Apple - Mac mini
Apple - Mac mini
Wow. A Mac for $500. If I had more free time, I might consider buying it.
The only problem I see now is that its using a slow processor, the box is not user upgradable (sealed), it only comes with 256 Meg and I would need to get a DVI monitor (flat screen) and the standard hard drive is only a 5400 RPM IDE drive.
OK, its not *that* bad, but after upgrades, its going to be a $1000 box, which is almost twice as much as I pay to build a much higher performance Wintel box on my own.
Wow. A Mac for $500. If I had more free time, I might consider buying it.
The only problem I see now is that its using a slow processor, the box is not user upgradable (sealed), it only comes with 256 Meg and I would need to get a DVI monitor (flat screen) and the standard hard drive is only a 5400 RPM IDE drive.
OK, its not *that* bad, but after upgrades, its going to be a $1000 box, which is almost twice as much as I pay to build a much higher performance Wintel box on my own.
posted by Paul at 1/13/2005 09:42:00 AM
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Actually, the thing will come with a DVI to VGA adapter, so you can pretty much use any monitor you have collecting dust to plug into it. You can also upgrade the memory to 1GB. The only drawback is that it only has one memory slot, so you should make your choice at the beginning (I'm thinking about ordering it with 512MB). You can also get an external USB 2 or firewire hard drive. It's not a perfect machine, but it's about $700 cheaper than the next G4 available.
Thanks for the clarification. The first tech specs I read didn't indicate the number of memory slots and I was not aware of the DVI to VGA adapter.
I'm a UNIX geek from way back, and I would probably need 1 Gig of RAM to fully utilize OSX. Also, will the video output using the DVI to VGA adapter be as good as a DVI LCD display?
I agree about the external drive. I use USB 2.0 drives to backup my laptop and they work quite well.
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