Mac mini

bookem · #1 January 11th, 2005, 01:17 PM

I want one, and I want one now!!! That's way cooler than I'm sure anyone expected! Who's orderin'?

ged3000 · #2 January 11th, 2005, 01:19 PM

"Keyboard, iPod mini, dock, hands, AirPort, Bluetooth and PC sold separately."

It doesnt come with hands

(http://www.apple.com/uk/macmini/design.html)

Wow.....

kainjow · #3 January 11th, 2005, 01:19 PM

Here's something interesting: on the main Mac mini page, there is a little blurb on the right column titled "Perfect for Programmers". Are they trying to appeal to Windows/Linux programmers with a cheap-o machine to develop on (well obviously they are)?

Hm...

bookem · #4 January 11th, 2005, 01:24 PM

From £339 in the UK. Glad to see they haven't just swapped the $ for a £.

chadwick · #5 January 11th, 2005, 01:27 PM

I'm ordering one right now. My only real complaint about it is that the built-in video is a Radeon 9200 with only 32MB of RAM. 64MB of video RAM would have really made it much more useful (for me). But honestly it's still a great box and setup.

chadwick · #6 January 11th, 2005, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kainjow

Here's something interesting: on the main Mac mini page, there is a little blurb on the right column titled "Perfect for Programmers". Are they trying to appeal to Windows/Linux programmers with a cheap-o machine to develop on (well obviously they are)?

Hm...

I could see owning three or four of these just for testing various OS versions quickly and easily. That'll do until something like VMware exists for OS X, if ever.

kainjow · #7 January 11th, 2005, 01:30 PM

That was what I was thinking... they'd be perfect for testing.

Now time to convince the family to get Mac's

chadwick · #8 January 11th, 2005, 01:37 PM

Well, as usual they do add up qiuck. For the 1.42GHz version with 512MB RAM, a SuperDrive, and the Bluetooth + AirPort Extreme add-ons, $903 US.

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