Opinion on Mac Mini
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- zoobie
So Im a college student/web designer thats always worked with PCs, and am planning to make the move, and buy a Mac Mini in about a month.
Is there anything from your experience that I should know before I buy a Mac Mini? anything I should look out for? Is it stable enough to run Photoshop and Illustrator at the same time without being buggy?
- ********0
why would want a mac when u have apc?
just stay with pc if you are student.
no need to mac it
- canuck0
Dinky speaketh the truth.
- jaylarson0
that money can be spent to upgrade yr pc. unless your school is mostly pc....
- ********0
i switched to Macs, cant go back to PC now.
Mac minis are just fine.. the only thing you need to do is upgrade the ram to atleast 1 gig.
Personally i would pay the extra few 100 and get a G5 imac
- GreedoLives0
Mac's going to Intel chips next year, making everything they have obsolete. Save your money and wait for the switch or stick with PC.
- ********0
since you dont have the software, i would wait because when the new intel macs come out.. youl have to get all new software anyway.
- NegativeSpace0
Agreed.
I had a 4 yr old pc, and own a powerbook g4 , had to make a call in the last week on what I was gonna do in terms of my desktop and I built a nice quite affordable dual core pc and its running real smooth.
- Mimio0
Why would the Intel chip change require all the Apple people to buy new software?
- bassik0
I second that Mimio.
Aren't intel just going to be making the chips?> Just like the existing ones are made by IBM, and the G4's by Motorola etc etc. The chipset's shouldn't change the operation system dramatically.
- ********0
intel chip doesnt mean you can run pc apps.
you still gotta buy mac apps..
its just processor difference.
its like linux running on pc. with different type of software..
- NegativeSpace0
I think what Greedo might have meant was that since OSX needs to support x86 processor's now (Intel/Amd) that anyone who wanted to build a pc could in fact put the mac os on a pc system,. just like what people are doing now with the version that leaked around the net. Allowing you to avoid apples rip off hardware prices :)
- ********0
actually, im talking about mac software created for the IBM chipset. It will not work with the new intel macs
- spongebob0
what dinky first said
avoid mac like the plague, unless you're into Big Macs for $2.99.
- ********0
PC it up!
- zoobie0
wow, it seems like theres a lot more people against the macs here. I figured that there would be a lot of designers here who would be petting their macs every 5 seconds.
I guess, ill have to rethink my gaming plan now.
- ********0
Petting Macs, i kick mine!!
- NegativeSpace0
For some reason Im thinking that had it not been a sunday there would of been alot more mac die hards in here.
- ********0
I'm just a little mac-ked out!
I think it comes down to value for money.
- AlsoKnownAs0
ahem...
sorry, i have to be the voice of reason here.
zoobie, don't listen to these guys. you'll be so much better off (less hassle, less downtime, far better user experience) with a mac.
the mini is probably a bit underpowered I'd say, but the imac will definitely do you fine.
