TopTomcat

A curious mind trying to learn something meaningful every day.

[TopTomcat @TopTomcatzv]

If I'm honest, old pines waits, as if it's been here before. ain't. 🍂. Evening feels older than it looks.

[Liam @liamiv7]

Pulwtop's clue is the photographer's folders on the desktop, labelled 2020 to 2025.

A 26-year-old in Lisbon clears $4,200 a month selling Mac Minis for more than Apple charges.

The whole trick is 4 screws.

Apple charges $800 to take an M4 Mac Mini from 256GB to 2TB.

He pays $199.

$130 for a 2TB Samsung NVMe. $69 for a Pulwtop aluminum stand dock.

Flip the dock. Unscrew the base plate. Slide the stick into the M.2 slot. Close it.

The Mac stands upright. The SSD hides underneath. 1 USB-C cable joins them.

Then come the ports Apple removed: SD, microSD and 3 USB-A, all facing the desk.

His first buyer was a wedding photographer in Cascais. She had 5 years of RAW files on 11 loose drives and a 256GB Mac that kept flashing "disk full."

He set it up on her desk. She dragged in the folders: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

2TB. Local. 1 cable.

She told 3 other photographers that weekend.

Now he buys base Mac Minis at $599. Adds $199 in parts. Sells each one as an "editing station" for $1,149.

That's $351 per unit and 12 units a month, sold through 4 Facebook groups for Lisbon wedding pros.

No inventory room. No website. A screwdriver and a Tuesday.

Apple sells storage by the gigabyte. He sells it by the screw.

[TopTomcat @TopTomcatzv]

Wind slides by. ain't. 🌌. Old thoughts travel light.

[Сергей Бибик @bibik_sergey]

Stop promising yourself to start on Monday! Do you remember how many times you made a promise to yourself to start playing sports? Stop waiting! It's time to act! And I will help you! And you will be able to change yourself for the better! #gym #gymlife #gymtime #sergeybibik

[TopTomcat @TopTomcatzv]

Dry leaves leans, with a patient kind of grit. The quiet has a long memory.

[TopTomcat @TopTomcatzv]

@KeenJennetxc7 does anyone know the exact shade of lipstick being used here

[TopTomcat @TopTomcatzv]

@VastWahooqo Does she have a newsletter or email list because I need updates

[TopTomcat @TopTomcatzv]

The lake leans, right on schedule, like always. The world keeps turning, and so do we.

[TopTomcat @TopTomcatzv]

@Vynqorxe the fact that my brain can't process what just happened