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DISCOMUNICATION

DISCOMUNICATION

macrumors 6502a
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Jul 7, 2004
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Cambridge, MA USA
Thank god my debit card didn't go though when I was ordering the Mini last weekend. I had considered the MacBook, but ended up going with a 17" iMac with 1GB of ram, 250GB hhd, iWork pre-installed all on an educational discount. I'm switching from a dual 1Ghz PIII Gateway server with 640GB of ram and 40GB hhd, 18GB SCSI hhd. I'll still need bootcamp, but I won't look back on the hardware side. Now for that second monitor/TV.....
 
Switch and it feels...

mad jew said:
About fracking time! :D

Nice machine there. Whatcha gonna be using it for?
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I was an illustrator before I dropped out of art school. Thinking of getting back to my roots, couldn't stand using Painter on my PC. I also dable in LightWave3D which is why I picked the iMac over the MacBook. I also do some database programming with VB.net, Access, and Oracle.
 
DISCOMUNICATION said:
I was an illustrator before I dropped out of art school. Thinking of getting back to my roots, couldn't stand using Painter on my PC. I also dable in LightWave3D which is why I picked the iMac over the MacBook. I also do some database programming with VB.net, Access, and Oracle.
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Wow, that's an impressive portfolio. :cool:
 
DISCOMUNICATION said:
Thank god my debit card didn't go though when I was ordering the Mini last weekend. I had considered the MacBook, but ended up going with a 17" iMac with 1GB of ram, 250GB hhd, iWork pre-installed all on an educational discount. I'm switching from a dual 1Ghz PIII Gateway server with 640GB of ram and 40GB hhd, 18GB SCSI hhd. I'll still need bootcamp, but I won't look back on the hardware side. Now for that second monitor/TV.....
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*Whew*. Thank god indeed. You have no idea how much you really need to thank god for stopping the Mini order.

Oh my god! I'm not even gonna start ranting about the Mini. Just don't buy one, and never let anyone you know buy one.
 
macgeek2005 said:
*Whew*. Thank god indeed. You have no idea how much you really need to thank god for stopping the Mini order.

Oh my god! I'm not even gonna start ranting about the Mini. Just don't buy one, and never let anyone you know buy one.
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Why the Mini hate?
 
Congrats! Im trying myself right now to sell off my Windowns Laptops and get a nice Mac. For the time being, i just go to the apple store every week and play with the PB's, thinking to myself "one day....."
 
X5-452 said:
Why the Mini hate?
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They're slower than my G3 iBook. Literally.

Something about having a 2.9 pound computer just somehow..... doesn't cut it in terms of performance.

It's the computer you get for your grandma so she can email you from her new senior home.

It's the kind of computer you get for somebody who needs to write a book, and nothing else. Even then, I wouldn't be surprised if it lags while typing.

Care to argue for the Mini? Go ahead, i'll find you a dozen raging people saying "The beach ball was spinning like crazy from day 1!!!" "It's a slow ************" etc.

In other words.

It is a piece of ****.
 
DISCOMUNICATION said:
I was an illustrator before I dropped out of art school. Thinking of getting back to my roots, couldn't stand using Painter on my PC. I also dable in LightWave3D which is why I picked the iMac over the MacBook. I also do some database programming with VB.net, Access, and Oracle.
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I'm surprised you didn't get a PowerMac or hold out for the new Mac Pros, post WWDC.

Not saying you made a bad purchase, but long term the 'pro' line might be a better fit.
 
macgeek2005 said:
They're slower than my G3 iBook. Literally.

Something about having a 2.9 pound computer just somehow..... doesn't cut it in terms of performance.

It's the computer you get for your grandma so she can email you from her new senior home.

It's the kind of computer you get for somebody who needs to write a book, and nothing else. Even then, I wouldn't be surprised if it lags while typing.

Care to argue for the Mini? Go ahead, i'll find you a dozen raging people saying "The beach ball was spinning like crazy from day 1!!!" "It's a slow mother****er" etc.

In other words.

It is a piece of ****.
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What a load of crap. Don't listen to anything this guy says.
 
