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Mac Mini End Of Life?
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Hi,
greetings to Slovenia!
I'm very happy with that small computer. It's the best Mac I ever had, (freeze only once since I use it) comparing it to all Apple desktops I bought in the past and I bought mostly the top of the line DT's. I would always remember that "turbo sound" of my DP G4 windtunnel (MDD), that was really a crappy machine, freezes almost everyday.
I use all Adobe CS 3 apps on it and have no issue so far. I wouldn't recomend it for professional video editing or this type of heavy apps, but for 2D graphic app. it's ok. I hope that Apple update it at least to Santa Rosa (which is silly if you ask me, because it's more than a year old chipset), but better Santa Rosa as nothing
I could build me a very powerful Hack for about 1000 $ but in fact I do not need so much power and I really love that small and quiet footprint of my Mac Mini and last but not least it's also green computer too, which isn't so irrelevant when you are daily 8-10 hours on-line.
I'll have to update my cheapo quad core tower from Dell. It's down to ~US$450 without a monitor.
TV is for your living room.I agree with most of what you say, except ... they are not "overcharging". They are charging what the market will bear. Basic economics. Everyone does it, ie charges what the market will bear.
I got tired of waiting for Apple to offer a mid tower so I built a Hackintosh. I would have bought an Apple if the right machine was offered. I have bought many Apple towers in the past.
Precisely. I've been sitting on $600 since Christmas, waiting for a Mac Mini that was at least somewhat modern... No go, so I built a Hack. Love it, BTW.
-Clive
Same here. I will wait until Nehalem in DT version will be ofered. if Apple do not update the Mini at that time I go Hack.
Unfortunately according to some rumors it looks like Apple will spend all energy for killing the Hack instead of updating the Mini and building a solid mid range headless Mac.
My Hackintosh works so well that I may never buy another Mac. I hate to say that since I have bought many Macs in the past. And, because I do my own service, I have never had to use Apple repair. In fact, the only problems I have had was a non Apple CDRW failed and a hard drive died after 5 years. And this was the only problem with 10 Macs. Very easy fixes.
how is this thread still alive ?!?!?
and why??!?!
some people really want avatars don't they...
I would not have an avatar if I had 1000 posts! But that is just me. But I am not so narrow minded as to condemn those who have them.
Do you think it is possible to build a hackintosh with a Dell Studio Hybrid? It seems possible because it has intel X3100 integrated graphics...
That would be an interesting alternative to an aging and obsolete mac mini, wouldn't it? For the price of the base model mac mini, you get something equivalent to the superdrive model; but with a x3100 instead of a gma950...
That would be an interesting alternative to an aging and obsolete mac mini, wouldn't it? For the price of the base model mac mini, you get something equivalent to the superdrive model; but with a x3100 instead of a gma950...
Go to Google and search OSX86 Project for a list of hardware that is compatible with the Hackintosh platform.
how is this thread still alive ?!?!?
and why??!?!
some people really want avatars don't they...
Because they have nothing better to do than...
Talk about a thread that has been beat to death and shot in the head several times over. Is there absolutely nothing left to talk about anymore other than the iPhone and the rumored new Mini? "updated Mini" I sure hope that all these millions of people that want this headless Mac so bad are not right back on here the very next day it comes out "if it ever comes out " complaining about the specs etc. this little box seems to have become an obsession for many lets just hope they follow up with there $$$$ and but the money where there mouth is.
* If and when this "new" Mini or what ever its new name might be comes out, don't fool your self for one minute and think that Apple is going to give it away cheap.
" complaining about the specs etc. this little box seems to have become an obsession for many lets just hope they follow up with there $$$$ and but the money where there mouth is. * If and when this "new" Mini or what ever its new name might be comes out, don't fool your self for one minute and think that Apple is going to give it away cheap.
No reason to get narky about the thread - if you take a gander at the Buyer's Guide - the Mac mini has update pretty much in September for a fair while - the average is reduced a bit by the february updates in the mix unfortunately. I for one would love a speed bump now, as putting down £500 for a headless system seems a bit steep, much though I want an Apple system. At least in a few weeks, people can get returns, via a restock fee.
All i've read so far are possible updates to the MacBook and MacBook Pro, maybe the Air too, absolutely nothing at all about the Mini for many many months.
For what it's worth...I have a MB and then went the way of the Hack for a desktop. While it was nice to have one setup pretty easily (using an AMD machine), it wasn't worth it after a while. No software updates, a bug here and there (afp networking stuff, plus many problems once MobileMe came out) all made it more trouble than it was worth.
I bought a refurb'd mini a month ago (despite all of the chatter about a refresh being iminent) and couldn't be happier. It's plenty powerful for the development work that I do and is the quietest computer I've ever owned.
I bought a refurb'd mini a month ago (despite all of the chatter about a refresh being iminent) and couldn't be happier. It's plenty powerful for the development work that I do and is the quietest computer I've ever owned.
Wouldn't expect them to at all. It's Apple's way to keep the price points similar usually, and bump the models a bit. If someone wants a lower price mac mini, the best time would be around an update, by grabbing an version that had just become an old version, as a refurb for example.
Unlikely. Apple's practice as of late is to maintain the price point and just improve specifications.
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