What should I do with a Mac Mini?


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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.

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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.

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. 

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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.

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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.

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 :laugh: 

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