Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 27th Nov 2005 22:00 UTC, submitted by phaceton
"In 2005, Apple announced the Mac Mini. It was the answer to what I was looking for in a computer, so I bought one. This is a report about the early months with my new Mac, and how it compares to a Linux computer (I have never owned a Windows computer). In short, I am now both a Mac and a Linux user - Apple gets GUI simplicity, usability, and coherency right, and Linux everything else."
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2005-11-05
Too bad this guy found the Apple Mac Mini and Mac OS so below his expectations. Since he comes across as a crashing IT snob ("I am writing this with a Linux vim editor, in a MacOS terminal window, and I'll use Linux script to secure-copy the file ..."), I'm slightly surprised he didn't decide to write his own operating sytem instead of whingeing. Tut tut! It seems insane to fork out for a Mac only to run vim on it in a console window.
I have read at least one other article from someone who put Debian on a Mac Mini on a dual-boot basis. At the time, the only thing not working in Debian was the sound, but that might have been fixed by now. If you want to go Linux on a Mac Mini, this might be a very good way to do it.
Overall, a Debianized Mac Mini is very tempting in some ways - a couple of small, silent but still capable boxes doing stuff like serving email, home media streaming and browsing or Open Office. I guess the price of the Mac Mini is a bit offputting by the time you've added in extra ram and the like, though, or at least it is where I live.
Edited 2005-11-27 22:31