Hi Pierre, thanks for those thoughts and they are wel l taken on.
Yes I was thinking of the mac mini due to it's price most of all. And that I don't really need to be mobile with it. However having a mac book, say a 13" would be great as I can take it anywhere with me. As for the imac 20" no chance with one of those as the price is to to high, as is the mac book as well, but I could stretch to that one if needed really. As for key board and mouse, yeah I actually have keyboards and mice up the yinyang, but they are windows keyboards and mice also, I run a KVM switch for my system and hoped that the mac mini would just plug strate into it. Anyway more to think about. Cheers simon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre Heim Sent: Sunday, 12 April 2009 11:05 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mac mini Hi Simon, the MacMini is a great device if you don't need to be mobile with it and if you already have a screen and/or a keyboard which you want to use. Otherwise the small 20" iMac is a good alternative because it might be cheaper than a MacMini with screen and keyboard. The internal hardware of the Mini and a small MacBook is nearly the same so this is only a secondary criteria in my opinion. I would recommend this to you: - take a Mini if you don't need to be mobile (e.g. for school/university/work) and you already have a keyboard and screen - take a iMac if you don't need to be mobile and you have neighter a keyboard nor a screen - take a MacBook if you need to be mobile I've once taken the Mini because I didn't need a scrren and an iMac was too expensive for me at this time. hth, Pierre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesper Holten" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Mac mini > > Hi. > All mac computers are intel based today, and therefore you can run windows > or linux or any other operating system that runs on intle computers in a > virtual machine. > > Whether you buy a mac mini or mac book laptop depends on your requirements. > > Be ware that the mini is the cheapest of the mac systems and that it comes > without mouse, keyboard and a screen. > While of corse the laptops and the Imac is fully configured machines with > everything contained such as a keyboard and screen. > > Best regards, Jesper. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Fogarty" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 10:47 AM > Subject: Mac mini > > > > > > hi folks, > > > > I'm contimplating buying a mac, > > > > and I'm thinking that the mac mini might be a good deal as it will be > > based > > in the house rather than a laptop for carrying round. > > > > Is the mac mini a Intel based device or not? > > As I'd be wanting a windows VM also is it going to be a worthwhile > > purchase > > or should I be looking at the mac book instead? > > > > Thanks for any input here. > > > > Cheers > > > > Simon f. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
