TheShortTimer
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Ohhhhhh! Do you still have it?
The reason I asked whether you had an ST was because of their popularity across Europe amongst musicians due to their affordability and built-in MIDI ports.
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We will help you. 😉
Ohhhhhh! Do you still have it?
The reason I asked whether you had an ST was because of their popularity across Europe amongst musicians due to their affordability and built-in MIDI ports.
DCBassman
macrumors 65816
No, not for many a decade. And...MIDI ports? What be they, then? 😀
ToniCH
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Is it the adapter or is the SSD double sided and thus too thick?
Amethyst1
macrumors G3
DCBassman
macrumors 65816
Doesn't close even without the SSD mounted, so the adapter is the problem. And I don't see how the Sintech, used by others here, is any different.
ToniCH
macrumors 65816
Well, that is weird. I've had couple of those adapters and thin one sided SSDs and no problems closing them. But, cannot remember what brand the adapters were. Probably no name chinese stuff.
The ssd that came with a chinese MBA upgrade kit is 2.00 mm at the thickest point. Don't remember where the adapter is right now so cannot check its dimensions.
Certificate of Excellence
macrumors 68020
That sounds like fun. I’m thinking about taking my trusty haswell box out of its aging fishtank and sticking it in one of these Fractal designs.
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DCBassman
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Aha, this is also a trusty Haswell, a 4790 in an Asus CS-B in a white Bitfenix Prodigy M case. Massively overpowered for anything I do, but hey, toys, right? 😀
TheShortTimer
macrumors 68040
Tratkazir_the_1st
macrumors 65816
Guys, I've somehow installed HaikuOS (Nightly Build 58287) onto my home cMP5.1 😀. Funny thing - any earlier builds couldn't even boot from USB 🙂. Looking around. (This post made from WebPositive browser 😀 ).
DCBassman
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OK, 11" MBA SSD: took the screw out of the adapter and managed to wedge the SSD behine the screw post. It was the height of that screw that was the problem. It *just* fits together now, and the SSD can't move due to the bottm cover, where it sits against the insulating strip at the back edge. It's all up and running, and there's no magic smoke!
DCBassman
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ToniCH
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Amethyst1
macrumors G3
ToniCH
macrumors 65816
DCBassman
macrumors 65816
If I'd had a use for a file server, it would still be here!
Oh, that's really nice!
DCBassman
macrumors 65816
Remember, I'm one of those extreme oddballs who turns everything off, every night! Even my phone. If the house is drawing more than 50W at night (fridge/freezer excepted), I've forgotten something!
DCBassman
macrumors 65816
I would like a 2012 i7 Mac Mini if I could lay hands on one...
*goes straight off to eBay to spend money*
*goes straight off to eBay to spend money*
Amethyst1
macrumors G3
If you want ultimate overkill, run a non-Retina 27inch iMac as a file server while using its LCD with another machine via Target Display Mode.
Why exactly that one? 🙂
ToniCH
macrumors 65816
We have 3 of those (all Mini Servers from factory). Very nice machines. One is wifes main home computer, one is our media server and one takes backups. The wife's was the most expensive (~250€) 4 years back when we upgraded from her 2014 to the 2012. Then the two were like 100-130€ each about 2 years ago. The last one came with 16GB RAM and 2 SSDs for 130€.
IMHO its a great machine: i7 4 core processors, upgradeable RAM, 2 SATA -drive slots (servers have 2 drives and cabling stock), thunderbolt, USB3, Firewire 800, SD card reader, 1000Base-T etc.
Wow, I didn't even know that is possible?! 😳😀 I thought its a dummy display when its used as TDM?
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DCBassman
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It's essentially the last one where you can mess with the RAM and storage. The later ones have soldered RAM of either 4 or 8 GB, 16 to special order.
Also ready to go out of the door is an A1355 Time Capsule with a 4TB drive in it.
Certificate of Excellence
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I use my minis as book shelf book ends LOL. There's a core solo mini locally to me that Id pick up in a heartbeat for my non fiction if seller didn't want stupid money for it 😀
I think it would be neat to have an example of the slowest Intel Mac (I think) but Im not over paying for it.
I think it would be neat to have an example of the slowest Intel Mac (I think) but Im not over paying for it.
Amethyst1
macrumors G3
Yup — the 2011 Server has all that too minus USB 3.0 if you can find it for much less.
No, the iMac is still fully running when in TDM.
The 2018 is also good (up to six cores, up to 64 GB RAM, two Thunderbolt 3 controllers) if you don’t mind the storage being soldered and it having a T2 chip.
This is the slowest Intel Mac. 😛