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)

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Anonymous13531 May 11, 2025

It is recommended to look at minimalist thinking. I am happier selling than buying things now. I have no desires or desires at present
Anonymous2898 May 11, 2025

I have an LG5K monitor, Logitech magic mouse3 and Logitech's same keyboard, apple mouse, and touchpad, all of which are getting dust. All conditions are met. I thought about the mobility within Macbook 14 that is most suitable for me. I have endured it from mac mini M1 to now M4
Anonymous11981 May 11, 2025

Just be happy, you don't need to worry so much. I struggled for a long time before buying the 14-inch m4 pro 48 + 1T. After thinking about it, after buying it, it's good to be happy, so I don't worry about it anymore. But I'm surprised that upgrading your old computer to 2T costs 1800 so expensive. At first, I thought that it could be upgraded to 2T at around 1200, and 1800 could be upgraded to 4T. It seems that after my 1T is out of warranty, I don't need to consider upgrading to 2T.
Anonymous11981 May 11, 2025

On the other hand, I have a similar idea as you when I spend money. It will be fine after a while. Don't fall into internal friction with yourself. If you can make money on open source, then the computer you bought can also earn it back for you. op just be happy
Anonymous8300 May 11, 2025

What are you anxious about? I had a mac back then, and I thought it was troublesome to carry it back and forth, so I bought an M1pro for 20,000 yuan, which earned two months' salary. But now it seems okay, so I save me carrying the computer every day.
Anonymous3811 May 11, 2025

The air I use to make money is the beggar version I buy, but I usually use win 😂
Anonymous8301 May 11, 2025

When I was young, in my opinion, luxury goods were fur coats, long skirts and villas by the sea. Later, I thought it was an intellectual life. Now, I think it's possible to have a passion for a certain man or woman. ---"Simple Passion"--- When I was young, in my opinion, luxury goods were MacBook Pro and Mac Studio. Later, I thought it was a creative and comfortable life. Now, I think it's possible to have a passion for something.
Anonymous8302 May 11, 2025

Damn, even if you don't buy this, the money still won't stay.
Poster May 11, 2025

@ Anonymous8125 @ Anonymous6968 @ Anonymous2178 University got student certification at that time. But it's been 5 years since I graduated. Yesterday, I just clicked in and clicked on the certification, and I passed it directly. It doesn't feel like the possibility of upgrading from the college to the undergraduate level I signed up for is ruled out. The education discount can actually be interest-free for 12 periods. I may still feel distressed by cutting meat at one time without interest. @ Anonymous13443 last posted DeepSeek because I felt wordy when I wrote it myself, and everyone in the community was too lazy to read it, so I threw it to ai for a summary, which is also convenient for everyone to have a general idea
Anonymous2178 May 11, 2025

I'm pretty much like you, but the certification suggests I'm not registered with Xuexin.com.....
Anonymous9426 May 11, 2025

It seems that I have not bought such an expensive computer myself in IT20 years. If the computer affects the work, let the company buy it.
Anonymous4925 May 11, 2025

As a middle-aged married man, I can't feel the joy of consumerism, but being a garbage guy seems to be happier than you. You can pick up second-hand accessories at the price of cabbage, so you don't have to worry about it at all
Anonymous4795 May 11, 2025

It can generate value (you can use it to write code) and emotional value (your satisfaction and joy). What kind of consumerism trap is this? The consumerism trap is buying something you don't need and regretting it after buying it... This is where there is neither use value nor emotional value
Anonymous8303 May 11, 2025

Money isn't spent, it's staying with you in a different way
Anonymous701 May 11, 2025

Enter the card with a budget of 3,000, and add it to 98,000 with one plus
Anonymous4240 May 11, 2025

When you have time to write so much, unless you have other purposes, it's better to think about how you can make more money
Anonymous8304 May 11, 2025

Hahahaha, you did what I always wanted to do, 😂. I'm still hesitating, and I'm still working with the last generation intel mbp. Every time I want to place an order, I will encourage myself to deposit more and then cancel my 😂
Anonymous544 May 11, 2025

@ Anonymous8281 # 16 It's good to use it as a local LLM with larger memory, but it's a pity.
Anonymous6350 May 11, 2025

Looking at the title, I originally wanted to come in and eat melons and watch mac and win fight. Looking at the content, why do you write so much? I can't see a little hh
Anonymous685 May 11, 2025

Performance anxiety is very strong, but it works well after buying it, and it is quite good If I had to choose, my way would be to leave the mba in the company and not take it back directly. Now the mba of the m4 24g is only 7000, and the performance you get with the entire Windows desktop at home is actually similar, and even the mba + Windows solution can be stronger. After all, memory and hard drive are very cheap. The most important thing is that it greatly reduces the burden of carrying a machine when commuting https://i.imgur.com/MA8YqTP.png