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Ask HN: Has anyone created a Mac mini doc with a battery?

I was thinking that a mac mini dock would be pretty good for home use, but a mac mini + an ipad would be good for the occasional travel a portable computer. Why couldn't a dock/battery exist for the mac mini?

It does exist. It’s called an EcoFlow or Jackery battery unit. It will be big and heavy, but that’s what’s needed to power a 120 volt mini.

The problem with using them is that it’s pretty inefficient to provide 120 volts for the mini’s power supply, only to down convert the voltages to what the logic board and components use. You’ll need way more mAh than you’d need to just power a MacBook.

15 hours agorunjake

On top of the inefficiencies going from DC to AC and back to DC, I imagine there would also be differences in the CPU throttling curves, the kind of fan used, etc.

14 hours agosolardev

Use an EcoFlow