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My cousin wants to buy a Apple Mac Mini. What are you guys opinion on it? Any review? How is it? Is it worth? Have any of u used it?
Thanks
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Posted: 2005-04-07 16:30:45
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They're very good and a good price too for a Mac!
They are aimed at Windows switchers who more than likely already have a USB keyboard and mouse plus a monitor they can plug it in to. So if you don't have these items remember to add them to the cost.
I would also receommend upgrading the supplied RAM at purchase to 512MB or 1GB if possible. It is rumored that the next revision to the Mac mini will come with 512MB of RAM so it may be worth waiting. How long, I don't know!
Here's links to some reviews:
http://www.macintouch.com/macmini/review.html
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1753962,00.asp
http://www.macworld.com/2005/01/reviews/macminireview/index.php
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=1102
It's not as high-spec as some other Macs, but it does pretty much everything you could want... Email, web, digital photos, iTunes, music etc. and costs a lot less.
Have a read of the specs on the Apple site:
http://www.apple.com/macmini/
You'll also benefit from the Mac OS X operating system, which is immune to all the current PC viruses, trojans and spyware...
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Posted: 2005-04-07 17:03:54
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im not quite impressed by the performance of mac mini , id advice it only if u need a mac , coz there are much better performing pc's for the same price . my opinion
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Posted: 2005-04-07 17:22:47
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That's true... you can get better performing PCs for around the same price.
But it depends on how you compare performance...
The fastest PC in the world wouldn't allow me to type faster, or surf the web quicker than the internet connection allows...
Also, Macs are generally regarded as being easier to use, therefore you actually spend less time doing things on a Mac as you do on a PC... even if the PCs processor is faster... there isn't the 'tinker-time' to get things working on a Mac - it just works...
These days speed isn't the only factor to consider when buying a computer... lets face it, for the majority of tasks, even a modest PC or Mac will be quick enough. It's only when you get to high-games, graphics and video processing that a quicker processor really becomes beneficial..
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Posted: 2005-04-07 17:44:51
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If you are getting one, wich I hope you are, Mac rules, Get ar least 512Mb of memory and do buy the faster of them. Get a harddrive in the sice you need, and Buetooth for your phoneconnection. Salling Clicker will rock our iTunes world! =) As for screen, the Apple stuff looks good but cost an arm and a leg! However, the wireless Keyboard/mouse option is too good looking to ignore matched to the Mini.
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Posted: 2005-04-07 17:52:36
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nickorooster Posts: > 500
Yeah, I'd agree there, get a PC, spend 1-2 hours configuring it, and hey presto, you have a better computer, tailored to your needs (macs are so stubborn when it comes to customisation) and it can run almost ALL of the software developed today.
Even better, get a PC, install linux (slightly more advanced users only) and spend 2-3 hours customising it, then you have a stable, secure, supported, free OS computer.
Nick
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Posted: 2005-04-07 17:55:29
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Thanks for the opinions guys! Keep em coming. Any body personally used the mini here?
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Posted: 2005-04-07 18:20:21
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Alternatively, get a Mac, spend
5 minutes configuring it and get whatever you want done before your PC owning friends have even finished plugging in, installing Windows, configuring it, attempting to get it connected to the internet, and installing a multitude of virus, trojan and spyware checkers.
And who wants or needs to "run almost ALL of the software developed today" anyway? I doubt if anyone has a hard drive big enough to install it all, let alone the time to use it !!!
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Posted: 2005-04-07 18:21:06
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I have personally used a Mac mini... its exactly the same as using any other Mac running Mac OS X... it works perfectly.
In fact the 1.25GHz Mac mini is exactly the same speed as my own 1.25Ghz eMac. The 1.42GHz Mac mini didn't seem any faster, although I didn't do anything processor intensive on it.
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Posted: 2005-04-07 18:24:39
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nickorooster Posts: > 500
Quote:And who wants or needs to "run almost ALL of the software developed today" anyway? I doubt if anyone has a hard drive big enough to install it all, let alone the time to use it !!!
Obviously you aren't going to use ALL software, but why limit yourself? I mean, I would prefer to have the option of running a peice of software, even if I didn't need it right now.
Also, PC service packs and updates are free. What more do you get when installing the latests 0.1 update? Support and a few minor additions/fixes. Service pack 2 was the same, but free. And with linux, even the OS is free, so all updates are too...
I agree with the setting up thing, they
are easier to use, but what I meant in the way of 1-2 hours is complete customisation, as well as installing all the stuff you'd usually use, like Office, open-office or whatever.
I would also like to mention, that I am sympathetic towards the mac mini cause, because I am quite interested in getting a small, low power, cheap PC for a car. But then, I could just get a shuttle PC really...
Nick
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Posted: 2005-04-07 18:33:19
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