2018 Mac Mini + Windows

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2018 Mac Mini + Windows

I recently acquired a lightly used 2018 Mac Mini. Used macOS 15.5 for about a week. As a lifetime Windows user I found macOS to be a bit awkward to use. I also discovered that I didn't care for the apps macOS comes with. Of course my games didn't work. So after following many tutorials I managed to get Windows 11 installed natively with bootcamp. Windows runs just fine, nice and stable.

My question is simple. Am I missing out on anything by running Windows instead of macOS?

Mac mini, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jun 4, 2025 2:49 PM

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g_wolfman

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Jun 5, 2025 4:36 PM in response to kona0197-23

Is PC gaming your only criteria? There are plenty of console games that are better than Windows games but aren't ported to Windows (including a number on Xbox). And a very large number of "Windows" games are ported to macOS - in particular ones from EA, Aspyr and a number of other large studios.

And, as you have discovered yourself, you can run Windows games under Boot Camp (or using some version of Wine, or the commercial equivalent Crossover) - so that solves gaming, and leaves all the rest of computing.

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kona0197-23 Author

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Jun 6, 2025 8:44 AM in response to g_wolfman

I have no experience using bootcamp. I managed to install Windows from scratch on the Mac. I also have no experience using bootcamp or WINE under macOS to run my games. Too complicated. PC Gaming isn't my only criteria. I just like Windows. macOS just lacks so much out of the box. Especially eye candy. Windows just looks and feels better. My monitor is just a 1080 display. I head macOS looks better on a 4K monitor.

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