1) I'm coming from a little country near Italy (Slovenia - if you know where this is ) so sorry for bad english
2) In August I'm planning to buy new home computer for myself and after 15 years of Windows this one might be Mac. So I was thinking, because I already have 20" AS-IPS Nec monitor to buy Mac Mini. Pro is too expensive, iMac don't have such a good display as my Nec.
There they are:
Mac Mini:
2,23Ghz CPU
2x2GB DDR3 RAM
upgrade HDD to 500GB WD blue edition
Nvidia integrated 9400 GPU
TOTAL: 900
PC:
Intel E8400
2x2GB DDR2 RAM
HD 4670 Radeon
Lian Li HTPC case with silent Noctua vents
Enermax PSU
Aftermarket cooler for CPU
WD 640GB HDD
TOTAL: app. 800 (I don't mind for 100)
3) It's obviously that PC would be faster, but considering running antivirus, antispyware, disc defrag and performance drop in few months due to software issues Mini might be good solution too. Especially because drivers and software for Mac is almost perfect I guess.
4) I want to buy iPod Touch too, so Mac would be better platform for it, than Windows (more simple!?)
5) I want to use my new computer 2-3 years (then as secundary computer), I mainly use PC for programming in Eclipse/NetBeans, movies (also HD but just on my monitor, not TV), large music library, chatting, photo library (and simple foto editing), torrent, virtual machines (specially for programs that don't work on OS X), I don't play games, for Mathematica (Wolfram), Office and PDF.
6) Final question, Mac Mini or PC At the moment I prefer Mini because of OS X, but would he be powerfull enought for the next 2-3 years if I compare it with classic PC his configuration is low-mid range at the moment and sooner or later there will be more and more powerfull PC-s.
6.1) Is Mini with this configuration good enought for normal running OS X?????
7) Help please
2) In August I'm planning to buy new home computer for myself and after 15 years of Windows this one might be Mac. So I was thinking, because I already have 20" AS-IPS Nec monitor to buy Mac Mini. Pro is too expensive, iMac don't have such a good display as my Nec.
There they are:
Mac Mini:
2,23Ghz CPU
2x2GB DDR3 RAM
upgrade HDD to 500GB WD blue edition
Nvidia integrated 9400 GPU
TOTAL: 900
PC:
Intel E8400
2x2GB DDR2 RAM
HD 4670 Radeon
Lian Li HTPC case with silent Noctua vents
Enermax PSU
Aftermarket cooler for CPU
WD 640GB HDD
TOTAL: app. 800 (I don't mind for 100)
3) It's obviously that PC would be faster, but considering running antivirus, antispyware, disc defrag and performance drop in few months due to software issues Mini might be good solution too. Especially because drivers and software for Mac is almost perfect I guess.
4) I want to buy iPod Touch too, so Mac would be better platform for it, than Windows (more simple!?)
5) I want to use my new computer 2-3 years (then as secundary computer), I mainly use PC for programming in Eclipse/NetBeans, movies (also HD but just on my monitor, not TV), large music library, chatting, photo library (and simple foto editing), torrent, virtual machines (specially for programs that don't work on OS X), I don't play games, for Mathematica (Wolfram), Office and PDF.
6) Final question, Mac Mini or PC At the moment I prefer Mini because of OS X, but would he be powerfull enought for the next 2-3 years if I compare it with classic PC his configuration is low-mid range at the moment and sooner or later there will be more and more powerfull PC-s.
6.1) Is Mini with this configuration good enought for normal running OS X?????
7) Help please