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Mac mini questions (soon to be Mac n00b).
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Indeed.
The OP, as a Queenslander is allowed to have his intelligence constantly brought into question (hence the daylight saving quips about curtains fading) and claims that he spends all day bending the bananas before sale around the country.
I, as a New South Welshman submit to constant claims of latté-sipping yuppiedom (wow, yuppiedom isn't considered a spelling mistake), the never-ending urge to leave my state for the warmer climes up north in Qld and any sporting prowess I may boast to be called "not as good as *insert Qld sportsperson here*."
Them's the rules.
Nahh, actually it's 32MB: ATI AGP 32 MB ATY RV280 :O that's what it says under "system profiler" 
Yet, it's crap the mac Mini should work 3 times faster than this, to say the least :O
Yet, it's crap the mac Mini should work 3 times faster than this, to say the least :OI feel so enlightened as to the vagaries of Australian Culture..
and there I thought you guys got your culture from yoghurt
and there I thought you guys got your culture from yoghurt
It always amazes me the stereotypes you Jaapies hold towards us. They're the same ones we heap on the Kiwis - imagine what the Kiwis feel like to be called sheep-shaggers by the country the South Africans call sheep-shaggers
Queensland is great, far better than NSW. We have the better climate, better beaches (Surfers for example and many other not well known ones), better sporting teams (QLD and Bronco's winning State of origin and Grand final and Lions wining three flags in a row etc (had to do it). We also have 1500 of you bloody NSWman/Vic's coming to our state every week. If it is that bad here why do you all come?
Life is good in Queensland, and it would be better if you all stopped moving here (holidaying is accepted)
.PS Brisbane is also better than Sydney
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Queensland is great, far better than NSW. We have the better climate, better beaches (Surfers for example and many other not well known ones), better sporting teams (QLD and Bronco's winning State of origin and Grand final and Lions wining three flags in a row etc (had to do it). We also have 1500 of you bloody NSWman/Vic's coming to our state every week. If it is that bad here why do you all come?
Life is good in Queensland, and it would be better if you all stopped moving here (holidaying is accepted)
See Greebazoid - the usual back-and-forth between NSW and Qld.
I feel a bit like David Attenborough in a documentary...
"We will now see the New South Welshman call the Queenslander's intelligence into question...."
At least I know that beer isn't spelt "XXXX."
"Ooh, you see that, he's gone with the traditional, 'Queenslanders can't spell beer' approach. It's oft-used but still very true, they really can't spell Beer"
Back to the topic at hand....
Have you checked out the education store yet (don't do it now, the stores are down because new Macs are coming... probably MacBooks but we'll see in about an hour or less) for Mac mini pricing? The low-end Core Duo model is a pretty good buy at $853, add an extra $107 to take it to 1GB.
Have you checked out the education store yet (don't do it now, the stores are down because new Macs are coming... probably MacBooks but we'll see in about an hour or less) for Mac mini pricing? The low-end Core Duo model is a pretty good buy at $853, add an extra $107 to take it to 1GB.
ah well..
You should see what us Cape Townians (tho, I aint, in fact, South African) call those "people" from Johannesburg (and vice versa)
if we are to be believed - all Joburgers (nicknamed Mordor) are money grabbing, materialist, cold hearted criminals who drive like maniacs
If they're to be believed, we Kaapies are all pot smoking, wine guzzling mountain men who can't drive or keep a job..
I had an Australian lover once - damn, but he was hot - even if he did speak funny
You should see what us Cape Townians (tho, I aint, in fact, South African) call those "people" from Johannesburg (and vice versa)
if we are to be believed - all Joburgers (nicknamed Mordor) are money grabbing, materialist, cold hearted criminals who drive like maniacs
If they're to be believed, we Kaapies are all pot smoking, wine guzzling mountain men who can't drive or keep a job..
I had an Australian lover once - damn, but he was hot - even if he did speak funny
I've been listening to the unabridged audiobook version (it was free on the iTunes Store but you guys don't have one of those yet) of The Power of One. Haven't read the book in years so was looking forward to hearing it - the damn thing was narrated by a guy with a thick South African accent - took me days to stop speaking the same way he did. I take on accents like the Titanic took on water - I hate working with Kiwis because within about 20 minutes I'm speaking like thus end can't stop saying thungs like chups end fush etc.
We wont get one either - South African foreign exchange laws will ensure that. Most SA credit cards are frequently blocked on paypal coz the cartel of banks that operate here suck piles.
Back to the subject at hand..
My mini - now that it lives under the TV and spends its days idle, would make a great little file server except the only recourse to expand its storage capacity is USB and (1) Firewire - neither ripplingly fast
Am I mad to consider (when its warranty is up) removing its HDD, running a SATA cable to outside the box (somehow - not sure yet) and connecting it to an external eSata RAID box.. Bingo. I have fast CPU, brilliant OS and plenty of capacity all accessible at Gb speeds.
Ok. First off XP vs. OS X
OS X is actually more like Windows XP than OS9 the functionality of the keyboard shortcuts resemble more of a Windows interface. The learning curve is minimal. I just started using OS X at work about 4 months ago, and by the end of the first week I was using OS X just as efficiently as WinXP.
As for the performance thing. It was a bad idea to buy an Intel based computer in the first place. AMD has much better hardware, and the prices are cheaper than Intel. At home I'm using an Athalon64 FX running at 3Ghz. At work we have G5 Quadcore 2Ghz. And guess what? The Athalon64 is far and beyond WAY faster than the G5's. The simple fact that Apple's OS is built to be visually appealing. Flashy graphics and window shadows bog down system performance, the Duo Core is unnoticable. At work we are running All adobe apps, plus microsoft Office at the same time, and these computers start to get really slow when you do that. I run the same programs on my PC at home, and Windows runs faster, Period. I considered getting a MacMini at one time, then realized I don't like OS X at all. Especially the stupid spotlight icon. Stick with XP is what I suggest, if you do buy a MacMini don't bother with Core Duo, it's just a reason for Apple to charge you more money.
OS X is actually more like Windows XP than OS9 the functionality of the keyboard shortcuts resemble more of a Windows interface. The learning curve is minimal. I just started using OS X at work about 4 months ago, and by the end of the first week I was using OS X just as efficiently as WinXP.
As for the performance thing. It was a bad idea to buy an Intel based computer in the first place. AMD has much better hardware, and the prices are cheaper than Intel. At home I'm using an Athalon64 FX running at 3Ghz. At work we have G5 Quadcore 2Ghz. And guess what? The Athalon64 is far and beyond WAY faster than the G5's. The simple fact that Apple's OS is built to be visually appealing. Flashy graphics and window shadows bog down system performance, the Duo Core is unnoticable. At work we are running All adobe apps, plus microsoft Office at the same time, and these computers start to get really slow when you do that. I run the same programs on my PC at home, and Windows runs faster, Period. I considered getting a MacMini at one time, then realized I don't like OS X at all. Especially the stupid spotlight icon. Stick with XP is what I suggest, if you do buy a MacMini don't bother with Core Duo, it's just a reason for Apple to charge you more money.