New Mac Mini my brothers new Mac mini

[Brian1405241474 0]

FedEx dropped the little computer off on our porch yesterday. It may be small but not under-powered. It's has an 80 GB hard drvie, a combo drive (read/burn CDs, read DVDs), 512 MB memory, and a 1.42 GHz processor (PPC, so thats like a 2 GHz Intel, kinda) It's not an incredibly powerful machine, but it's the fastest computer in the house now and we're all very jealous. I came with Tiger and iLife '05 as well as a demo of the new iWork. Nobody can belive how small it is. I don't know how Apple packed so much into such a tiny box. I think I want one. (to replace my 366 G3 iBook)

[miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0]

Dude - put up some snaps man ... rightaway I demand it You're making me jealous now

[my_tungsten 0]

first thing first, upsize the ram as much as u can afford.This will make it run almost like a stock G5 powermac.Get bluetooth and buy a BT keyboard and BT mouseHook it up to a Television, it becomes a "media player"

[MajesticTreeFrog 0]

Yeah, If you can afford it when you get your own, get a gig of ram. It doesn't make it nearly so much of a deal, but Tiger likes RAM. Also, it means you can really abuse the awesome task-switching ability of OS X.

[Brian1405241474 0]

It really needs some more memory. Here are some pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jammerjd123 0]

Yea, these things are so convenient, its got everything a regular Mac has! However, an upgrade in memory is advisable as this is one of the main differences between a MacBook. Also, these are so easy to hook up to your TV for a huge display!

[Mish1405241561 0]

Damn, how much was it?im going to wait a bit and probably buy one second hand for like $100 less =].Cant wait!

[Atomic0 0]

Personally, I feel the Mac Mini is underpowered for my own needs, since it doesn't feature a high-powered CPU, large amounts of RAM or a large hard drive. I would prefer to pay more for a more powerful iMac or MacBook Pro.

[TheDisturbedOne 1]

Even though this is an old topic, I would like to say I like the mac mini. It is good because it's so small, and smaller than a laptop.

[yordan 10]

Even though this is an old topic, I would like to say I like the mac mini. It is good because it's so small, and smaller than a laptop.

Smaller than a EEPC ?

[galexcd 0]

Smaller than a EEPC ?

If my googling powers are correct the dimentions of an eee pc is 8.86 x 6.46 x 0.846in which is about 48.5 cubic inches.The mac mini is 6.5 x 6.5 x 2in which is 84.5 cubic inches. So the mac mini is a little more than double the size of the eepc. I guess eepc wins here.

And getting at the logic board in the mac mini can be quite the hassle since it's all the way at the bottom of the machine and you can only go in through the top.

[xboxrulz1405241485 0]

Then again, you have to see that the Mac Mini's design dates back to 2005 while eeepc's design is circa 2007.xboxrulz

[TheDisturbedOne 1]

And also the Mac Mini is about double the volume because it's so thick. Without taking into account the thinkness, its smaller.