On 11 Jun 2005, at 08:32, Giles Turnbull wrote:
I want to buy a cheapo G4 machine, and one of its primary uses will
be for digital photo touch-ups and the occasional bit of audio
editing.
Anyone got any opinions on the choice between eMac or Mac mini?
Your biggest choice has to be if you want the large CRT monitor that
comes with the eMac, or if you'd prefer the very small footprint of a
Mini with an LCD screen. Otherwise they're pretty evenly matched,
except for the eMac having a faster full size hard drive. That
said, until recently, Powerbooks used to have the same speed (4200
rpm) hard drives, and no-one complained about them too much! The
eMac is much easier to upgrade the memory; you'll have to do the
putty knife trick if you want to upgrade the Mini yourself.
An eMac does have a big fan in the back too, which isn't too noisy,
but it does push a fair amount of air through.
I have a Mac Mini. Even though it has a 4200 rpm drive, I've found
it to be fine, especially after I upgraded the memory to 512Mb. I
just love the form factor, and if my Tivo dies, I can see the Mini
moving under the TV to become a media centre very easily.
Either machine will do you fine for the uses you have for it.
Marcus
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