I have a Mac Mini...

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Might wanna put another 512 in there at some point.

Mac Mini's only have 1 memory slot, but upgrading the memory later might not be a bad idea.

Damn, I had no idea they only had one. Oh well.

Amazing.

When I think what that $500.00 could have bought... sheesh...

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Might wanna put another 512 in there at some point.

Mac Mini's only have 1 memory slot, but upgrading the memory later might not be a bad idea.

Damn, I had no idea they only had one. Oh well.

Amazing.

When I think what that $500.00 could have bought... sheesh...

Silly old man, don't you know that Dells are, like, totally unfashionable? And so is expandability, performance, and a free 19" LCD? Gawd, you people are, so, like, totally whatEVER.

</Mac Buyer>

:beer:😀

- M4H

 

[Ornery]

1. *hangs drooling old head in shame*

 

[Kakashi]

ur best bet is to use it as a server or use it to make movies and music. Perfect machine to do some djing and makin dvd copies.

 

[Kaido]

1. Wipe the hard drive
2. Install Linux
3. Install fax server, web server, ftp server, mail server, asterisk with external phone box, and samba for file/print serving

 

[sirspotti]

stick it up ur butt and start driving to the emergency room

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Might wanna put another 512 in there at some point.

Mac Mini's only have 1 memory slot, but upgrading the memory later might not be a bad idea.

Damn, I had no idea they only had one. Oh well.

Amazing.

When I think what that $500.00 could have bought... sheesh...

Nah, not interested. I built myself a gaming PC for about $1,000 two years ago, and it's still holding it's own. I'll probably build myself another one when the next generation Intel CPU's come out, and/or when AMD finally drops the prices on the Athlon FX chips to something reasonable.

This mini is replacing my OLD gaming machine, actually... A really old slot A Athlon 700.

 

[Fenixgoon]

return it and buy a better pc 😉

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Nah, not interested. I built myself a gaming PC for about $1,000 two years ago, and it's still holding it's own. I'll probably build myself another one when the next generation Intel CPU's come out, and/or when AMD finally drops the prices on the Athlon FX chips to something reasonable.

This mini is replacing my OLD gaming machine, actually... A really old slot A Athlon 700.

That's not the point. The point is that in any scale of performance, that Dell will club the Mini like a baby seal. And it has a 19" LCD that the Mini doesn't. A 19" LCD, damnit. That's not something to overlook!

- M4H

 

[Ornery]

1. That's not a gaming rig, just something you buy "on a whim".

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Ornery

1. That's not a gaming rig, just somethingyou buy "on a whim".

Look, unless you're going to proxy-buy one, stop linking me to these damned USA-only deals. 😛

- M4H

 

[ultimatebob]

Any other ideas?

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: vrbaba

Originally posted by: cjgallen

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: bababooey

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

What should I DO with it?

Return it! 😛

 

[pibb]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I just ordered a Mac Mini on a whim, just to see what all the fuss was about. I always see folks bragging about how great Mac OS X is, so I figured that I'd check it out on my own. So.... besides playing with and learning OS X, what else can I use this thing for? ATOT'ers always seem to come up with good (and weird) uses for hardware, so I thought that I'd hit you guys up for some advice.

Anyway, here's some additional information to help you out:

• I got the Mac Mini with the 1.42 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, an 80 GB hard drive, WiFi, and BlueTooth. I have a wireless network at home, but I'll probably Ethernet network it to start.

• I used to fix Macs for a living, so I used to be pretty familiar with them. The last Mac that I used was a 1st generation G4 running Mac OS 9, however, so my Mac skills are a little rusty. I know UNIX, though, which should help me if I need to drop into the command line to fix problems.

• To be honest, I used to HATE Macs. Both the hardware and software on them were really flaky, although OS X is supposed to fix the software side of that. Personally, I think that my iPod brainwashed me into buying more Apple products 🙂

Anyway, if I get a bunch of cool ideas, maybe I'll make a poll later.

eh duh! Media Center machine/MAME, does OSX have anything that does this? box would look beatiful sitting in living room

 

[Ornery]

What should I DO with it?

Hmmm, I better just go to bed and not answer that. :evil:

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: pibb

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I just ordered a Mac Mini on a whim, just to see what all the fuss was about. I always see folks bragging about how great Mac OS X is, so I figured that I'd check it out on my own. So.... besides playing with and learning OS X, what else can I use this thing for? ATOT'ers always seem to come up with good (and weird) uses for hardware, so I thought that I'd hit you guys up for some advice.

Anyway, here's some additional information to help you out:

• I got the Mac Mini with the 1.42 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, an 80 GB hard drive, WiFi, and BlueTooth. I have a wireless network at home, but I'll probably Ethernet network it to start.

• I used to fix Macs for a living, so I used to be pretty familiar with them. The last Mac that I used was a 1st generation G4 running Mac OS 9, however, so my Mac skills are a little rusty. I know UNIX, though, which should help me if I need to drop into the command line to fix problems.

• To be honest, I used to HATE Macs. Both the hardware and software on them were really flaky, although OS X is supposed to fix the software side of that. Personally, I think that my iPod brainwashed me into buying more Apple products 🙂

Anyway, if I get a bunch of cool ideas, maybe I'll make a poll later.

eh duh! Media Center machine/MAME, does OSX have anything that does this? box would look beatiful sitting in living room

Heh, great.... Now I need to get a $2,000 HDTV with DVI input and another $100 for a wireless keyboard and mouse to make my $600 Mac Mini useful 🙂

 

[FFactory0x]

HAHAHAHAHA

 

[pecel]

Originally posted by: chcarnage
Try the iLife Apps and test some widgets (if you have OS X 10.4).

Browse http://www.versiontracker.com - Probably you'll find inventive software. Other sources:
http://www.macgamefiles.com
http://mac.the-underdogs.org/
http://mac.softpedia.com
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx
http://www.macupdate.com

Some Software / Freeware Games suggestions to start with, from a German forum.

What to do with a Mac Mini already was discussed once here.

Thanks a lot for the links.

 

[chcarnage]

You're welcome, topic resurrecting one. 😉

 

[Linux23]

I'm this close to buying one. Should I pull the trigger?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Linux23
I'm this close to buying one. Should I pull the trigger?

If you buy one, put the gun barrel in your mouth, then pull the trigger! 😛

 

[sigs3gv]

Originally posted by: Kaido
1. Wipe the hard drive
2. Install Linux
3. Install fax server, web server, ftp server, mail server, asterisk with external phone box, and samba for file/print serving

QFT

 

[JDrake]

how much did it cost?

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Linux23
I'm this close to buying one. Should I pull the trigger?

If you buy one, put the gun barrel in your mouth, then pull the trigger! 😛

so, um, er, i'm guessing you're not too fond of apple products?:Q

 

[bastula]

Well rumor has it that there might be new ones right around the corner. Macworld is this month, so you may want to hang on for another week or so.