I love the Mac mini. Works great, and I can upgrade the processor (yes, it's socketed!) and monitor (currently a 19" widescreen) when I like. And I can buy another computer next year that will have better specs than the current Apple hardware.

Then again, I do have the dual-core version with a full 2 GB of RAM. And I already had the monitor / kb / mouse from when I used my iBook as a desktop.

I can imagine the single core version doing okay. I used the CPU core disabler thing in Developer Tools and I still don't beachball even while I play video, download ISOs of Linux, have 40 tabs in Safari, and 15-20 programs open.

If you don't need a high-end video card (I don't, my gaming fix is consoles) it's good.
 
macgeek2005 said:
They're slower than my G3 iBook. Literally.

Something about having a 2.9 pound computer just somehow..... doesn't cut it in terms of performance.

It's the computer you get for your grandma so she can email you from her new senior home.

It's the kind of computer you get for somebody who needs to write a book, and nothing else. Even then, I wouldn't be surprised if it lags while typing.

Care to argue for the Mini? Go ahead, i'll find you a dozen raging people saying "The beach ball was spinning like crazy from day 1!!!" "It's a slow mother****er" etc.

In other words.

It is a piece of ****.
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Let's pretend for a moment that your post isn't poppycock.

Why do we always have to stick grandma with a crappy Mini? I mean, a lot of elderly women these days are quite computer savvy. What would you suggest for an elderly grandma that wants to do heavy video editing or play UT? It's an honest question. Honest. [/not]
 
thewhitehart said:
Damn son! That's a lot of ram! Anyway, congratulations! :D
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ah, yeah...oops, but someday....someday:eek:

Abulia said:
I'm surprised you didn't get a PowerMac or hold out for the new Mac Pros, post WWDC.

Not saying you made a bad purchase, but long term the 'pro' line might be a better fit.
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I'm all about saving space these days. I hope Apple goes back to a smaller tower design though.
 
It shipped!

Hate to break up the which machine is slowest debate, but my oder shipped:D ! The estimated delivery date is this Saturday. FedEx delivers on Saturday? I know UPS doesn't. Oh, I also ordered a Samsung 215TW as a second display/TV. The component inputs are only 480p, but the DVI port is HDCP. The black and white color scheme should look awsome with my black(US) and white(JAP) PSTwo's on each end of my desk.
 
Ooops

My debit card didn't go through on that 215TW order. Gotta go back to the bank, but maybe this was a sign too. I kinda wanted a second display that had an intgrated tuner and remote, but its gotta be a high res than the 17" iMac. I guess that pure black and white color scheme isn't that important to me. Well guess I'll keep looking. Any suggestions? I'm looking long and hard at the Sony MFM-HT205 now. :confused:
 
Congrats....

Well it was 1 year of posting (maybe a bit more than 300 thouugh :eek: ) here and 2 years of interst and speculation for me ;)

iMac too :cool:
 
It's here!

Came home from work to find a plain brown box in the hall. Probably won't open it till tommarow. I gotta clean the room it's going in and rearrange the furniture. Won't be any setup pictures for a while either. No digital camera. The setup won't actually be complete until the end of next week anyways.
I am going with the 215TW as a second monitor. Gonna get an HDTV set-top-box (SIR-T451) tuner to hook up to it. Also don't have a way to get online either. I have dail-up and want a modem that will work with bootcamp. I may bite the bullet and buy an Airport Extreme base station. If the the dial-up option doesn't work with Windows I'll get a cheapo usb modem. Oh, need a mini-DVI adapter for the monitor. Also thinking of a Canon A620 and iP90.
First things first though... gotta clean that room.
 
Went with an Airport Extreme Base Station

I got my Airport Extreme Base Station in the mail today. The built it dail-up modem is working well. I can now see 4 wireless networks under the airport tab. Wonder what other WiFi devices I could get to expand my network? Nintendo DS... or Wii... PSP? Could try my PSTwo's through the ethernet port. I am not spending money on another computer.
I'm thinking of going back to the Sony MFM-HT205 as a second display/tv. The iMac's display, while beautiful, makes me miss a glossy tv tube. Especially when I change my position in the room when watching DVDs. The Sony Xbright could be the answer.
 
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