New Product - New Hope. M4 Mac Mini maybe will be the one?

Donux

Asking for a feedback on a new product Mac Mini M4

lukeb

I tried the M4 version. Using the HDMI port with four otherwise fine PWM free monitors all were unusable for me. To the point of a bad migraine.

I realised I didn’t try a few things though. I never tried the thunderbolt ports to see if they made a difference. Also, the M4 Pro version has new thunderbolt 5 ports so I don’t know if they will help either. Both are highly unlikely to help, but I haven’t verified them.

Does anybody know which monitor and which attachment method/cable would be most likely to succeed?

Donux

lukeb I though better display setting of colour would allow to select all different colour options from RGB to YCbCr, you could try latter, it helps me at least on M2 Air a bit. Some say it kind of suppresses colour information, this is why it helps. I am wondering, do you have the same eye strain with intel macbooks? Or just Apple silicon ?

WhisperingWind

lukeb

Could you provide more details about the symptoms you experienced when using the M4 Mac? I'm interested in the condition of your eyes when working on the M4 Mac.

int

lukeb Have you tried the StillColor utility to disable the temporal dithering?

https://ledstrain.org/d/2686-i-disabled-dithering-on-apple-silicon-introducing-stillcolor-macos-m1m2m3

https://github.com/aiaf/Stillcolor

lukeb

I tried better display, still colour and iris tech. None of those have ever helped me.

I didn’t become aware of the problem until Apple silicon and I haven’t gone back to test intel since. Apple silicon is definitely worse, but it wouldn’t surprise me if I struggled with the Intel macs too.

lukeb

WhisperingWind I get dizziness and nausea from looking at Apple silicon macs, and an inability to focus on text. It’s a similar sensation to motion sickness for anyone who gets that in the car. If I continue to use the display as the nausea builds then it will lead to a full migraine.