I was so sick of Windows 11, I panic-bought an M4 Mac mini ahead of the RAM crisis — and I’m totally converted
Publish Date: 2026-02-27 19:00:00
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I’ve been a long-time Windows user, going back to when Windows 95 was the operating system of the times. I’ve been through every iteration of Microsoft’s OS since, with Windows XP and Windows 7 being my favorite editions. Moving to Windows 10 was a natural progression when I purchased a Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 in 2018 and used it with no complaints until I upgraded to Windows 11 in 2021 on the same machine.
Windows 11 increasingly became frustrating to use, with the ads on the start menu and the constant push to make me use Edge and OneDrive. AI functionality and Copilot were being suggested just as aggressively, with even the most basic programs like Notepad and File Explorer getting AI buttons.
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With the ongoing RAM shortage and other components like storage getting expensive, I was worried that I had made this decision at the wrong time. Thankfully, most laptops and computers with fixed components were still unaffected by these shortages, so prices haven’t gotten out of control just yet. Interestingly, the best deal to me was switching OS and going down the Apple route.
I’d played around with Linux a bit, trying Ubuntu in the 2010s and, while it was fine, I kept retreating to the familiarity of Windows. macOS, on the other hand, felt more user-friendly and suitable as a full-time replacement for Windows.
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The only reason I never switched earlier is because I felt Macs were overpriced before Apple’s own silicon made them compelling options…
