Sonne Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Connect it to a TV and install Kodi and OpenEmu. They use mobile CPU's, RAM and GPU so are light on power consumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 If it's Intel-driven, you could actually install Windows 10 on it. (No - I'm not joking in the least. If it is driven by a Core Duo, at the very least, you can throw an x32 copy of 10 on it; it it's a Core 2 version of a mini, then the x64 version comes into play.) The Windows 10 range-gate goes back a lot further than the mini - I have two notebooks that are older than the mini merely in the 10 test pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 On 8/2/2016 at 6:43 AM, illegaloperation said: Someone is moving put out of town so he's giving me a Mac Mini. What should I do with it? HTPC or......if you can add a 2nd NIC (usb would do) build a home Security appliance from sophos, theyeve release a free for personal use of their XG firewall/UTM. https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 1 minute ago, Mando said: HTPC or......if you can add a 2nd NIC (usb would do) build a home Security appliance from sophos, theyeve release a free for personal use of their XG firewall/UTM. https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition.aspx i take it you have not followed the OPs posts around here eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 11 hours ago, PGHammer said: If it's Intel-driven, you could actually install Windows 10 on it. (No - I'm not joking in the least. If it is driven by a Core Duo, at the very least, you can throw an x32 copy of 10 on it; it it's a Core 2 version of a mini, then the x64 version comes into play.) The Windows 10 range-gate goes back a lot further than the mini - I have two notebooks that are older than the mini merely in the 10 test pool. aye that would also work, i managed to upgrade my optiplex 160 pile of turdness from 7 pro x64 to Win 10 pro x64...it had 8Gb and dual core atoms....it was usable, cheap ssd would have helped, but W10 was as usable as W7 was on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Draconian Guppy said: i take it you have not followed the OPs posts around here eh? heheh nope. I was trying to be a grown up and not say, "stick it in the trash, or office space it"....but it does have core 2 duo era hardware so still has some decent windows use so this doesnt apply but is getting posted anyways. I see an R75 checkpoint firewall i wanna do this to when i finally get to retire it. I WONT need the baseball bat for what im planning Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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