Are you saying the Mini is just as fast as both of them, or just the Macbook? If it's as snappy as the 2.66 (core 2 duo?) Imac, that's impressive. I'm seriously considering getting one and this bit of news may have pushed me off the fence!
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Are you saying the Mini is just as fast as both of them, or just the Macbook? If it's as snappy as the 2.66 (core 2 duo?) Imac, that's impressive. I'm seriously considering getting one and this bit of news may have pushed me off the fence!
Well I finall thought my first Mac - 2.0 Mac Mini. I went to the store on Friday and paid for them to install 4GB of RAM. Yes, I know it's overprice and you can do it yourself for less, but my choise was well founded as...
I got home and turned it on the set it up only to find no wireless. As it was late I couldn't do anything. I poked around online on Saturday morning and couldn't see anything that might be a "fix" so I made a Genius bar appointment. Took it in and they said the airport card was faulty. They ended up replacing the unit and adding the RAM to the new one. Took her home and everything worked fine - was prompted to join wireless network immediately.
This is exactly why I paid extra for the RAM from Apple. I didn't want to be the one spending my time fixing the unit and getting frustrated.
Now I just have to get used to this OS X thing.
I got home and turned it on the set it up only to find no wireless. As it was late I couldn't do anything. I poked around online on Saturday morning and couldn't see anything that might be a "fix" so I made a Genius bar appointment. Took it in and they said the airport card was faulty. They ended up replacing the unit and adding the RAM to the new one. Took her home and everything worked fine - was prompted to join wireless network immediately.
This is exactly why I paid extra for the RAM from Apple. I didn't want to be the one spending my time fixing the unit and getting frustrated.
Now I just have to get used to this OS X thing.
Well I finall thought my first Mac - 2.0 Mac Mini. I went to the store on Friday and paid for them to install 4GB of RAM. Yes, I know it's overprice and you can do it yourself for less, but my choise was well founded as...
I got home and turned it on the set it up only to find no wireless. As it was late I couldn't do anything. I poked around online on Saturday morning and couldn't see anything that might be a "fix" so I made a Genius bar appointment. Took it in and they said the airport card was faulty. They ended up replacing the unit and adding the RAM to the new one. Took her home and everything worked fine - was prompted to join wireless network immediately.
This is exactly why I paid extra for the RAM from Apple. I didn't want to be the one spending my time fixing the unit and getting frustrated.
Now I just have to get used to this OS X thing.
Hey... Superman should have no problems with stuff like this. And as for "getting used to this OS X thing.
" WTF? Put on your big girl panties and buck up... It's a joy not a chore! (You're going to love it!)Hey... Superman should have no problems with stuff like this. And as for "getting used to this OS X thing.
+1
OSX is a joy to use compared to Windows!
Well I finall thought my first Mac - 2.0 Mac Mini. I went to the store on Friday and paid for them to install 4GB of RAM. Yes, I know it's overprice and you can do it yourself for less, but my choise was well founded as...
I got home and turned it on the set it up only to find no wireless. As it was late I couldn't do anything. I poked around online on Saturday morning and couldn't see anything that might be a "fix" so I made a Genius bar appointment. Took it in and they said the airport card was faulty. They ended up replacing the unit and adding the RAM to the new one. Took her home and everything worked fine - was prompted to join wireless network immediately.
Faulty airport card indeed....I'd bet dollars to donuts that when they did the upgrade in store they forgot to re-connect one of the antennas....which they discovered when you brought it back and they opened it back up.
The 2.26 GHz processor is (verifiably) 13% faster. If saving that much time is worth it to you, then buy the 2.26 GHz version.
I got the same email on Thursday and also thought it was amusing. Despite the conservative "We expect to ship your order out [within 5 days as originally promised]", the mini shipped out the next day and arrived today. So it did, in fact, ship earlier than expected (2 days, instead of 3–5).
I was more blown away by the fact that my Mini was in Shenzhen, China on Wednesday and in my hands today. FedEx IP Direct Distribution is some amazing free shipping.
Just ordered mine as well, after a lot of hesitation back and forth... I custom-ordered it from Apple with 2 GB RAM (I won't be needing as much as 4, especially not considering the huge price increase)... I really hope that this machine lives up to my expectations
Expected delivery date: 18 Mar, 2009 - 19 Mar, 2009
Expected delivery date: 18 Mar, 2009 - 19 Mar, 2009
It's going to be my dad's birthday gift. He used Mac OS 8 before and later jumped to the Windows platform. He always want to use his LCD TV with a computer.
Order Date: Mar 9, 2009 at 05:17 PM PDT
Not yet shipped
Product / Part No. MAC MINI CTO - Z0FW
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2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SD 8x (DVD+R DL/DVD+RW/CD-RW)
USERS GUIDE,K88
Country Kit
Ships: 1 - 3 business days
Delivers: Mar 11 - Mar 17
Order Date: Mar 9, 2009 at 05:17 PM PDT
Not yet shipped
Product / Part No. MAC MINI CTO - Z0FW
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2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
250GB Serial ATA Drive
SD 8x (DVD+R DL/DVD+RW/CD-RW)
USERS GUIDE,K88
Country Kit
Ships: 1 - 3 business days
Delivers: Mar 11 - Mar 17
Congrats! I hope to due this soon.
Anybody know if the Mac mini "unofficially" supports 6GB of ram?
Anybody know if the Mac mini "unofficially" supports 6GB of ram?
It helps the system to not slow down when running more than one Application at once and in general OS X loves to utilize RAM
Running multiple apps simultaneously and especially working with large file sizes, like editing in Photoshop. RAM is CHEAP! 4GB around $50! Max it out and let your computer breathe easy with less need to access the hard drive.
My order just got delayed until the 23-24 of March
Bummer...
Mine just got shipped!
Allthough the expected delivery date is March 19th?! Bizarre. I hope they are just playing it safe and that it might just possibly get here before the weekend.My 4gb RAM kit and X25-M SSD arrived today so I am all set and waiting for the mini.
Was it simple to load your Time Machine data? I have to do this to but have never done it before.