Speaking of mice and input devices Adrian, I’m experimenting with mechanical keyboards again. Got myself a NuPhy Air75 recently so I’m looking forward to getting it setup.

Another option…spec the 10 GbE port for £100 and have a blistering connection to your NAS. Might need to up your NAS interface and network.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

They are USB4? i was not sure.

The new 2023 M2 and M2 Pro models certainly are:

https://www.apple.com/uk/mac-mini/specs/

Two Thunderbolt 4 ports (M2) or four Thunderbolt 4 ports (M2 Pro) with support for:

* DisplayPort
* Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
* USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
* USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s
* Thunderbolt 2, HDMI, DVI and VGA supported using adapters (sold separately)

The older 2020 Mac Mini with M1 chip has two USB-C connectors, supporting:
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP823?locale=en_GB

Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:

* DisplayPort
* Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gb/s)
* USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
* USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gb/s)
* Thunderbolt 2, HDMI, DVI, and VGA supported using adapters (sold separately)

Edited by jchamier (Fri 20-Jan-23 11:12:52)

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Speaking of mice and input devices Adrian, I’m experimenting with mechanical keyboards again. Got myself a NuPhy Air75 recently so I’m looking forward to getting it setup.

That looks nice, I did a search and only came up with U.s ones, so no UK one? Not that I want one, but just interested

I wish in one way I had gone for the mechanical version of this logitech keyboard, it is ok, but still trying to get used to the size and low travel of the keys, sometimes I feel like I am typing on a table. Maybe i need to get a mat under it or something.
The other problem is no print screen key, home keys or stuff like that.
but i knew this before i had it, still it will not used very often for the PC soon,

i have been moving the computer around in this room, as I where it was I was unable to get to the windows to clean them, and also I want one of the walls clear and I had a bit of a break and a coffee and watch something on YouTube about Macs SSD going belly up. I know all SSD have a life span, the old Force 3 one i have is still going strong after 10 years, but it is not used as much, anyway this video did worry me a bit as the ones in the Mac can't be replaced easily. This is themy bugbear with a Mac, saying that the SSD in a friend's Mac book pro is fine, and she uses it a lot. i suppose that is why it is best to have a external drive and save large files to that instead of the Mac internal drive.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Another option…spec the 10 GbE port for £100 and have a blistering connection to your NAS. Might need to up your NAS interface and network.

My nas is only 1GbE, while I could in theory stick a USB Ethernet on the nas, I don't think it is really worth it, I would also have to update the switches.
I have been wondering how to change the monitor between the mac and the PC and then realised the PC is on a display port and not HDMI, so I can plug the mac into the HDMI

cheers, for that

No worries. Just a thought. I chucked a 10GbE expansion card in my Synology after the Samsung EVOs burnt thorough in the cache card.

8 spinning sets of platters still good enough to fill the pipe without it though and the card was pretty cheap.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

No worries. Just a thought. I chucked a 10GbE expansion card in my Synology

My Syno is now out of update support, so I'm thinking about replacement, but very little of their prosumer grade hardware does anything other than 2x 1 GbE. Have to get a 10bay or something insane for a slot and 10GbE... and I read some forums where updates to DSM stop the third party card drivers working...? You had any issues?

Mine is just over 5 years old. It's a DS1817+ with 4xGbE on board and an expansion slot. Lives under the stairs, runs 24x7 and has a stack of cameras feeding it via Surveillance Station. running the latest version DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 3

Touch wood it hasn't missed a beat.

Most of the + series (e.g. ds923+) can be upgraded to 10GbE networking.

https://www.synology.com/en-uk/products/DS923+