I agree. For the money, you're better off with an I-Mac which has the G5 processor, comes with a monitor and keyboard as well as additional ports, and can be fitted with up to 2 megs of RAM. A 1.8 gigahertz machine with a 17-inch moniotr is only $1499 with 256 meg of ram. You can buy an additional 1 gig of RAM from aftermarket suppliers for less than $200.
However, the G4 minimac will run PSCS just fine with that 1.4 gig processor and 1 gig or RAM is plenty if you don't want to run other apps at the same time. Paul > > Dave... You won't have any problems using PS or any other Mac software you'd > care to put on it. It's a regular Mac running Mac OS X, just like their > other offerings. > > My only concern about the Mini is the memory situation: Apparently, the RAM > is not user upgradeable, which means you'll need to pay an outrageous $425 > to Apple for 1GB of RAM. Also, there's only one slot, so the box maxes out > at 1GB. Not a lot of room for expansion, which really relegates this unit to > more mundane tasks. > > For a primary workstation, I think their other computers offer a better > value. > > Tim > > On 1/12/05 5:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi My name is Dave and i'm a windoze user. > > > > I have been thinking of going to a Mac for a few weks now. I read the report > > from Cotty's > > link,so i am > > going to assume that it will run regular programs,like PS etc and is not > > just > > a video > > capture and video > > editor. > > For that kind of price it might be worth it to start into Mac computers. I > > have an extra > > monitor and a key > > board.Only 2 usb slots,so i quess one of those hubs might be usfull. > > > > Sorry for the question but i gots ta know.<vbg> > > > > Dave > > > >> On Jan 12, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Cotty wrote: > >> > >>> PC users who would like a cheap Mac (maybe even 'in addition to' as > >>> well > >>> as 'instead of') could do worse than spending $499 on one of these. You > >>> provide the screen, keyboard and mouse, and you get Mac OS X. > >> > >> I wouldn't mind getting one to double as a quiet > >> fileserver/webserver/router and dedicated RIP machine. > >> > >> Unfortunately that would require spending money ;) > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> - Dave (trying to quieten his current PC/Linux fileserver) > >> > >> http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
