The mac mini is really meant to be a mini desktop not a portable unit. Also it doesn't work well at all without a monitor. That being said if you don't need portability and you have an old or a cheap monitor kicking around it's a great option and has as much horespower as the basic macbook pro. It is also considerably cheaper so that is certainly a plus. Hopefully that helps. 7, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
> Greetings y'all, > > For the benifit of those who don't hang out on the viPhone list, I recently > started assisting Cara Josh and Olivia with the management of this list. > Since I don't yet have a Mac until now I only read posts that Google > suspected of being spam. > > This weekend my state is exempting "back to school" items such as computers > from sales tax. I've been considering migrating to the Apple world for a > while and the 8% savings is tempting. > > I am a total, hence gaming is not a priority. I anticipate my primary uses > would be web surfing, email, playing/editing audio, and hopefully app > development. I therefore don't believe that processor speed and memory would > make a lot of difference, but perhaps more experienced Mac users can comment. > > With these assumptions in mind I'm considering either the 13 inch low end > MacBookPro (2.4 GHZ processor) for $1,200 or the Mac Mini for $800. Comparing > the specs it would appear that $400 would buy me a keyboard, 2GB extra > memory, a 13 inch display, fewer USB ports, an extra pound to cary around and > 70 GB less disk storage. > > I have a four year old USB display that I plug into my Dell desktop on those > rare occasions when I need sighted assistance. > > Okay, so at long last, here are my questions. Any input would be greatly > appreciated! > > 1. Considering my anticipated usage are my assumptions about memory and > processor speed accurate? If not, any details would be very helpful. > > 2. Will the Mac Mini work without a display? > > 3. I already own an Apple wireless keyboard. I assume this would work with > the Mini if I unpare it from my iPhone? > > TIA and best regards. > Geoff > -- > 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. > -- 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.
