![]() ![]() In the meantime, I am happy with the Intel Mini and sure it will continue to meet my needs for a few more years. ![]() I am skeptical that this would work so well for me on an M1 Mac, but hopefully things will improve there. So, no need for duplicate Windows apps, no need to transfer files of the network. And the great thing is, I only need to use Windows for that specific GIS software and can do everything else in MacOS. ![]() Really wasn't sure it would work, but it has just blown me away. I took a gamble when I got the Mini in 2020 that it could also replace my old Windows 7 HP desktop machine. I suppose might be a little faster in Bootcamp, but being able to seamlessly switch between Windows and MacOS is worth any performance penalty. I am using a 32gb/6-core VM in Parallels and it works quite well, I continue to use Mac apps while the Windows software exports files - often running 24/7. I have processed over 8tb of geodata over the summer, the end result of which was creating about 40 million map tiles for my web app (map tiles are 256x256-pixel. Just about all I do in Windows is run GlobalMapper, a professional GIS application for making maps. Really impressed with how well this works. I don't have an M1 Mac but I use Windows 10 heavily on a 2018 i7 Mini with 64gb RAM. ![]()
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