My parents are ready to make the switch

[farqueue]

They are looking at a Mac mini... just wondering if it will be updated to intel C2D soon?

[adrianblaine]

I was surprised it wasn't upgraded when the MacBooks were. I bet they will be upgraded by Thanksgiving. If they don't, Apple is using the Mini to get rid of excess Core Duos...

[Scarlet Fever]

they will soon, but there have been no rumors about an update, so people are thinking they will be updated early next year.

Unless you already have a display, keyboard and mouse, have a look at refurb iMacs. They end up being cheaper overall, and they are better specced ie dedicated GPU, more HDD capacity, etc.

[psychofreak]

they will soon, but there have been no rumors about an update, so people are thinking they will be updated early next year.

Unless you already have a display, keyboard and mouse, have a look at refurb iMacs. They end up being cheaper overall, and they are better specced ie dedicated GPU, more HDD capacity, etc.

And they have a camera. And they look cool (although the mini does too)

[farqueue]

they will soon, but there have been no rumors about an update, so people are thinking they will be updated early next year.

Unless you already have a display, keyboard and mouse, have a look at refurb iMacs. They end up being cheaper overall, and they are better specced ie dedicated GPU, more HDD capacity, etc.

Oh thanks, forgotten about that

[FFTT]

The mini is a great little machine and will cover most basic needs, but I still recommend the C2D iMac with at least 1 GB RAM, 128 MB VRAM , for performance, HD storage, ease of adding RAM and a beautiful display.