{"type":"gear","id":"apple-mac-mini-m4-pro","title":"Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro","url":"/gear/apple-mac-mini-m4-pro","summary":"My main desktop machine, chosen to consolidate USB ports, external drives, and sample libraries in one always-connected setup.","tags":["Desk and Streaming Setup"],"categories":[],"externalUrl":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLBVHSLD/?ref=as_li_ss_tl&ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=gregamamma-20","body":"As you can see, I have a lot of gear, which use a lot of USB ports. For a while I used an M1 macBook Pro, but plugging it in and out of the hub/monitors I use was annoying. For music work I also have gigabytes of sample libraries and plugin data on an external drive. I liked the idea of keeping it all in one place, and I am pretty happy with the setup so far.","links":[{"label":"Buy","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLBVHSLD/?ref=as_li_ss_tl&ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=gregamamma-20"}],"fields":{"current":true}}