{"id":218420,"date":"2026-02-27T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/i-was-so-sick-of-windows-11-i-panic-bought-an-m4-mac-mini-ahead-of-the-ram-crisis-and-im-totally-converted\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:15:14","slug":"i-was-so-sick-of-windows-11-i-panic-bought-an-m4-mac-mini-ahead-of-the-ram-crisis-and-im-totally-converted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/i-was-so-sick-of-windows-11-i-panic-bought-an-m4-mac-mini-ahead-of-the-ram-crisis-and-im-totally-converted\/","title":{"rendered":"I was so sick of Windows 11, I panic-bought an M4 Mac mini ahead of the RAM crisis \u2014 and I’m totally converted"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was so sick of Windows 11, I panic-bought an M4 Mac mini ahead of the RAM crisis \u2014 and I’m totally converted<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-27 19:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been a long-time Windows user, going back to when Windows 95 was the operating system of the times. I\u2019ve been through every iteration of Microsoft\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth, exacerbated by Microsoft\u2019s planned Windows 10 obsolescence in October 2025, which basically rendered several older and still-functioning PCs obsolete. In my case, the Lenovo hardware still holds up \u2014 Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM \u2014 and is enough for most of my needs but, alas, Microsoft forced my hand and thus began my hunt for a replacement.<\/p>\n


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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\u2019t gotten out of control just yet. Interestingly, the best deal to me was switching OS and going down the Apple route.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d 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.<\/p>\n

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The only reason I never switched earlier is because I felt Macs were overpriced before Apple\u2019s own silicon made them compelling options…<\/p>\n

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