Tim BrayDec 1, 2022

Dear LazyMastodon: Hey, we have this ancient 2008 Mac Pro, used to be the Family Mainframe and homework machine for the kids. All It does now is feed music to a DAC and run a Plex server. But it's hot and eats watts and MacOS is so old it won't run browsers or anything useful.

I think I'm gong to replace it with a basic Mac mini and a couple TB of outboard disks. What's a good choice for those disks?

Show thread ReiDec 1, 2022
@timbray this is not an opinion but mostly a question out of curiosity. Isn’t it cheaper to pay for streaming services these days? I’ve been itching to build my own home server to satisfy my geek needs 🤓 but I find it hard to justify, unless I’m doing the math wrong? 🧐
Show threadTim BrayDec 1, 2022
@rei I have a lot of pretty unique music from obscure CDs and friends' music and so on that isn't on streaming.
Show thread Rei
@timbray you got me at “obscure” 👌 🤘🏼
Dec 1, 2022 at 5:11amWeb