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System Name | daily driver Mac mini M2 Pro |
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Processor | Apple proprietary M2 Pro (6 p-cores, 4 e-cores) |
Motherboard | Apple proprietary |
Cooling | Apple proprietary |
Memory | Apple proprietary 16GB LPDDR5 unified memory |
Video Card(s) | Apple proprietary M2 Pro (16-core GPU) |
Storage | Apple proprietary onboard 512GB SSD + various external HDDs |
Display(s) | LG 27UL850W (4K@60Hz IPS) |
Case | Apple proprietary |
Audio Device(s) | Apple proprietary |
Power Supply | Apple proprietary |
Mouse | Apple Magic Trackpad 2 |
Keyboard | Keychron K1 tenkeyless (Gateron Reds) |
Software | macOS Sonoma 14.5 (with latest patches) |
Benchmark Scores | (My Windows daily driver is a Beelink Mini S12 Pro. I'm not interested in benchmarking.) |
We know.And wear out the ssd. Whoa whoa there lol
Just pointing out how big games have gotten. I think Borderlands goty was about 10GB ish?
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare requires 55GB of disk space. That game launched in 2014. Later CoD games require even more. It's not like stupidly large downloads are a new thing. And if you play any of the live service games (Apex, Overwatch, Valorant, Fortnite, whatever) you're already used to 30GB updates when a new season starts.
MS Flight Simulator 2020 requires 150GB. And Microsoft (and their dev partner) is working on a 2024 release. I'll bet a buffalo nickel that it will take more disk space.
Some games take a lot of space, some games don't. You are free to play games based on how much disk space they take up and nurse your poor delicate SSD from actual usage. When the first game came out on a 2-CD set, I'm sure there were howls of indignation. Same when games moved from floppy disks to those 7 cm mini data CDs.
If you really don't like these huge downloads, just stick with Nintendo Switch and buy physical cartridges. Then you'll only need to suffer the occasional device update and game patch.
Most SSD wear actually comes from writing not reading. Once you've written a game to disk, there's very little further wear just playing it. And if you're going to freak out about SSD wear in general, maybe just stick to HDDs? Just leave your SSDs in their original blister packs and admire them from a distance late at night under very low lighting.
And enjoy bitching and moaning!
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