Think of the mac mini as the iMac without the screen. if you need the
screen then get an iMac, however it will cost you at least 1200, as
where a mac mini which I just recdntly bought will cost you 600.
However, the only comes to 689.88 if you are only buying a mac mini
plus a keyboard, the kb is 50. This is assuming you have a screen
already that you have at home that you'd like to use. Actually there
are 2 moddles of the mac mini, the 600 one and the 800 one. The only
difference is the hard drive space and the processor. For that simple
upgrade it is not worth the 200 extra imho. The mac mini already comes
with a vga adapter to fit any pc styled plug. I'm sure you know that a
screen alone is at least 900 and go from there. The mac mini certainly
has enough power to run what I need it to and it already comes
preloaded with bootcamp, so I'm sure it can run it just fine.
Personally I'd never spoil this mac with any windows related installs..
I don't like how the mac mini doesn't come with a keyboard or mouse. I
had to buy a kb separate which made the total price, including tax,
come to 689.88 exactly. I would say that the 599 mac mini is
definitely the way to go, unless you really want to push your limits
and pay 2400 and get a 2.4 ghz imac with 4 gigs of ram and a 250 gig
hard drive. It ultimately depends on what you'll be using it for. I
say the mac mini is a great choice. I'm saving up to get a macbook for
portability and for stability Now that I've used my mac for pretty
much everything, I wouldn't put a pc, laptop or desktop, over a mac of
any kind, any day. I don't care if it is the most top of the line pc,
macs imho are still the best and better in quality.
btw just as an fyi, the black macbooks are actually better than the
white ones. Supposedly they are built more stable and they are just
more reliable don't ask, but they just are. The prices are even
different, even if they have the same hardware. I'm going to get a
black one, if possible.
On Jun 23, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Dear Listers,
I have share with you before how much I've enjoyed my Macbook. I am
still having to use Jaws and windows xp to an extent in order to be
able to use the languages I need to study or work in.
My other Windows desktop computer has just died on me. Whilst I have
lost some latest material, I am now confronted with a possibility of
getting another computer as backup and a kind of server at home, and
of course it will have to a Mac.
Listers, I wasn't expecting to have to find money at this stage to
buy another Mac although I was planing to do this next year. I
therefore thought I'd ask your opinion regarding what Mac mini has
to offer. My old display is a LCD flat screen, still very good, I
loathe throwing it away. I will however want to continue running
Jaws on Windows using bootcamp or Fusion so I need enough power to
do so. My primary operating system though is certainly going to be
Mac os.
What are your thoughts on the power of Mac mini, its ability to run
both windows and Mac and its capacity to cope with partitions? What
are the drawbacks and such like?
Has Mac mini got a CD/DVD driver? I don't wish to clutter the list
so maybe somebody would be happy to discuss these options outside
the list.
Maybe I should et an Imac or another Macbook. I would welcome your
views. Since I have decided to buy another Mac, I want to make sure
it is going to be powerful enough for a few years to come.
Thanks in advance.
Simon
