SmacK
Mar 4 2005, 05:18 AM
With the mac mini being so inexpensive, i was thinking about getting one. with so much hype, and nothing but good reviews, i might even pull out the old credit card and purchase it. anyone tried the mini yet?
i know i won't be doing much gaming because that's what my consoles are for, i'll probably be doing photoshopping and surfing the web with it.
iBarc0de
Mar 22 2005, 11:32 AM
I guess now is not the time to tell you i don't own a PC and all i use is a mac

Depends on what you are looking at doing... Mac Mini is good for a few things, but my G4 PowerBook is more powerfull then the mini. If you are after serious power then hold back and buy a G5 Desktop or an iMac... Otherwise the MacMini will run your photoshop etc.
Pikaporeon
Mar 23 2005, 01:41 AM
My issue with the mac mini is that its got two USB slots- your mouse, and your keyboard.
Its fine if you get a USB base station to go with it
Surtsey
Mar 23 2005, 06:20 AM
I'm really interested in running OS X. Not so much Apple hardware (even though the dual G5 is impressive) as their software, since it's all UNIX anyway and I'm a UNIX fan.
UNIX with native Photoshop and media support is right down my lane. WINE does good, but doesn't run Photoshop natively.
Ah I forgot to add Darwine. Essentially, you'll be able to run MacOS9 programs, MacOSX programs, Linux and other BSD programs as well as Windows programs on an OS X equipped computer.
^ATOMIC^
Mar 24 2005, 05:24 AM
QUOTE (Pikaporeon @ Mar 23 2005, 01:41 AM) |
My issue with the mac mini is that its got two USB slots- your mouse, and your keyboard.
Its fine if you get a USB base station to go with it |
wrong. if you buy the mac keyboard like iBarcode did, its like a usb hub in yoru keyboard so you don't loose your usb port. becasue the powerbooks don't ahev many usb port either.,
dInferno
Mar 24 2005, 06:18 AM
so far, I've heard nothing but good things about the mini. It should handle photoshop just fine.
iBarc0de
Mar 25 2005, 08:40 AM
A Mac keyboard gives you two usb ports on the keyboard aswell. Other option is get bluetooth built in, then use a bluetooth kb and mouse

I have bluetooth built into my powerbook, however i went the mac kb option as it was cheaper. You could always just use a usb hub
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