Comment by lostlogin
5 hours ago
I’m impressed with that.
I had a Nuc 9 extreme with a 10gb SFP card in it.
It averaged 69w. The Mac Mini I replaced it with uses just under 5w.
A Mini is possible the worst bang for buck. Also, the horror that that is Desktop Docker can’t be over emphasised. I know there are better ways of using Docker on a Mac, but having got something working I can’t face rebuilding it.
My home router is a Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny with a Core i3-8100T with a dual 10Gbit SFP in it (1x DAC, 1x 10GBase-T) and it idles at 14W, routing 10gbit full bore, 24W. I got it for $80
I also have some Fujitsu office machine I picked up for $50 as my "I need to run some random task on a physical linux box" machine with an i5-7500 and it idles at 15W
What's wrong with Docker desktop? Been using it everyday for at least 5 years.
But when starting from scratch, it might be better to get an older Mini that is supported by Asahi and run Linux on it.