Schrodinger
Golden Member
While the price is right the CPU isn't. My parents own a G4 and its slower than molasses.
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Apple releases $499 Mac mini **EDIT** Now reviewed by Anand. **EDIT again** BTO Price drops
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mini, 3g and 4g all have the same connector. Just need some sort of spring loaded adjustable base.
Size... you are right that thing is tight as it is. Almost looks modular though. Could imagine an ipod dock that "matches"
Cost. For a connector and an indent? Ok +30 dollars to tie this into the #1 selling apple product, seems like it would be worth it.
4. Aye they do make money off the docks. Probably why they keep on changing thime. But $35 (or whatever) for a dock should be nothing compared to total apple return on one "switcher".
Course now that they have the mini-mac out there it always leaves room for an "i-pod" eddition...
imported_Lucifer
Diamond Member
Thats awesome. Now I regret buying my 1GHz eMac for 700 bucks back in April of 2004!!!!! 🙁
Anyways, I was also looking at that iPod shuffle. Its kind of ugly. But you have to read this!!! Its hilarious!!!! 😀
1: Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128Kbps AAC encoding.
2: Do not eat iPod shuffle.
What in the hell???
Here is the link
Just scroll all the way down to the where it shows the ipod shuffle attached to the notebook.
Anyways, I was also looking at that iPod shuffle. Its kind of ugly. But you have to read this!!! Its hilarious!!!! 😀
1: Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128Kbps AAC encoding.
2: Do not eat iPod shuffle.
What in the hell???
Here is the link
Just scroll all the way down to the where it shows the ipod shuffle attached to the notebook.
First announced NanoITX computer is the same size/bigger than the Mini Mac
"The first PC based on the Nano-ITX motherboard is expected to start shipping within the next three months. Called Nanode, the PC measures 3.7 inches by 5.9 inches by 6.3 inches, making it one of the smallest fully-configured desktop computers ever produced."
And talk about vaporware, that was from a march 04 article and now it looks like the nanode will not ship until "Q2 05".
Here's a pict:
http://www.mini-itx.com/news/n...e/images/nanode-00.jpg
Note a nano-ITX case could be smaller, as the motherboard is 4.7" x 4.7"......
And via graphics versus ATI? Hmmm wonder which would be better?
imported_Lucifer
Diamond Member
Edited original post with link! 🙂
imported_Lucifer
Diamond Member
LOL! I still dont think people would be dumb enough to eat the ipod! 😛
Why can't PC case makers catch up and design something of HALF this quality (in ANY size) instead of cranking out these plastic "war helmets"?? I was half excited looking at the Antec Sonata for my new rig, thinking I'd at least found something innocuous (and possibly even vaguely elegant), but when I saw it in the store it looked like a giant lump of black Tonka Truck. Sigh...
powerMarkymark
Platinum Member
Very, very nice.
The Radeon 9200 would blow it out of the water no doubt.[/quote]
Blow it out of the water in what? Games? Neither of them are suitable for it. Remember, the 9200 is worse in performance compared to the 9000 and 9100 series. It's pretty much moot at this point especially with the target audience in mind.
imported_Lucifer
Diamond Member
Right now, I am thinking of selling my eMac just to buy one of the high end Mac Mini's. I think that is what I am going to do.
ViRGE
Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Well Eug, I'd say it's a good time to be a Mac-addict. Now how about you say we go in on some stock?😉
PS for anyone thinking about WoW on a Mac, some of the shader effects still aren't supported due to the newness of the OpenGL renderer. If you're serious about WoW, you still want a PC
PS for anyone thinking about WoW on a Mac, some of the shader effects still aren't supported due to the newness of the OpenGL renderer. If you're serious about WoW, you still want a PC
MacMall will probably within a couple of weeks be offering to double your memory for free (after mail in rebate of course) if you buy one from them instead of the Apple store.
This new machine is pretty spiffy. I always wanted to dip my toes in the Mac side of life, but could never justify spending $1000+ to get a decent machine. Pair this up with a Dell 2005FPW that has been cut down to below $600 thanks to some furious coupon stacking and you'd have a nice set up. The nice thing about them using the Radeon 9200 for the graphics is that it has a bit nicer DVI output quality than the FX 5200. The kind of apps that you really want to have Core support on (like Motion and Final Cut) are a bit much for the included G4 anyway, so a 9200 really isn't that bad of a choice with this machine when you think about what it is intended for. What gamer is going to want a Mac anyway?
thirdlegstump
Banned
Just ordered one for evaluation...
KeithP
Diamond Member
Go over to the Apple support forums in the PowerBook section and do a search for bad ram. You will find a number of people that have received free after rebate RAM from MacMall/Creative Computers that caused all sorts of problems. The RAM they offer for this deal was garbage.
While the form factor is very nice the performance is going to be pretty lack luster. Only 1 RAM slot, 2.5 HD, no DVD burner and iDVD which comes with it does not support 3rd party drives. I just found out a DVD burner is a BTO option for $100. It is a 4x drive.
I guess for light duty computing needs this is about as good as we will ever get from Apple. It will be interesting to see how well it sells.
-KeithP
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