What should I do with a Mac Mini?

[Mockingbird]

Someone is moving put out of town so he's giving me a Mac Mini.

 

What should I do with it?

[The Evil Overlord]

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

If you have a small boat it would make a great anchor/s

[+Warwagon MVC]

Put an SSD in it.

[adrynalyne]

Do.not.believe. 

 

 

[-T- Member]

I bought one not long ago off ebay with an SSD, have to admit it makes it a perfectly usable machine. I have a 2011 model

 

[LimeMaster]

When you get it, you better post pictures of it with timestamps.

[0sit0]

I installed Windows on it and use it to record TV using Media Center lol

[Astra.Xtreme]

I always hated how massive and heavy those Mac Minis are.  Makes it literally impossible to load into a vehicle or moving truck.

[neufuse Veteran]

oh boy, here we go *pulls up a chair and gets popcorn*

[adrynalyne]

8 minutes ago, Astra.Xtreme said:

I always hated how massive and heavy those Mac Minis are.  Makes it literally impossible to load into a vehicle or moving truck.

I have to use a hand truck to move mine across the room.

46 minutes ago, -T- said:

I bought one not long ago off ebay with an SSD, have to admit it makes it a perfectly usable machine. I have a 2011 model

 

They are good machines. The new ones have locked down ram upgrades though.

 

I have a 2012 model with an i7, 16GB of ram and TWO SSDs.

[Mockingbird]

47 minutes ago, LimeMaster said:

When you get it, you better post pictures of it with timestamps.

Do you also want a "**** you, LimeMaster" hand written sign written on?

[PGHammer]

9 hours ago, illegaloperation said:

Someone is moving put out of town so he's giving me a Mac Mini.

 

What should I do with it?

A Mac mini can be used for almost anything a desktop Mac can be used for - the only real lack (for a mini) is discrete GPU support.  The only headache with minis are the oldest of them (Core Duo-based) - and that is due to incompatibility with the latest versions of OS X; if it's based on Core 2 or later, you're largely fine.

[LimeMaster]

4 minutes ago, illegaloperation said:

Do you also want a "**** you, LimeMaster" hand written sign written on?

No, your username & a timestamp on a piece of paper next to your Mac Mini will do.

[DConnell Member]

1 hour ago, LimeMaster said:

No, your username & a timestamp on a piece of paper next to your Mac Mini will do.

I think it should have a "Z$^# you LimeMaster" sign on it!

[LimeMaster]

Just now, DConnell said:

I think it should have a "Z$^# you LimeMaster" sign on it!

I prefer to keep things simple. The reason for the timestamp is so we know he is telling the truth.

[Ian W]

11 hours ago, illegaloperation said:

Someone is moving put out of town so he's giving me a Mac Mini.

 

What should I do with it?

Please provide proof. That is not asking for too much one when considers your other topics.

3 hours ago, adrynalyne said:

Do.not.believe. 

13 minutes ago, LimeMaster said:

I prefer to keep things simple. The reason for the timestamp is so we know he is telling the truth.

You would have better luck wishing upon a star.

[krmathis]

A home server maybe? File sharing, backup-device, VPN server, bittorrent-client, etc.

[Circaflex]

I would say an HTPC if you do not have one already. Mac minis are nice little machines.

[Mockingbird]

Not exactly the most impressive specs.

 

Mac Mini Late 2009

 

2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

4GB 1067 MHz DDR3

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB

 

9 hours ago, DConnell said:

I think it should have a "Z$^# you LimeMaster" sign on it!

Close enough.

 

[kalel83]

I would put better storage in it and use it as a media server on my home network. Can't be too much power usage for something that small... in theory.

 

 

Or can you stick linux on it? USB wifi dongles? Could make a Tor router that you connect to via wifi that all content that passes in and out goes through tor.

[Ian W]

8 minutes ago, illegaloperation said:

Close enough.

It is real? I am surprised.

[+Warwagon MVC]

2 minutes ago, Ian W said:

It is real? I am surprised.

[Ian W]

4 minutes ago, warwagon said:

Now I know it is not real!

[Draconian Guppy]

12 hours ago, neufuse said:

oh boy, here we go *pulls up a chair and gets popcorn*

sits beside with some hotsauce and lemon for that popcorn! oh yeah enjoy teh show

 

Gotta give it to him, @illegaloperation  does get them posts going