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Is Mac Mini due for an update?
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i would have thought it should be replaced soon, it normally runs along with macbook specification, but currently the macbook is one step up on the mini!
if i were you, i would get an iMac, bare in mind that with the mini would would also need to get a screen, keyboard and mouse, webcam, speakers etc etc... the iMac would seem a better choice, and is fairly cheap on ebay.
if i were you, i would get an iMac, bare in mind that with the mini would would also need to get a screen, keyboard and mouse, webcam, speakers etc etc... the iMac would seem a better choice, and is fairly cheap on ebay.
We already have all of the peripherals, except for a webcam but we don't really need that.
As big an Apple fan as I am, it pains me to say this, but I think the Mini represents the worst value computer you can by from any manufacturer in the world right now.
For example, here in the UK, I can get this from Dell:
Quad Core 2 duo, Intel Quad-Core Q6600 2.4GHz Vista Home Premium 2048MB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, 128MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro, 16x DVD +/- RW, Keyboard/Mouse. £379 Base Unit Only.
That's £20 less than the 1.8Ghz Mac Mini.
For example, here in the UK, I can get this from Dell:
Quad Core 2 duo, Intel Quad-Core Q6600 2.4GHz Vista Home Premium 2048MB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, 128MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro, 16x DVD +/- RW, Keyboard/Mouse. £379 Base Unit Only.
That's £20 less than the 1.8Ghz Mac Mini.
I definately agree. I'm waiting to get my first mac and I really want a cinema display to go along with it, but the mini is very underpowered, I think. I definately don't need a mac pro and want a cinema display so I guess I'm gonna have to wait for a mac mini update.
The last generation mini had lagged behind the MacBooks for a long long time before the refresh in August. I expect they'll lag behind quite some time before they go Santa Rosa, as well.
(there was a ten-month difference in the MacBooks going Core 2 and the minis; at that rate, they won't be SR until August.)Anyway, I purchased a Mac mini (shortly after the refresh) because I wanted to have a very small nearly-silent machine, I already had a monitor and keyboard, and I wanted to give OS X a try. Even at the time, it was a little pricier than alternatives, but alternatives are larger and noiser. ;D
Why the desire for an ACD? From what ive skimmed through on here theyre not worth the steep price.