![]() Last week I swapped in my NUC to replace the Mac Mini for work and daily use, mostly just to see how it works and secondly to set it up as a backup in case the Mac has issues or needs to go to the shop. None of this stuff is really intensive but I do run 2 or 3 screens on both computers, currently 2K but will likely upgrade to 4K soon. The NUC is used mostly for unattended logging of radio data and running a radar screen for aircraft. The Mac Mini replaced my iMac 5K daily driver that I use for my work-from-home sales and support job as well as my personal use, Netflix/Hulu watching, Live Streaming bits and Youtube videos for work and general playing around. I used the Migration Utility and copied over all my applications and files and then it took a few minutes to set up the WiFi, reinstall a couple passwords and I was all done. Two weeks later I replaced my iMac 5K with a tricked out Mac Mini 2018, with the 3.2 GHz 8th Gen i7 with 6 cores, 32 GB of RAM, the 2TB SSD, 10GB networking and Apple Care, all in for about $3500. The memory and storage (2 SO-DIMM slots and 2 M.2 SSD slots) are easy to upgrade, since it doesn't come with memory or storage this is kind of required. ![]() It has a pair of GB Ethernet ports, a half dozen USB 3.1g1 ports and an SD card slot. ![]() The NUC has a fast processor married to a nice Radeon GPU on the same wafer and supports up to 6 4K monitors with the 2 HDMI, 2 MDP and 2 Thunderport ports. Windows is very easy to install to a blank SSD with my install USB drive. I used an existing monitor, KB and mouse. All said, it took about an hour to assemble the memory and storage and install Windows and another hour or two to run thru the updates and drivers with 4 or 5 restarts. When I got home I installed Windows 10 Pro and then downloaded all the Windows updates and Intel drivers etc. ![]() I bought an 8th Gen i7 3.1 GHz Hades Canyon NUC and also bought 2 16GB SO-DIMMS and a 1/2 TB NVME SSD. In February 2019 I bought an Intel Hades Canyon NUC to replace an older NUC I use for some radio programs that run in Windows and to evaluate if I wanted to switch to Windows to replace my aging iMac 5K which was having graphics card issues. ![]()
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