Re: speed of mac mini

2005-06-17 Thread Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen
Hello list, i will only do normal thinks:- some coding -- emacs/terminals/ddd - read www.openbsd.org -- firefox/dillo -read mails of misc@openbsd.org -- thunderbird

Re: speed of mac mini

2005-06-17 Thread brian pink
I haven't set X up yet, but I finally got 3.7 installed on the Mac mini without issue. I was using MBR for the disk instead of HFS, and there's an issue with the disklabel initial setup. The fix is outlined in this message: http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/misc/0309/msg01319.html and I'll

speed of mac mini

2005-06-16 Thread Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen
Hello list, i think of buying a mac mini, but i don't know if a mac mini is fast enough. So i ask you: does anyone use an mac mini with gnome/kde or so? At the moment i have an dual-P3 and he's fast enough. Any coments, suggestions? Bye Thorsten

Re: speed of mac mini

2005-06-16 Thread Bryan Allen
On Jun 16, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen wrote: Hello list, i think of buying a mac mini, but i don't know if a mac mini is fast enough. So i ask you: does anyone use an mac mini with gnome/ kde or so? At the moment i have an dual-P3 and he's fast enough. Any coments,

Re: speed of mac mini

2005-06-16 Thread Steven Day
i believe that the biggest bottleneck is the hard drive, I think there is a 2.5 5400rpm or 4200rpm drive in it. You can of course always pop it out but most people using the mac mini probably aren't looking for a proformance boost. On 6/16/05, Bryan Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 16,