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Sorry about that, I meant 1000Mb/s. We can already get 100Mb/s connection little over 30 per month. No caps!
And who said I wasn´t enjoying life?
Wait, who's this "we" you keep referring to ? Like I told you before, my ISP doesn't offer 1 Gbps, not even 100 mbps. And it's all heavily capped.
Enjoy your life all you want, we'll be enjoying HIGH quality movies without having to wait to download them and without per device restrictions.
Hmm, i think I might do this:
- Purchase the mac mini server w/ educational discount ($1050cad)
- Sell SL server software on ebay, seems going price is about $200cad
- Load regular SL on there.
Net cost $850, regular mac mini = $700
Comparing the two you get (w/ base configurations)
2.66ghz vs 2.4ghz
4gb vs 2gb memory
1TB vs 320gb
So for an extra $150 you can double your memory, triple your hard drive, and bump the specs on your processor... And you dont have a redundant dvd drive (atleast for me it'd be redunant) with a nice uninterupted front.
Anyone see any flaw here? Everything is legit, and you get much better specs.
- Purchase the mac mini server w/ educational discount ($1050cad)
- Sell SL server software on ebay, seems going price is about $200cad
- Load regular SL on there.
Net cost $850, regular mac mini = $700
Comparing the two you get (w/ base configurations)
2.66ghz vs 2.4ghz
4gb vs 2gb memory
1TB vs 320gb
So for an extra $150 you can double your memory, triple your hard drive, and bump the specs on your processor... And you dont have a redundant dvd drive (atleast for me it'd be redunant) with a nice uninterupted front.
Anyone see any flaw here? Everything is legit, and you get much better specs.
Nice, esp. the memory access (was a pain on the earlier ones).
But no eSATA, and only Core 2 Duo (keep hoping for something
with the EPT (extended page table) support, for running clients under
VirtualBox as efficiently as possible, and maybe more than 2 cores, so
it could give a couple to a guest and still have a couple held back for the
host).
Still, the 8GB max RAM would help a lot for virtualization (the one
I have now can only address 3GB, which slows down either guest or host),
and the FW800 would be better than USB or FW400 for an external disk.
The HDMI output, esp. with audio, is good too. Now if Steve would
just back off the control freak routine a little and think how it could own
living rooms with a Blu-Ray in it! And since people will still want to
point and click their way to something to view sometimes, it shouldn't
cut too much into movies via iTunes; in fact, if it's in the room anyway,
it might add to them.
The eSATA isn't that big a deal with the FW800, but to make me want
to rush out and replace a perfectly serviceable (if sometimes overloaded)
older one would take the better CPU and the Blu-Ray.
But no eSATA, and only Core 2 Duo (keep hoping for something
with the EPT (extended page table) support, for running clients under
VirtualBox as efficiently as possible, and maybe more than 2 cores, so
it could give a couple to a guest and still have a couple held back for the
host).
Still, the 8GB max RAM would help a lot for virtualization (the one
I have now can only address 3GB, which slows down either guest or host),
and the FW800 would be better than USB or FW400 for an external disk.
The HDMI output, esp. with audio, is good too. Now if Steve would
just back off the control freak routine a little and think how it could own
living rooms with a Blu-Ray in it! And since people will still want to
point and click their way to something to view sometimes, it shouldn't
cut too much into movies via iTunes; in fact, if it's in the room anyway,
it might add to them.
The eSATA isn't that big a deal with the FW800, but to make me want
to rush out and replace a perfectly serviceable (if sometimes overloaded)
older one would take the better CPU and the Blu-Ray.
If I am able to sell my Mac Mini Server for enough then i'll be picking up this new one. Its just that awesome.
I want a new mac mini... But £650 is almost $975 which is simply madness... And even though that includes sales and local taxes its still crazy...Can't be justified. Shame on you Apple. I won't be buying one.
Posted this in another Mac mini thread, but thought it might be usefull here, this is what I plan on doing, which makes the mac mini a pretty good deal (imo)
- Purchase the mac mini server w/ educational discount ($1050cad)
- Sell SL server software on ebay, seems going price is about $200cad
- Load regular SL on there.
Net cost $850, regular mac mini = $700
Comparing the two you get (w/ base configurations)
2.66ghz vs 2.4ghz
4gb vs 2gb memory
1TB vs 320gb
So for an extra $150 you can double your memory, triple your hard drive, and bump the specs on your processor... And you dont have a redundant dvd drive (atleast for me it'd be redunant) with a nice uninterupted front.
Anyone see any flaw here? Everything is legit, and you get much better specs.
- Purchase the mac mini server w/ educational discount ($1050cad)
- Sell SL server software on ebay, seems going price is about $200cad
- Load regular SL on there.
Net cost $850, regular mac mini = $700
Comparing the two you get (w/ base configurations)
2.66ghz vs 2.4ghz
4gb vs 2gb memory
1TB vs 320gb
So for an extra $150 you can double your memory, triple your hard drive, and bump the specs on your processor... And you dont have a redundant dvd drive (atleast for me it'd be redunant) with a nice uninterupted front.
Anyone see any flaw here? Everything is legit, and you get much better specs.
Parallel import is the only option...
Great device, but 800 euros for the entry level machine? They're gonna look very decorative on storeshelves in Europe.
From the tech specs the built-in power supply seems to be universal. So buying one in the US and putting it in the suitcase seems the best option (at only 507 euros).
Great device, but 800 euros for the entry level machine? They're gonna look very decorative on storeshelves in Europe.
From the tech specs the built-in power supply seems to be universal. So buying one in the US and putting it in the suitcase seems the best option (at only 507 euros).
Why didn't they make the top of the Mac Mini glass and the rest aluminum?
