Mini Mac - from £339
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Though still more expensive than a similar spec pc once the monitor, keyboard, etc have been added, it looks like a good way to get into the world of Apple.
And its so tiny!
I'd still use my PC for web development, but could use the mini mac as a media centre / web browser.
Am very tempted. The new alloy wheels for the TVR might have to be put on hold
Though still more expensive than a similar spec pc once the monitor, keyboard, etc have been added, it looks like a good way to get into the world of Apple.
And its so tiny!
I'd still use my PC for web development, but could use the mini mac as a media centre / web browser.
Am very tempted. The new alloy wheels for the TVR might have to be put on hold
rico said:
I've never regretted moving across to Apple.
Here's a noddy question (slightly ott). Can you use a PC formatted iPod with a Mac (ie currently I use iTunes on both my home and work PC's to upload new tunes to my iPod), can you do the same with a PC and Mac (obviously the Mac is a different format) or will I have to bin the PC format and reformat the iPod to Mac format and thus loose the ability to upload tunes onto it from work.
I'm very tempted as I only really use my home PC for Office 2000 and PS7 (win2k OS). All my dev work I do on my RedHat and Solaris servers. Also given the value the old PC's, I'll end up retaining it as a standby.
Steve
agent006 said:
WOW!
Wow wow wow wow and wow again. Why on earth does nobody make PCs this cool.
They do
www.hoojum.com/
Look at the Cubit3, very very nice.
Ben
fatsteve said:
I'm very tempted as I only really use my home PC for Office 2000 and PS7 (win2k OS). All my dev work I do on my RedHat and Solaris servers. Also given the value the old PC's, I'll end up retaining it as a standby.
I dunno about the ipod query but the above is exactly why i changed. I can do all my Office, Photoshop etc work on the Mac, but have the added benefits the OSX brings (reliability a big bonus). It's never properly crashed in nearly 2 years of use. I know others have similar love for their Windows, but i'm more than happy with my OSX.
fatsteve said:
Here's a noddy question (slightly ott). Can you use a PC formatted iPod with a Mac (ie currently I use iTunes on both my home and work PC's to upload new tunes to my iPod), can you do the same with a PC and Mac (obviously the Mac is a different format) or will I have to bin the PC format and reformat the iPod to Mac format and thus loose the ability to upload tunes onto it from work.
I'm not sure if this is fully answering your question, but as far as I'm aware you cannot inter-swap between the different platforms without formatting the iPod on each occasion.
The iPod can be formatted to work with either OS X or Windows, but not both at the same time.
Oh, and, damn that Mini Mac is sexy! Regent Street here I come
trooperiziz said:
Nice but not that much of a bargain once you spec it up to a decent level.
I'll keep hold of my G4 iMac for the time being...
Good point, I tried that last night when jsr posted the link, and a similarly spec'd G5 would cost about £200 extra, not much in a grand scale of things. Is there a huge different between the G4 and G5 processors.
Given that I'd be using it primarily for web-surfing, Office (need compatibility), PS7 and iTunes. Would 256mb memory be enough? (given that I currently do the above on Compaq Deskpro PIII 400 with 384mb, this probably isn't an issue)...
Steve
What's the equivelent spec pc in terms of processor and memory for the base model of mac mini (1.25Ghz and 256Mb)?
Can you network a mac mini to a pc and transfer files, share drives, network print?
Can you hook a mac up to an adsl router to access the internet?
Mark
>> Edited by dern on Wednesday 12th January 10:12
Can you network a mac mini to a pc and transfer files, share drives, network print?
Can you hook a mac up to an adsl router to access the internet?
Mark
>> Edited by dern on Wednesday 12th January 10:12
dern said:
What's the equivelent spec pc in terms of processor and memory for the base model of mac mini (1.25Ghz and 256Mb)?
Can you network a mac mini to a pc and transfer files, share drives, network print?
Can you hook a mac up to an adsl router to access the internet?
Mark
>> Edited by dern on Wednesday 12th January 10:12
1. Dunno.
2. Yes you can.
3. Yes you can.
With the exception of the OS, MAC's these days have the same connection plugs as "IBM compatibles"
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