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Topic : "mac mini good buy?" |
jr member
Member # Joined: 17 Jun 2001 Posts: 1046 Location: nyc
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:39 pm |
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upgrade to 1 gig ram, for a total of about 800 bucks, is that a good buy for a graphics computer? i'm considering getting one, sorry if this has been asked before _________________  |
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Bruneau junior member
Member # Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 21 Location: Antwerp Belgium
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:01 pm |
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Hello jr
What do you mean by graphic computer?
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Gort member
Member # Joined: 09 Oct 2001 Posts: 1545 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:17 am |
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Jr:
You'd best seriously assess what you want to do with your machine. Your motives would best determine what machine to buy. Any type of graphics workstation, be it a Mac or PC, would have to have more muscle than a Mac Mini. The Mac Mini is Apple's marketing posture towards the low cost PC market with an attempt at luring general users (internet and email, mainly) to Apple.
I personally wouldn't consider a Mini for serious work. Just me. _________________ - Tom Carter
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UnFocuzed junior member
Member # Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 9 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:06 am |
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A mini for serious work would not be that great since it has a weak graphics card. |
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Yarik member
Member # Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 231 Location: Russian/Ukrainian American in California
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:21 pm |
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HOnestly I think you can do more GFX work with a psp then a mac mini. Just my 2 cents. |
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antx member
Member # Joined: 21 Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Location: Berlin, Germany "OLD EUROPE"
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:57 pm |
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I also think it�s not a graphics computer. Simply not strong enough on the cpu and gfx card side. I see the Mac mini as a perferct computer for surfing the web, emails, chatting, listening to music, watching movies, home bussines, playing some games and all those little privat things. In fact , it's a home computer and in that perhaps better than everything else. |
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Gort member
Member # Joined: 09 Oct 2001 Posts: 1545 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:52 pm |
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it's a home computer and in that perhaps better than everything else. |
questionable  _________________ - Tom Carter
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B0b member
Member # Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 1807 Location: Sunny Dorset, England
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:17 pm |
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if you like the OS, and only hav $800 go for it
if you've used Winblows for the past 4-5 years, spend a few more bucks on a kick ass system  |
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jr member
Member # Joined: 17 Jun 2001 Posts: 1046 Location: nyc
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:32 pm |
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thanks for the help guys! _________________  |
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