That would look so sick!
That would look so sick!
I know you're on the pro-BD side, but "full-quality HD video" (AKA "Blu-ray Disc") is up to 50 GB for the movie alone.
4-8 GB would be highly compressed less than DVD quality (even if there are more pixels so some will believe that it is "HD").
That's an amazing one - especially since eSATA is included in all of the chipsets.
I'm waiting for the "eSATA is a bag of hurt" message from Jobs, so that MacRumours will be filled with posts from the fans about how eSATA is evil and must be eliminated from the planet.
Sorry about that, I meant 1000Mb/s. We can already get 100Mb/s connection little over 30 per month. No caps!
And who said I wasn´t enjoying life?
And how do you represent the entire world?
Most developed countries are 5Mbps or less. Developing countries are 1-3Mbps.
Japan and South Korea are pretty much the only two countries in the world where things are cutting edge.
In many countries, including Canada, Australia, and parts of the US, you'd have to convince the ISPs enjoying a government sanctioned monopoly to end their capping and throttling. And for the vast majority of the world, you'd have to increase speeds by as much as 60 times to stream blu-ray quality video.
It's just not going to happen. At all.
Sorry, but you have to check the specs on apple.com it still has digital optical audio in and out.
Impressive new design but that's it...
The $100 price hike along with the lack of user replaceable hard drive is pretty lame. If you have a Microcenter in your area then they are selling the base Macbook Pro for only $999. Once you spec out the mini then for only about $100 more you can have a Macbook Pro.
The $100 price hike along with the lack of user replaceable hard drive is pretty lame. If you have a Microcenter in your area then they are selling the base Macbook Pro for only $999. Once you spec out the mini then for only about $100 more you can have a Macbook Pro.
Whiners
You also forget to mention import tax,plus there are also other things which make it absurdly more expensive than in the states.
For instance,Most-All European countries have much better health care and social security,this also means that personnel cost are higher which means we (I am European) all have to pay extra for our goods.
This all seems to me to be forgotten by those retards which always complain about Europe being so much more expensive than the states.
If you are lucky to go for holidays then buy your Apple stuff oversees like I do (H.K for instance) and do not fly to back to your home country,You end up paying tax on return if they catch you.
Lucky Me,I live near to Germany AND Belgium so no tax for Me when I fly back.
I really like the new design and it would be a great HTPC.
You also forget to mention import tax,plus there are also other things which make it absurdly more expensive than in the states.
For instance,Most-All European countries have much better health care and social security,this also means that personnel cost are higher which means we (I am European) all have to pay extra for our goods.
This all seems to me to be forgotten by those retards
which always complain about Europe being so much more expensive than the states.If you are lucky to go for holidays then buy your Apple stuff oversees like I do (H.K for instance) and do not fly to back to your home country,You end up paying tax on return if they catch you.
Lucky Me,I live near to Germany AND Belgium so no tax for Me when I fly back.
I really like the new design and it would be a great HTPC.
I dont know what you do with yours, but I still have a first generation TimeCapsule and guess what, it still works like a charm, never had any problem with it.
yep. last component needed for it to be an all-in-one media device. i realize steve wants to stream/buy from itunes, but the realities of downloading and streaming 1080p full movies is many years away. blu ray drive in the mean time just makes sense. common!
OK, I guess you're right. I was going to watch a movie tonight, but apparently my collection of DVD and Blu-Ray discs are all obsolete now.
I guess I'll just have to find a way to deal with it. Maybe I'll go play some browser based Flash games. Oh, wait, I can't do that either, because Flash is dead (at least, according to Apple).
I guess I'll just read a book.
I live in a small town(5000) in the Netherlands and we already have 50Mbits optical fibreglass connection and soon 100Mb.
The Netherlands will be like Japan and S. Korea in no time.
Also Europe is on the verge of getting high speed internet everywhere,Neelie Smit Kroes is a European congress member and she wants Europe to have fast internet everywhere in a few years
OK, I guess you're right. I was going to watch a movie tonight, but apparently my collection of DVD and Blu-Ray discs are all obsolete now.
I guess I'll just have to find a way to deal with it. Maybe I'll go play some browser based Flash games. Oh, wait, I can't do that either, because Flash is dead (at least, according to Apple).
I guess I'll just read a book.
I know it´s hard, but you gotta try!
Just wondering, why was the fastest computer of its size matter? For $700, I want a more beefier macintosh. Why do people care about its size. Its a desktop, and its going to sit n one place anyways. Notebooks are for mobility, and desktops stay where they are. If your anything like the people I know, they have a computer cabinet, and it has a place for the tower. Sure smaller is nice, but because its not going anywhere, if you only have to make it a little larger to fix more robust modern components inside, why not?
Who cares about bandwidth...
All this bickering back and forth about how bandwidth will eventually kill Bluray... Eventually, it probably will. But who can give Hollywood a kick in the ass so that the iTunes store in my country actually has movies or tv shows to download? I'm sure they'll need more time than my local ISP, who is already delivering 50 Mbit.
So for now... No Bluray, no sale. Get a grip Steve.
All this bickering back and forth about how bandwidth will eventually kill Bluray... Eventually, it probably will. But who can give Hollywood a kick in the ass so that the iTunes store in my country actually has movies or tv shows to download? I'm sure they'll need more time than my local ISP, who is already delivering 50 Mbit.
So for now... No Bluray, no sale. Get a grip Steve.
Isn't that so with most electronics-tv-radio-dvd player a.s.o.?
Edit: Nowadays they can easily make short proof power supplies yet they don't,I guess its all about money.
I work in Industrial Automation and I have seen power supplies last for 30 years and more,so yes its possible yet not feasible for consumer electronics-things have to break down