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  PREVIEW

  

• Could use a macmini for it
  🔵Questions

  • What is MESA
    • Full software-rendering cross-platform implementation of OpenGL that is open source
  • Do older macminis have smaller PCB’S?
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  • how much aluminum surface area would you need dissapate 60W
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    You’re missing a parameter: temperature rise and airflow. I’ll assume:

    • Natural convection in still air
    • Acceptable heatsink temperature ≈ 60 °C at 20 °C ambient → ΔT ≈ 40 K

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    So: ≈ 0.15 m² of exposed aluminum surface

    = 1500 cm² total (both sides of fins/plate count).

    If you only allow ΔT ≈ 20 K, you’re closer to 0.3 m² (3000 cm²).

    With a fan (forced convection, h ≈ 50–80 W/m²K), you can get away with roughly 0.02–0.05 m² (200–500 cm²).

    • To keep at 20 degree difference (20 degree ambient) (keep at max 40 degrees) you’d need 3000 cm²
    • At 20 degree ambient
      • to keep at 40 degrees max 3000 cm²
      • to keep at 60 degree max 1500 cm²
    • Macmini by default has 52800.00 mm^2 surface area (528 cm²) which is not enough for passive cooling

      

    • With forced convection (a fan) you could get away with 3-5x less surface area

      

    • this has 1103.8 cm2 pretty close
    • But it does weigh a decent bit

      

      • at 1.5mm thick it could get down to 400 gr
  🟢 TO-DO

  • Make a lo-fi physical prototype of different layouts and usecases
  Resources examples

  • Similar solution-idea

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  🟡 Ideas

  • you could 3d print an aluminum case which also has insanely large gyroid type surface area so that it can easily cool it.
  • For extra performance when at home it could be easily actively cooled with a fan
  • Could use solid state fans

  Could you use a termux mobile phone?

  

  • can use termux as a server (youtube)

  Desktop mode natively:

  • Samsung Dex
  • Pixel desktop mode
    • İts not great: ‣

  📱📱📱Mod a phone to become better performance and useful for computing
  🟣Resources-Bookmarks

  • ⭐IPAD only with Macmini ‣
    • Yam display app
    • On mac mini yan display downlload client
    • Open Yam display app
  • https://youtube.com/shorts/guIJ8lasYzc?is=GFMEbkRY6SHlFUsD
  • Lapdock (lapdog)
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    • cool dock for phones ‣
  • Cool mini pc and cyberdeck systems
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      Image compared against a mac mini

      

  • Linux on arm android devices
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  🟠Notes

  • Could utilize a apple trackpad (that works great)
    • 🗓️Apple trackpad on windows
      • Reddit Thread on the subject: Reddit - The heart of the internet
        • Apperently these drivers on github work well: GitHub - imbushuo/mac-precision-touchpad: Windows Precision Touchpad Driver Implementation for Apple MacBook / Magic Trackpad
          • All gestures work
        • Something that works even better than the Imbushuo drivers are the official windows precision drivers that Apple uses for Bootcamp
          • Link: GitHub - lc700x/MagicTrackPad2_Windows_Precision_Drivers: Apple Official Precision Trackpad Drivers for Magic Trackpad 2
            • Thread discussing this: Reddit - The heart of the internet
      • Feature list of mac trackpad: https://previous.magicutilities.net/magic-trackpad-2/help/touch-support
  • x86 based mini PC’s
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  • M4 seems to be a great choice
    • Turning chrome box into a pc
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        • video
          • he installs proxmox (can handle it but downloads suck, if you have eee enabled)
          • jellyfin (for media)
        • AcerXCI3
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        • can book into any UEFI compatible operating system
        • idles at 2.5Watts
        • mooonlight works 4k not great
    • 🚀Windows software on linux and arm
      • Steam coming to all devices
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      • Explained ‣
        • Proton (windows on linux) (open-source) (based on wine)
        • FEX Emu binary translator (x86 to ARM64) (open-source)
          • doesn’t touch directX or vulcan for GPU instructions
          • designed for correctness (no random crashes)
        • Lepton (run android on anything)
          • based on wavedroid (android apps to run on ARM linux)
        • What is replaced with what (austin evans youtube)
          • windows ➡️ steamOS
          • Windows API ➡️ Proton (wine)
          • DirectX ➡️ DXVK/VKD3D (GPU)
            • (there was no directX for linux)
          • Prop. Drivers ➡️ Mesa (open-source) drivers
          • x86 CPU architecture ➡️ ARM (FEX for x86 to ARM) (CPU)
      • What about linux on apple hardware
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          • Asahi Linux comes to apple silicon
            • GPu and neural engine currently don’t work
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              • seems to work pretty well
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              • Waydroid can be used to run native android apps
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          • codeweavers crossover
          • rosetta 2
          • What is replaced with what
            • Operating System: Windows → SteamOS / Asahi Linux
            • Software Layer: Windows API → Proton (Wine)
            • Graphics API: DirectX → DXVK / VKD3D (running on Vulkan)
            • Hardware Drivers: Proprietary → Mesa (Open-Source)
            • CPU Architecture: x86 (Intel/AMD) → ARM64 (via FEX-Emu translation)
            • Android Apps: Native Android → Lepton (based on Waydroid)
      • ‣ Windows on linux-arm
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        • they might be stealing code
          • from moonlight, winlator, proton
        • Games tested on the gamehub
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        • How does gamehub work?
      • Winlator ‣
        • Android application that lets you to run Windows (x86_64) applications with Wine and Box86/Box64.
      • proton10.0-arm64x-2
    • Get base memory and get a 1-2TB upgrade stick
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    • pro or non pro
      My M4 Pro (14cpu/20gpu) power draw

      • Idles at about 10W without external drive connected. (external USB4 NVMe SSD adds ~6-7W)
      • It fluctuates between ~11-15W with a YouTube video playing.
      • ~60W when playing inFamous through RPCS3.
      • When running Cinebench 2024, I saw it touch ~80W.
      Consumption is pretty much the same, except the max power. The maximum is higher on the Pro. Usually the maximum is only used for a few seconds, except when rendering or compiling.
      base M4 pro.
      m4 pro has 3 thunderbolt 5(up to 120Gb/s) while m4 has 3 thunderbolt 4 (upto 40Gb/s)

      

    • You could sell the parts you remove to get some of your money back
      example prices

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      https://www.mobileparts.shop/nl/,

      

    • You can get the EDU discount
  • Periferals
    • Example
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    • Keyboard
      • Combine it with a Apple Magic Keyboard
    • Display
      • Something 120 hz maybe? 2k resolution
      • IPAD on a whim
      • Could you use touchscreen/wacom type tablet?
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      • 2K Arzopa model
        • there are high refresh rate, and also high resolution options
      • DIY screenn from a laptop screen (could use nice display)
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      • LG Gram (link)
      • Double display
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    • Mouse-interface
    • Alternative input device

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