Mac Mini M1 Mod to Receive Power over Ethernet Instead of the AC Input

Re:Mac Mini M1 Mod to Receive Power over Ethernet Instead of... by OJFord on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @06:24PM (#36964058)

I could see it making sense in a 'van life' context to use a smaller local battery rather than plug everything in to your main leisure battery. Use the latter to charge Makita packs say and then run most other stuff off those (there's a decent amount of open 3D printable adapters for them, as well as third-party/AliExpress stuff).

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Re:Mac Mini M1 Mod to Receive Power over Ethernet Instead of... by Gigachad on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:09PM (#36965094)

Would make way way more sense to have a macbook that you can then charge direct from a DC battery over USB-C. With the mac mini you still have to work out how to power an external screen as well.

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Re:Mac Mini M1 Mod to Receive Power over Ethernet Instead of... by virtue3 on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:17PM (#36965704)

There's a lot of low power HD screens out there. It's not super difficult. Not the ideal case for sure but low power is all about tradeoffs.

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