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My Current Equipment Setup here in the UK



My Current Equipment here in the UK



Since moving back to the UK, what am I using and why, When I flew out of Thailand the most important item I packed was my Apple Mac book Pro M1 2020 laptop. For those who don't know Apple has in my opinion always been the best laptop for high-end editing, design, and photo work and in 2020 they made a huge leap with their new M1 chips which replaced the third-party Intel chips. The difference is amazing and now that I have had this laptop for over a year I can honestly say it is the best laptop I have ever owned. At the time I purchased it, there was only the 13-inch model available but recently Apple released a 16-inch beast and a 14-inch version with even higher specs than mine. If you are ever going to need a high-end laptop for editing or photo work then get one of these models, you won't regret it.




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The next item I brought with me from Thailand was my Apple Trackpad, this replaces a mouse and if you are always using a desk I find it so much more comfortable to use and allows for so many more Apple gestures to be used than the Magic Mouse.




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One of the things I find makes my life easier is bigger screens and currently, I have two of these Dell 24-inch displays, one hooked up to my Mac book and the other hooked up to my new mini pc. The problem with the Macbook is that you can only hook it up to a single external monitor unless you start buying docking stations and USB adapters which are quite expensive and not all of them work.





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The new mini pc market is exploding at the moment and it is amazing what you can get in such a small box. In my opinion, the Beelink made in China is the best choice for mini PCs.
This one I bought this one for the resort in Thailand in mind which can sit on top of my Nas server. I will be buying a much higher quality mini pc soon which has the ability to hook triple monitor 4k support freeing up my Mac book for other stuff. I will also need to get another monitor, I chose 24-inch monitors so that I can put them in my suitcases when I return to Thailand and will use them around the resort for CCTV monitors.




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Next up is a Logitech Mini keyboard, by far the best wireless mini keyboard on the market and can be used simultaneously on 3 devices. This allows me to use it on my Mac book one second and then press a button and use the same keyboard on the mini pc brilliant piece of kit.



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