Now that you've seen it: Are you gettin a Mac Mini

[bLiZZaRd1284]

i'mn getting one w/ my taxes

Edited January 12, 2005 by bLiZZaRd1284

[michael.b]

I am getting a maxed out Mac Mini or a G5 system this Friday. (Ordering)

Just now to decide which... :pinch:

[GothTeddy]

Well, I like the look of it (it's so dinky and cute :D), and the specs seem capable enough, but I doubt I'll be getting one any time soon.

If I didn't already have a G5 PM, I'd jump at the chance to get a mini :)

[anthony]

i'd rather get a 20GB iPod for $250 :\

585280077[/snapback]

lol, what the hell are you talking about?

iPod = Digital Music Player

Mac Mini= Personal Computer

[Bling3k12]

Definitely persuading the parents to buy this to replace my old PC that I handed down to them when I got my very first Mac. My dad loves the iLife applications and is growing tired of Windows. He's always trying to use my PowerBook. :p

[sanctified Veteran]

Its official. Im going to get a 1GB mini mac in the next days. I just want to contact apple to see if I can hace photoshop preinstalled on it

[Malisk]

Nope, I can do everything I need quickly and efficiently enough on my PC already, and I prefer the broader choice of both hardware and software, with the hardware often at a lower price as well. I'm not the guy who cares too much about design and there's not much in Windows that can't look pretty IMHO either. ;) I'll have my hands full with the developments on Longhorn this year anyway. :D

As for a media center it's interesting though, however I currently have no immediate need of one. If I decide to get one in 6 months or more, I'll get a good one then instead and get more value for money.

[zerf25]

Well, I voted yes because I ordered one, but I cancelled my order because my step-dad called me and asked me if I wouldn't be better off with a powerbook... well sure... hehe

So I'm getting a powerbook from my step-dad instead

[mojomonkee]

yes i'm getting one. as a pc user who has never had the cash to drop on a mac, i'm stoked to be able to use one that has some semi-decent components for a semi-decent price. just waiting for tiger to drop before my wallet does the same.

[Starcom826]

Its official. Im going to get a 1GB mini mac in the next days. I just want to contact apple to see if I can hace photoshop preinstalled on it

585281256[/snapback]

You can do that? Be even better if you didn't have to buy PS lol.

[chillywilly]

Yep, I'm getting one. As to when, that depends on cash flow and credit card balances. But my push is to have one in the next 4 months.

Regardless, I've been a Mac user since 1985, with my first Mac (Fat Mac). But the business world and day job turned me into a PC guy, where I've spent most of the last 18 years on. But, I've always had some sort of Mac. Currently, a Umax clone with 6gb hdd and 64Mb of RAM running OS 9.1.

I'm sold on a cool little machine that won't have the rampant spyware b.s. and constant updates that I need to check for. At home, i don't get paid to fight viruses and stamp out spyware. I'd much rather have a machine I can turn on and just use.

The Mac Mini fits the bill. It may even replace my PC, but not right away. Only once I get enough $$ to get Virtual PC and more RAM to get XP on the Mac.

The only reason why my PC runs smooth is because I spend a good deal of time running anti virus, spyware zappers and other s/w on a twice weekly basis.

But even with all of that, I still get the odd "WTF!" issue that comes up.

My mini will be the 40gb model with 256mb, opting to get third party RAM and install it after purchase. A big external firewire drive will be added to the system to store everything but the OS on it.

[Ryan1524]

VPC is pretty slow. don't expect to run games or anything substantial on it. for gaming, you'd be better off having a nice PC or console on the side. i'm actually considering getting a killer gaming PC to complement my Powerbook.

as for the mini mac, my dad's looking to replace our last PC in the house since it's getting on his and my mom's nerves, this might be the machine he's looking for.

as for people wondering about the RAM, acording to THIS, it seems like we're allowed to get in there ourselves, as long as we don't break anything. and from the pictures, it seems like the only thing holding the case on are just a bunch of tabs, and maybe a couple of screws we're not seeing. i'm pretty sure anybody wwho's ever opened their PC can do this with little problems.

[granty]

I am defos getting one within a month, I was thinking 1.25 with 512mb is this decent enough. It'll just replace a huge 2000+ PC thats about had it so its come at the right time really.

[MonkeyClaw Veteran]

im tryin to figure out how they get a fan in there, or keep everything cool, cause it looks very cramped. How fast is the 1.4 g4 processor that comes with it?

[mac15]

im tryin to figure out how they get a fan in there, or keep everything cool, cause it looks very cramped.  How fast is the 1.4 g4 processor that comes with it?

