- Jul 19, 2001
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Ok, so as im sure many of you know, i parted out my A64 rig to enter the realm of the apple... I had a kickass rig, but short of HL2, i never really used it for its intended purpose. 99% of the time, all i did was type documents, browse the web, and listen to music, hardly work for a A64.... I spent more time trying to make it quiet, than use it at full blast.
Anyway, i picked up a 1.42ghz Mini w/ 80gb, 256mb, BT/Wifi, Superdrive, BT Keyboard & Mouse to replace the rig and hooked it up to my new Dell 2005fpw (once i finally got a good one)
When i first got it, i was very impressed with how user friendly it was. Not that i need something to baby me, but it was a nice change.. However, the limitations of the 256mb of ram were quickly apparent.. Within 10 minutes i was already disliking the lag and loading time when more than 2 programs were loaded... Within a day, i upgraded to a single 1gb stick and WOW, an exceptional difference. For instance, right now i have Safari open, iTunes playing, Mail, Amnesty (keeps dashboard on all the time), and ical open and its not slowing down a bit. I have my 250gb Maxtor in an external FW enclosure tucked under the desk for storage. The external drive can be noisy when seeking, but the mini powers it down when its not needed, making it silent.
Functionally, this does everything i was hoping it would. Tiny form factor to keep on my desk, silent, and quick for my purposes. Im impressed.
After years of trying to make my PC look like OSX, its nice to finally have the real thing
Still getting used to Apple-C and Apple-V to cut and paste, and the one button mouse, but im catching on.... Spotlight, Dashboard, and Expose are wonderfully useful tools, im using them MUCH more than i expected.
Overall: A
It would have gotten a A+ if they didnt make 256mb the base memory, even for a basic system its not enough to power OSX.
For my purposes, its perfect.
Anyway, i picked up a 1.42ghz Mini w/ 80gb, 256mb, BT/Wifi, Superdrive, BT Keyboard & Mouse to replace the rig and hooked it up to my new Dell 2005fpw (once i finally got a good one)
When i first got it, i was very impressed with how user friendly it was. Not that i need something to baby me, but it was a nice change.. However, the limitations of the 256mb of ram were quickly apparent.. Within 10 minutes i was already disliking the lag and loading time when more than 2 programs were loaded... Within a day, i upgraded to a single 1gb stick and WOW, an exceptional difference. For instance, right now i have Safari open, iTunes playing, Mail, Amnesty (keeps dashboard on all the time), and ical open and its not slowing down a bit. I have my 250gb Maxtor in an external FW enclosure tucked under the desk for storage. The external drive can be noisy when seeking, but the mini powers it down when its not needed, making it silent.
Functionally, this does everything i was hoping it would. Tiny form factor to keep on my desk, silent, and quick for my purposes. Im impressed.
After years of trying to make my PC look like OSX, its nice to finally have the real thing
Still getting used to Apple-C and Apple-V to cut and paste, and the one button mouse, but im catching on.... Spotlight, Dashboard, and Expose are wonderfully useful tools, im using them MUCH more than i expected.Overall: A
It would have gotten a A+ if they didnt make 256mb the base memory, even for a basic system its not enough to power OSX.
For my purposes, its perfect.
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