Help me to choose a mac

[NEMISIS]

Wonder what will happen to battery life

my be slightly less battery life with OLED displays.

 

[Blair Solari]

Apple's mini LED IPS/LCD display is very good and color calibrated. I don't think we will notice much of a difference with OLED display. (yes we will get true black etc)

වැල් බලද්දි මරු රෑට කලුවරේ oled වලින්.

 

[jennt]

my be slightly less battery life on OLED.

Do you have any idea about m5 pro 24gb version price?

 

[topkollek]

M4 Pro Mac mini 24gb ram 500gb storage
(450k)

Vs
M4 Pro Macbook pro 24gb ram 500gb storage
(600k)

Is it worth the extra 150k?

best mac is no mac

 

[jennt]

best mac is no mac

With current ram pricess it is hard to build a cheap machine

Also windows laptops cant compete with macbooks period

 

[topkollek]

With current ram pricess it is hard to build a cheap machine

Also windows laptops cant compete with macbooks period

මගේ ලැප් එක ගත්තෙ ගිය නොවැම්බර් මාසෙ. අරගෙන සති දෙකකට පස්සෙ 48GB RAM upgrade එකක් කරා. ගිය සතියෙ 4TB NVME SSD එකක් අරගෙන හයි කරා. මේ වගේ දේවල් කරගන්න බැහැ මැක් එකක් ගන්නවා නම්.

මැක් එකක් ගන්නවා කියන්නෙ 24GB RAM, 500GB Storage එකට බැඳෙනවා කියන එක.

mac mini ද macbook pro කියන දෙකෙන් එකක් තෝරාගන්න වෙනවා නම් මම ගන්නෙ macbook pro එක

 

[jennt]

මගේ ලැප් එක ගත්තෙ ගිය නොවැම්බර් මාසෙ. අරගෙන සති දෙකකට පස්සෙ 48GB RAM upgrade එකක් කරා. ගිය සතියෙ 4TB NVME SSD එකක් අරගෙන හයි කරා. මේ වගේ දේවල් කරගන්න බැහැ මැක් එකක් ගන්නවා නම්.

මැක් එකක් ගන්නවා කියන්නෙ 24GB RAM, 500GB Storage එකට බැඳෙනවා කියන එක.

mac mini ද macbook pro කියන දෙකෙන් එකක් තෝරාගන්න වෙනවා නම් මම ගන්නෙ macbook pro එක

Total cost ? VGA eka mokakda thiyenne?

 

[topkollek]

Total cost ? VGA eka mokakda thiyenne?

32GB ram module taken from my mini PC so no additional cost to make it 48GB
4TB ssd - 120k

 

[TechnWeb]

den M4 ganna epa M5 pro enakam inna

 

[Emios]

Just get a legion 7

 

[nkt]

worth d ahanne mac mini ekath ekka monitor ekakuth ussan yanaw d uba

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Just get a legion 7

eww jet ekak wage fan ek duwanakot athal ne
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[Emios]

worth d ahanne mac mini ekath ekka monitor ekakuth ussan yanaw d uba

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eww jet ekak wage fan ek duwanakot athal ne
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Jet?ne ban quite mode.

 

[jennt]

worth d ahanne mac mini ekath ekka monitor ekakuth ussan yanaw d uba

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salli naa bn. mn wadiya awidina ekek newey. office wada walata un lap ekak denawane.

pm ekata uttarayak dahanko hoda lamaya wage

 

[nkt]

Jet?ne ban quite mode.

fan run venne na games gahanakot ehem?

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salli naa bn. mn wadiya awidina ekek newey. office wada walata un lap ekak denawane.

pm ekata uttarayak dahanko hoda lamaya wage

ithin monitor ekak gannath epai, anika ochchar config ekak ubat wadak na 16gb 512 mb air ekak ganin, mn use karanne m1 8gb air ekak personal evat

pm: google search karala balapanko, mn mainly BE
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[Emios]

fan run venne na games gahanakot ehem?

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pm: google search karala balapanko, mn mainly BE
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Run wenawa but Ehema ahenne ne ban.vapor chamber tiyenawane

 

[Bam]

ඔයිට ලාබයි.
වීඩියෝ එඩිටර් කෙනෙක් හයර් කරන එක.
වීඩියෝ එකකට 5000 විතර ගන්නෙ එයාලා.

 

[aroshj]

M4 Pro Mac mini 24gb ram 500gb storage
(450k)

Vs
M4 Pro Macbook pro 24gb ram 500gb storage
(600k)

Is it worth the extra 150k?

Macbook with built in display..
mac mini with oled display...

Used both. MacBook still wins...

 

[jennt]

Macbook with built in display..
mac mini with oled display...

Used both. MacBook still wins...

but as per the review I watched

m4 mac mini base model (185 000)

has the same performance as m4 macbook pro (480 000)

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anika ochchar config ekak ubat wadak na 16gb 512 mb air ekak ganin, mn use karanne m1 8gb air ekak personal evat

pissuda bn base eka lag wenawa me balahan


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[aroshj]

but as per the review I watched

m4 mac mini base model (185 000)

has the same performance as m4 macbook pro (480 000)

Performance wise, that’s true. But for portability and display, macbook still wins. pairing a mac mini with an OLED doesn’t really match the MacBook’s screen quality. OLEDs have issues, text looks bad because of the sub-pixel layout, and you get color fringing around text edges. Not great for productivity. And even with LCDs, you need a 4K or 5K monitor to get crisp text on mac because of the high-DPI text rendering.

 

[nkt]

but as per the review I watched

m4 mac mini base model (185 000)

has the same performance as m4 macbook pro (480 000)

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pissuda bn base eka lag wenawa me balahan


------ Post added on Jan 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM

review bala bala hitapan