design on a minimac?
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- exador10
damn..
i thought i could just waltz into bestbuy and pick one up:(
- Donvitoviti0
if you get the mac mini its only really worth getting if you get 512 of ram.
getting it with 1 gig of ram makes the price too high. and might as well save up and get the low end G5 tower
- Donvitoviti0
PS. shipping is free on them currently.. so that does save almost 100
- BonSeff0
i wonder if crucial makes a ram stick for them
- Donvitoviti0
i was wondering the same thing. but it only has 1 slot anyway.. so even the crucial price will be high
- exador10
hmmmm...
now i'm back to thinking i should just save up a bit more and get the G5...
damn..
anyhow..i totally appreciate the advice guys..
if someone has anything else positive to say about the mini, i sure would like to hear it...
ex
- Donvitoviti0
Also.. check out Apples Refurb section. ... it is in the online store.. bottem right.. there is a big red tag.
I got my powerbook there for 800 less.
- BZZZP0
it takes standard ram, dorks.
- welded0
$599
+ $325 1gb ram
+ $100 superdrive
+ $79 wifi
= $1,103 + tax + s&hand you get a whopping 32mb card and no monitor and no keyboard or mouse. But a very cool looking computer it is. I wouldn't say its the best bang for your buck however.
jimeeboy51
(Jan 26 05, 14:21)Well if you're just going to jack the specs up to that of a high(er) end system you can't expect to still pay so little. It's that bit about having cake and eating it too.
- robotron3k0
pc makers use cheap parts, the minimac is loaded with better hardware and comes with killer software package (that you can actually use-unlike pcs). if you buy a minimac, max out the ram, buy a off the shelf monitor keep it all under $1k, as a designer, you could easily make $10k or more this year and you should be able to afford a g5 laptop by this time next year...
- jamble0
For the money (and the fact it'll cost you more to upgrade the ram) why not just buy a better spec PC or do you want a Mac still?
My understanding is that the mac mini isn't aimed at this type of use, more the basic home user type than someone doing more intensive work but I guess if you spend hundreds on it and then have to bump up the ram too then it should be fine.
- Donvitoviti0
"Memory installation is pretty easy, considering it uses regular desktop 184-pin DDR DIMMs (you still need to buy Mac specific memory - G4 or G5 memory will work because the motherboard is quite sensitive to the SPD on modules)."
Sweeet.
- Donvitoviti0
man.. for once its acctually cheaper to get the upgraded RAM on the mini, than it is on crucial. Interesting.
- Gilt0010
Just make sure you get GOOD RAM, crucial or someone else recommended. I was talking to our Apple tech and he had a 17 Powerbook with him that was sent to Apple for repairs. Turns out it was the cheap RAM that was causing random shutdowns.
Don't buy cheap-o RAM. Oh and buy a putty knife, cuz that's what you'll need to open it up.
- janne0
i need at least two G5's to design on, i mean i put them on the side next to each other and then there's just enough space for my sketching paper!
i mean the mac mini could be a handy portable alternative to hold small papers to sketch on..
i dunno..
- designerror0
Mac mini talking:
http://www.yodajeff.com/multimed…
- industry730
I am designing off of a powerbook 500 Mhz with 1Gb and a 8mb graphic card.
mac mini has a 1.25/1.42 Ghz G4 you can get 1Gb of ram and it has a 32MB video card.
there is no reason you couldnt design on it without a proble
and try to find a $500 PC with those same specs
- fredrik0
a cheap mac is always better than an expensive - since they are all slow.
(hit me!)
- Donvitoviti0
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