Mac Mini speed/imac speed compaired

[Choctaw]

Went to BestBuy today and had a sales person tell me not to buy a mini but get an imac........he said the speed was too slow compaired to the imac. Also that by the time I paid for mouse, monitor, keyboard I would have the same about of money invested. Just wanted some opinions?
Thanks

 

[MTI]

Speed is relative, however, overall the iMac will have better performance specs than the Mini. It's a combination of processor, memory, gpu and hard drive speed.

However, my Mini is presently connected to a 55" Panasonic plasma's HDMI port in the family room, possible with an iMac, but cumbersome at best.

 

[Jef88]

Well it depends.
If you already have a keyboard/mouse and a screen you are probably cheaper with the MacMini.
If I hadn't a 26'' LCD HD t.v I would probably go for the iMac.

But it's personal. So don't focus on other comments but determine for yourself what is the best in your environment.

 

[MacForScience]

Went to BestBuy today and had a sales person tell me not to buy a mini but get an imac........he said the speed was too slow compaired to the imac. Also that by the time I paid for mouse, monitor, keyboard I would have the same about of money invested. Just wanted some opinions?
Thanks

The issue with the iMac vs the mac Mini is that iMac has a more powerful process (Core i5 vs Core 2 Duo), also the imac supports more RAM and has a much more powerful GPU. If you want better raw specs the go iMac. If your computing load is light then you can easily get away with a mini and save some money.

I have a mini server which works great, but it just can't compete on raw GPU horsepower. The sever does fine for chewing through Mathematica computations or playing Unreal Tournament 2004.

Cheers

 

[MacHamster68]

Went to BestBuy today and had a sales person tell me not to buy a mini but get an imac........he said the speed was too slow compaired to the imac. Also that by the time I paid for mouse, monitor, keyboard I would have the same about of money invested. Just wanted some opinions?
Thanks

yes the iMac has a faster processor and abetter GPU , but the mini is meant as a very basic computer for people who have a keyboard , a mouse and a monitor or TV at home already i was told and is 60% cheaper

and if you use the mini for what is was meant for , browsing the web , emailing , watching a movie , and some other light tasks then you will not notice a difference really
the mini was never meant to replace a iMac or Mac pro
even if some
believe it could and abuse that little thing for tasks a MacPro would struggle, but blame the poor mini for being underpowered then is not fair

 

[Choctaw]

A thank you

Thanks all for your comments. Just wanted to get some feed back.
Choctaw