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foothead
Apr 20, 2009, 11:30 PM
I was just on apple's website and saw this.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB138LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw
How can apple charge so little for it? Didn't they cost $600 new?


flopticalcube
Apr 20, 2009, 11:31 PM
Previous model.
EricNau
Apr 20, 2009, 11:32 PM
Because it's a refurbished (i.e. used but factory restored) previous generation product.
tayloralmond
Apr 20, 2009, 11:52 PM
I wouldn't touch this if I were you. Not because it is a faulty product, but because it has the old Intel GMA 950 graphics. I'd only be interested in this if it would only be used for listening to music, web surfing, word processing, etc. but absolutely NO GAMING. If you want a Mac Mini that bad, I'd say fork out the additional amount of money and get the new Mini with the nVidia chipset and DDR3 RAM. Its WAY more worth the money than this.
nuckinfutz
Apr 21, 2009, 01:29 AM
I wouldn't touch this if I were you. Not because it is a faulty product, but because it has the old Intel GMA 950 graphics. I'd only be interested in this if it would only be used for listening to music, web surfing, word processing, etc. but absolutely NO GAMING. If you want a Mac Mini that bad, I'd say fork out the additional amount of money and get the new Mini with the nVidia chipset and DDR3 RAM. Its WAY more worth the money than this.

What if graphics performance isn't something he cares about? That's a big assumption that you're making.

If graphics performance isn't as important the prior Mac mini is a better deal IMO for one reason. You can upgrade the CPU.
tayloralmond
Apr 21, 2009, 04:31 AM
What if graphics performance isn't something he cares about? That's a big assumption that you're making.


In case you didn't notice, I said

I wouldn't touch this if I were you. Not because it is a faulty product, but because it has the old Intel GMA 950 graphics. I'd only be interested in this if it would only be used for listening to music, web surfing, word processing, etc. but absolutely NO GAMING. If you want a Mac Mini that bad, I'd say fork out the additional amount of money and get the new Mini with the nVidia chipset and DDR3 RAM. Its WAY more worth the money than this.

Meaning that if he/she isn't going to do any gaming, then it would be a good option.
nuckinfutz
Apr 21, 2009, 11:21 AM
In case you didn't notice, I said

Meaning that if he/she isn't going to do any gaming, then it would be a good option.


Oh you mean the part where you were speaking from your perspective? That was about as clear as mud as far as discussing the pros/cons of the two models.
hector
Apr 21, 2009, 01:11 PM
I wouldn't touch this if I were you


Meaning that if he/she isn't going to do any gaming, then it would be a good option.

Possibly not the most helpful or cohesive advice.
Let's assume that if he wants to play games then he will either get his tennis racket out or buy a playstation.
Jschultz
Apr 21, 2009, 04:51 PM
How would the old mini hold up if I wanted to watch high def hulu stuff or high def youtube videos?
Shake 'n' Bake
Apr 21, 2009, 07:07 PM
How would the old mini hold up if I wanted to watch high def hulu stuff or high def youtube videos?

I do that all the time on my 2.0 GHz 2 GB RAM mini with the GMA 950. It works perfectly.
motownflip
Apr 21, 2009, 10:44 PM
do you get any stuttering when watched through your mini?
nickcliborne
Apr 22, 2009, 12:32 AM
My 1.83 C2D mini streams just fine using plex.
Shake 'n' Bake
Apr 22, 2009, 03:31 PM
do you get any stuttering when watched through your mini?

None at all. The HD videos take a bit to buffer, but that is more than likely due to my network.
mastershakess
Apr 22, 2009, 03:57 PM
How would the old mini hold up if I wanted to watch high def hulu stuff or high def youtube videos?

My 1.63 Mini does that fine, no problems at all

You need to get a nice LCD screen though or the HD material won't mean squat