Star Does the Mac Mini Stack Up?: A Comparison
Linked by Brian "eXtra heavy" Czarski on Wed 19th Jan 2005 17:41 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems I have been an omni-platform user, Windows, OS X and Linux user for some time now. I love different things about each platform and loathe just as much as I like about all three. The release of the Mac Mini at MacWorld really made me wonder if Apple made good move in jumping into the low range market. I decided the best way to see was to compare the Mini to my primary box, a similar system in specifications and price.
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You miss the point completely
by Corey on Wed 19th Jan 2005 18:06 UTC

I have a AMD 64 3200 Shuttle based system with 1gig of ram and a Radeon 9700 in it..

But I'm buying a Mini also..


The 64 box sucks down so much power I cant leave it on all day unless I feel like I want to pay the bill. Even my bigger systems were sucking down too much juice.

I use another shuttle box for Linux use and the wife has another that runs XP.

I will probably buy a mini for her so she can continue doing what she normally does on the internet without all the hassle.

I will either buy a Mini or a iMac G5 depending on what I consider my needs to be.

Also the 80 gig drive for the mini is a 80 gig 4200 rpm drive unless someone has something saying it's not..



This is not a gamers Mac though I'd be tempted to see how world of warcraft plays on it..

I'll also buy my parents one to replace that POS dell they currently have and hate also.