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I have one, my main monitor connects via HDMI. My secondary is directly to the projector with a Type-C to HDMI cable. My third connects Type-C to Type-C right into one of the Thunderbolt connections. And that monitor is cool because it doesn't even need separate power. It pulls its power from the Mac. So it's only one cable that runs to it for video and power, just one single cable. So I don't always leave that one on the desk because I just don't want to tip it over and break it because it's a portable monitor. I do have a pretty sturdy stand to put it on, but I just worry about it because it's so thin and if it hits the floor from one of my cats, it's gone and there's no condition. And then my fourth monitor is a gaming monitor that's hooked up to my game capture card. It's not technically connected directly to the Mac Mini. It's the output of the game capture card. And the input for that is the Steam Deck. But because it's hooked to the computer, I can also bring up the Steam Deck gameplay in OBS, which is the streaming software for either live stream or recording, which most of the times I record more than I live stream, which is awesome because not only can I record the Steam Deck, but I can also record my display or any one of the displays from the Mac where it all connects up. It's an elaborate connection method. What I've got done here is more cables than you can shake a stick at, but it's very performant and it does the trick. And I think you can go up as high as 64 gigs in the M4 Mac Mini, or maybe you have to go with the M4 Pro for that. I'm not sure. I think the maximum is like 128 gigs in the M4 Pro. But now they've got the M5 out, and the M5 is out in the new MacBooks. And I think there's an M5 Mac Mini right now. There's not. But I can't see the M5 being much more powerful than the M4. I mean before this, the only processor I used was the M4 MacBook Air, but that burned out to the point where it was literally unusable. It didn't power on at all anymore. It had some water damage or liquid damage of some type to it, and that corrosion was spread across the motherboard. It wouldn't work anymore. It was literally no good for anything. And my iPad has an A12. I think it was the version just before the M1 iPad. In 2020, they released two models. They released the A12 and the M1, but the one I have has the A12, which is still incredibly fast. The only problem with that one is the battery. I barely can get an hour out of that anymore with the battery.