Well, I went and did it. Mac Mini 2009 on the way.

[darrellishere]

Corsair 128gb SSD £178.

Its like putting your mac on amphetamines (speed)!!

 

[Decrepit]

I'm going SSD. But first I have to receive the darn thing.

FedEx's site says they tried to deliver it today. Which is curious because they didn't leave a tag, they didn't ring my doorbell, and they didn't leave it with the front office.

I know this because

1. Multiple FedEx tags on the door, none mine.
2. Office says nobody showed up from FedEx this morning.
3. My doorbell hits my cellphone. And it didn't ring.

Grr.

Hopefully tomorrow I will get it.

 

[OldCorpse]

I'm going SSD. But first I have to receive the darn thing.

FedEx's site says they tried to deliver it today. Which is curious because they didn't leave a tag, they didn't ring my doorbell, and they didn't leave it with the front office.

I know this because

1. Multiple FedEx tags on the door, none mine.
2. Office says nobody showed up from FedEx this morning.
3. My doorbell hits my cellphone. And it didn't ring.

Grr.

Hopefully tomorrow I will get it.

Yeah, I got your mini. I just waited outside the door for the fedex guy to show up. Anyhow, I'm firing it up, and I'll report on what an experience you could've had, if you got it instead. But, that's water under the bridge, right now I'm just registering it.

 

[Decrepit]

Yeah, I got your mini. I just waited outside the door for the fedex guy to show up. Anyhow, I'm firing it up, and I'll report on what an experience you could've had, if you got it instead. But, that's water under the bridge, right now I'm just registering it.

Hey, what's your address so I can send along the Applecare paperwork that should show up in a few days by mail?

 

[OldCorpse]

Hey, what's your address so I can send along the Applecare paperwork that should show up in a few days by mail?

Don't worry. I'll just pick up the paperwork once it hits your mailbox, same way as I got the mini - just by waiting outside.

 

[rkdiddy]

Hey, what's your address so I can send along the Applecare paperwork that should show up in a few days by mail?

I just google earth'd your address. It looks like this was taken prior to OC snaking your mini. I'm guessing he is practicing for Garage Band.

 

[Decrepit]

If only they had a Find my Mac Mini feature like the iPhone has...

 

[rw3]

Congrats on your purchase! You will love the new Early 2009 Mini. It is a nice little machine and with the 4GB and a larger and/or faster HDD, you won't even think you're working on something with such a small footprint.

 

[zmttoxics]

Congrats! The girlfriend got a new Mini when I got my iMac. Should be good to run SL on 3 machines in the house on Day 1.

 

[Decrepit]

It's here! I'm typing this on my new Mini, that's running 2x 24" displays, and optical audio out to my stereo.

Oh this is sweet.

Now I just have to find some free dual desktop wallpapers for the Mac. And the dark dock modification I used on my old Mini. And my icons. Oh, and I have to import my music. And iPhoto. I might not get much done this weekend.

Tee hee.

She's a quick one too.

 

[dubhe]

Nice setup, enjoy

 

[duky]

Now I just have to find some free dual desktop wallpapers for the Mac.

mandolux.com has good dual-monitor ones though the site can be a bit of a pain to navigate.

And of course interfacelift is the number one source for wallpapers in general.

 

[Decrepit]

mandolux.com has good dual-monitor ones though the site can be a bit of a pain to navigate.

And of course interfacelift is the number one source for wallpapers in general.

Interfacelift only has 9 for people running 3840x1200.

Mandolux is the site I got the one I'm running now. I'm still searching for somebody that posts them pre-split. I might have to resubscribe to Digital Blasphemy to get my dual monitor groove on.

Wow I love this Mini. I am backing up to a Time Machine, watching the gamecast of the Phillies game, searching for icons, searching for wallpapers, listening to trance music, and getting ready to pull my iTunes library across the network. This is so tasty.

 

[MacMini2009]

Interfacelift only has 9 for people running 3840x1200.

Mandolux is the site I got the one I'm running now. I'm still searching for somebody that posts them pre-split. I might have to resubscribe to Digital Blasphemy to get my dual monitor groove on.

Wow I love this Mini. I am backing up to a Time Machine, watching the gamecast of the Phillies game, searching for icons, searching for wallpapers, listening to trance music, and getting ready to pull my iTunes library across the network. This is so tasty.

What does it taste like?

 

[Decrepit]

What does it taste like?

It tastes like something I should have done months ago.

I behaved a long time and deprived myself of a significantly superior system.

 

[tonka2]

It's here! I'm typing this on my new Mini, that's running 2x 24" displays, and optical audio out to my stereo.

Oh this is sweet.

Now I just have to find some free dual desktop wallpapers for the Mac. And the dark dock modification I used on my old Mini. And my icons. Oh, and I have to import my music. And iPhoto. I might not get much done this weekend.

Tee hee.

She's a quick one too.

For the Dock I think this is what you are looking for:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock

Good luck