Opinion on Mac Mini
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- jimeeboy510
here's my opinion...as nice as it sounds to wait a yr and get the new macintel's or even possibly vista on a 64bit pc's, i think its smart to buy now and stick to current software.
when all that shit hits the fan next yr or whenever, most studios printers and companies will NOT be rushing to upgrade their entire office with the new stuff. i think that today's version of sw will still be mainstream when the new macintel's comes out anyway. most studios are still running CS1. some companies and venders don't even have CS and are still on ps 5 or ai 9.
honestly, upgrading to new versions when they first come out make some things more difficult, because not everyone will be on a compatible version. buy it now!
- joqui0
I have an iBook G4 (which has more or less the specs of a Mac Mini) with 640 MB memory and i can run Photoshop & Ilustrator (CS) simultaniously... but don't expect mindblowing speeds...
- Breast0
Get a Shuttle PC.
- RoyBoy0
Mac Mini doesn't have enough grunt. Its a word processing, space saving device.
Either save your money or build a PC.
- spongebob0
What's with Breastman and his Shittle PCs?
- jimeeboy510
shuttle' are tight smallform-factor pc barebone cases. I used to have one a few yrs ago before I started using laptops as my primary computer. its not as tiny as a mac mini and cost about as much to build one, but you have more room to add another disk drive or other PCI cards if you wanted to.
- spongebob0
dude i know what shuttles are, i'm just wondering what's Breast's fix that makes him suggest one everytime someone ask for a PC.
is it reflective of his wang size?
- ribit0
all your existing Mac software will run on the MacIntels (using the 'Rosetta' environment)... its just the Intel-native new versions will run a touch faster. Even if you do buy now, you are only looking at upgrade pricing for software, not all-new.. (thats if you buy software)
- Bullitt0
fuckin sucks, I hate McDonalds.
- imakedesign0
as a fellow student i would say stick with a pc, easy to get any software ;-) will not cost you your liver whenever you need to get it fixed and even a £300 pc will laugh at the mac mini for being so slow.
- jimeeboy510
dude i know what shuttles are, i'm just wondering what's Breast's fix that makes him suggest one everytime someone ask for a PC.
is it reflective of his wang size?
spongebob
(Nov 7 05, 01:47)well, you know what they say about guys with shuttle PCs.
- Dancer0
Mr Dinky is bitter cause his Mac bit the dust!
If your a designer a Mac is standard and in my opinion far nicer to use. If you work in the UK the finding a job and stating "I have never used a Mac" means the possible loss of a job.
my 2 pence
- imakedesign0
mac/pc there is no differnace other than price.. all the software you will be using is the SAME on each platform.. why dont people realize this?
- jimeeboy510
true, it maybe the same for the most part (aside from keyboard shortcuts and other minor things), but when you come from a windows bg and go into a mac enviornment, you better know that shit or they're gonna have to school you on it. not all sw is the same either, especially when it comes to video/audio editing.
- imakedesign0
i really dont think thats true, its not like you cant pick up how to use mac os or windows in a manner of seconds.. its meant to be intuitive after all.
- p0wdah0
Buy the Mac. Learn to use both. Judge for yourself which one works best.
If you're studying web design it's probably handy that you know both platforms for testing purposes and it makes you a hell of a lot more employable when you finish.
- Breast0
Just imagine the dick size of Mac Mini users...
...and don't get mad because I mentioned Shuttle twice.
*pats the spongebob*
- chossy0
I have a mac mini, I also have a huge dong. So I guess it's cool as computers are not vaginal load stones, unlike my doofer.
- waynepixel0
Good computer. I had mine for nearly a year now.
Good value for money too.
- waynepixel0
Also it really silent which is a god send compared to most computers.
PS: I would consider 1GB ram, to be on the safe side.