8 Home and End on the keyboard can have corresponding functions when pressed
  • Anonymous8282 May 11, 2025
    My m1 can fight for another 5 years