Opinion on Mac Mini
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- waynepixel0
Good computer. I had mine for nearly a year now.
Good value for money too.
- spongebob0
what dinky first said
avoid mac like the plague, unless you're into Big Macs for $2.99.
- RoyBoy0
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.
- RoyBoy0
Petting Macs, i kick mine!!
- 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.
- NegativeSpace0
For some reason Im thinking that had it not been a sunday there would of been alot more mac die hards in here.
- RoyBoy0
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.
- KILLputer0
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?
imakedesign(Nov 7 05, 03:44)
There is a big difference... The DIFFERENCE is the OS. Plan and simple.
I would pay a studio the price of a mac mini to NOT have to use a PC.
I work for myself, before I got busy enough to do so I did IT work for a college. Nothing is more fucking anoying than administrating PC's all day. Nothing is more baffling to me with all the problems that occur on them why anyone would purposely choose to use that shit. But whatever- to each their own.
I mentioned this here before many times... my main machine is a dual450 G4, I run the latest OS, CS2, Flash, and other good stuff just fine.. RAM is key- pays my rent.
A mac mini with maxed RAM will be fine for your needs.
- imakedesign0
fair enough, i work with applications, not the os... i dont understand what the fuss is about.
- 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.
- KILLputer0
Me either imakedesign... I always defend my favorite, a mac over a PC, but in reality I could give two shits what everyone else uses as long as I am liking what I use and getting my work done.
I'd rather be fishing anyway.
- industry730
PC users who have never used a mac always say stay with PC.
I use a Mini at work for Graphic/web design. it gets kinda bogged down when i have 20 apps open at once but runs PS and Ill ok.
and the price is very good
Just make sure to MAX out the RAM
- 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?