On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 1:49:22 PM UTC-4, Bill Spencer wrote: > > > > On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 1:39:33 PM UTC-4, [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> > On Apr 24, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Brandon Nichols <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Would not recommend the Mac-Mini. It is really under powered and it is >> believed to be in the beginning stages af a phase out by Apple >> > >> >> From personal experience the ‘under-powered’ thing is simply not true >> (with the caveat that the basic HDD is teh suzxx0r and REALLY needs to be >> an SSD), and the last time I saw the second point was just before Apple >> refreshed the lineup, because ‘Apple hasn’t updated the mini in a while’. >> The delay was predominately due not to Apple’ but Intel’s inability to get >> the Haswell chipset out in time. You’ll notice Apple’s pushed out a bunch >> of new and improved systems since then. >> >> Bill’s $1250 budget is the limiting factor here; he can get a lot more >> computer for that money out of a Mini than an iMac. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> University of Arizona >> College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> >> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >> >> > All right--here's where this stands: I have ordered a Samsung external DVD > writer (SE-218CB/RSBS), and I found a (nominally) 24-inch ViewSonic monitor > (VX2452mh) on CL locally for $90, which I thought was a pretty good deal. > Soon I'll order the middle of the three Mini models upgraded to a full SSD > (and I might or might not max the RAM to 16gb), but am only waiting to see > if Apple's Back-To-School education special this summer adds anything > useful to the regular education pricing. I know the price itself won't > change, but as I recall they generally throw in something extra during that > time. Or I may just lose patience and get the thing right away, we'll see. > > And it should all come in at a bit over a kilo-buck, including tax. > > My thanks for everyone's input! Bill >
Even better: the Refurb store has *exactly* what I was going to order at around $100 less, so I'm in…and almost exactly a kilo-buck. Happy spring! Bill -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