585283021[/snapback]

1.4ghz is really fast, it will glide through OS X with ease. I have a 1.3ghz powerbook and its zippy !

[Southern Patriot]

grrrr priced up the one i want, from the uk it would cost me 550 quid but it wud only cost like 802$ in us (420 quid).

585279765[/snapback]

That's your VAT killing you. Remember, the prices you see on the Apple UK store include VAT, the prices you see in the US do not include tax.

Why is it that so many people from the UK fail to realize this??????

[Southern Patriot]

i kind of wish it came in a different form-factor like a mini-tower or a Shuttle-esque cube design

585280131[/snapback]

Get three of them and stack them on top of each other, then you (roughly) have a cube. 3 x 6.5" x 6.5" x 2" = 6.5" x 6.5" x 6" (almost a perfect cube). LOL :D

[Southern Patriot]

im tryin to figure out how they get a fan in there, or keep everything cool, cause it looks very cramped.  How fast is the 1.4 g4 processor that comes with it?

585283021[/snapback]

It's only slightly slower than the top of the line PowerBook (1.5Ghz G4).

[VGVL]

Its official. Im going to get a 1GB mini mac in the next days. I just want to contact apple to see if I can hace photoshop preinstalled on it

585281256[/snapback]

Awesome. You certainly won't regret it. (Y)

I've never heard of getting Photoshop preinstalled, but like you said you might as well give them a call.

[CrimsonBlur]

I voted yes, but not because I would personally buy this computer. I would not go below the 20" iMac if I was going to buy a Mac (and eventually I WILL buy a Mac). The G4 is no longer suffecient for my computer needs, if you look at my sig you'll know why I say that.

My parents desperately need a new computer, and their needs are very simple. They could use a new screen but it isn't required since they wouldn't know the damn difference anyway. This is the perfect computer for them to buy.

After watching Job's keynote speech at MacWorld, I have been 100% convinced to purchase a Mac and only a Mac as my next computer. After watching that presentation, I have no reason to ever buy a non-Mac computer ever again. Software is an issue, I'd have to re-buy all of my design software, but the price is just SOOOOO worth it once you have the money saved up!

I was watching that keynote late at night literally going "wow!" and "holy crap!" and "no way!" the entire time, and I'm a total techie, so it takes a lot to impress me at this point. I was very impressed with OSX Tiger and all of the iLife apps, as well as iWork. Every single thing Jobs showed off immediately became a "must have" for me when I saw it.

Now I just have to start saving up so I can afford a ~$3000 computer!

[whitedragon]

NO!

[giga Veteran]

I voted yes, but not because I would personally buy this computer.  I would not go below the 20" iMac if I was going to buy a Mac (and eventually I WILL buy a Mac).  The G4 is no longer suffecient for my computer needs, if you look at my sig you'll know why I say that.

Now I just have to start saving up so I can afford a ~$3000 computer!

585284107[/snapback]

PowerMac G5? Hell yes. I was at my sat courses today and we were in a computer lab filled with 20 Dual 2.5s all running dual displays. Awesome machines. I was thinking 20" iMac G5 vs Dual 1.8 PowerMac. I cant help but say the PowerMac. Expansion, Speed, etc etc.

/me saves up as well.

[Jonathan Downin]

Just placed my order!

1.42 Ghz

80 Gb HD

Superdrive

512 ram

internal bluetooth & airport!

HELLO new Final Cut Pro cutting station!

[prz]

LOL I CAN GET A DELL FOR CHEAPER OMG AND IT HAS A SCREEN SCREW APPLE I WILL LEET HAX0R YOU ON MY DELL SYSTEM WITH FREE AOL TRIAL OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! APPLE RIP OFF! MY PHONE IS FASTER THAN THE APPLE OMG 2.4GHZ OMH S O MY DELL IS TOO AHHHHHHH!!!!

Just kidding. Ordering one next month for my birthday. (1.4g4 512mb)

[heesey1010]

 

Just placed my order!

1.42 Ghz

80 Gb HD

Superdrive

512 ram

internal bluetooth & airport!

HELLO new Final Cut Pro cutting station!

^^I'd be surprised if Final Cut Pro ran on the new mac, no offense

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I did a side-by-side comparison of the most basic Dell Model vs. the Mac Mini. Excluding software value, yes, the Dell comes out slightly cheaper ($50 bucks or so), but when you add software value, the amount of software needed on an XP Machine (Word, PPT, etc.), and when you want all the programs like iLife 05 on your machine, it costs a lot for the XP Machine. Even after adding iWork, the Mac comes out cheaper by 200 bucks or so, or something like that.

This is only from a consumer level though, from an education pricing standpoint, a little less margin, but still a considerable one.,