So pissed off right now. Spent about an hour recording video with a Rode VideoMic Go, and the mic picked up a ton of static from the WiFi base station nearby. The video is now completely unusable.

I need a new mic that actually has a shielded cable so I can use it in a room with electronics.

Picked up a couple of Cisco 48 port Layer 3 switches for $20 each today at the local university’s surplus sale.  Hoping at least one of them works so I can use it for my main network switch (will still have 10Gb on a separate switch/VLAN).

https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/28/2013-mac-pro-postponed-us-screw-shortage/

I guess you could say Apple was…screwed.

Also: “The report reveals an interesting anecdote about the latest Mac Pro. In late 2012…”  Yes, we’re still talking about the “top-end” Mac being sold in 2019.

Had a great week in Phoenix for #AMS2019. EIPT had a lot of great content this year, and kudos to everyone who volunteered to cover gov employees who couldn’t make it (NOAA/NWS, you were missed).

See you next year for #AMS100!

My Core i7 Mac mini arrived yesterday. First impressions…

It gets hot. I’ve started calling it the hotplate.

The fan moves a lot of air. The airflow is louder than a Mac Pro.

The GPU is keeping up with dual 4K displays, so far.

It’s quick, really quick.

Seems like many are looking forward to having A-series CPUs in Macs. The speed and power consumption benefits would be significant. However, it comes at the expense of compatibility with other x86 OSes and virtualization. For many, that’s a real inconvenience. #NeverForgetSoftPC

Kept laughing to myself during Apple’s talk today every time they described how much faster these Macs are compared to the last revisions. They _should_ be that much faster when you compare them to 4 year old computers…

Looks like the high end Mac Mini CPU is the Core i7-8700. It scores 5304 on single core and 23010 on multi-core, which is 46% faster on single core and 31% faster on multi-core than my 2013 6 core Mac Pro.

I was planning to replace a 2012 Mac Mini server, but it’s tempting to use it as my desktop until the new Mac Pros are finally ready.