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Mac Mini SUCKS!!!

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It's nice to talk to some intelligent people on here. Using a mac for 35 years doesn't mean that I know about Rosetta or universal binaries. I haven't even used photoshop much on here. I"ve used no large files. Both times, the logic board went out while I was just emailing a friend on safari. I have macs because they JUST WORK. I don't care how, they work and I usually can depend on them.

I just heard about this photoshop problem. I'm not whining. I don't whine, I just want to warn others about the possible inherent problems with these machines.

This machine only as 512 RAM. I don't have the $$ to spend here at home on another NEW machine. You guys have given me the impetus to pack this thing up and demand my money back (for the third time). I actually started out with the mini solo and took it back because it was slower than my old
mac.

I'll get another G4 or something on ebay.
 
I'd almost say noisy/bad power may be a factor, but it could also be a bad power brick.

Of course carrying the Mac Mini to a wall outlet not on the current circuit breaker may be worth a shot to see if the wireless problems vanish -- and a noisy circuit is the problem.
 
I bought a mini (core duo) in April (happy birthday to me..) and had one or two issues with it, including the motherboard going pop..

After 2 weeks, they replaced the machine, but moved my drive over to the new one, thus preserving my data.

If that can happen in deepest darkest africa, surely they'd get it right to sort you out there?

For the record tho, I've not found the apple hardware to be any more or less reliable than top end PC hardware. But the hardware is only one part of the purchase rationale anyway.
 
javelin said:
This is not to mention the hassle of using photoshop with this machine. (my business)... they are writing a universal binary to help with that... it'll only cost $50.00... what a crock!!!
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Wrong machine for the wrong job. If you read around about your purchase in advance you'd have known the mini wasn't for you. Seriously, how you can blame Adobe or Apple for personal ignorance is beyond me.

Airport problems suck, no arguments there. I'd be annoyed about that one.

javelin said:
It's nice to talk to some intelligent people on here. Using a mac for 35 years
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Again...Apple as a company have only existed 30 years...do we need to keep repeating this?
 
I'm just saying what you're all thinking...





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javelin said:
It's nice to talk to some intelligent people on here. Using a mac for 35 years doesn't mean that I know about Rosetta or universal binaries. I haven't even used photoshop much on here. I"ve used no large files. Both times, the logic board went out while I was just emailing a friend on safari. I have macs because they JUST WORK. I don't care how, they work and I usually can depend on them.

I just heard about this photoshop problem. I'm not whining. I don't whine, I just want to warn others about the possible inherent problems with these machines.

This machine only as 512 RAM. I don't have the $$ to spend here at home on another NEW machine. You guys have given me the impetus to pack this thing up and demand my money back (for the third time). I actually started out with the mini solo and took it back because it was slower than my old
mac.

I'll get another G4 or something on ebay.
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OK, we still don't know what real symptoms were being suffered in Photoshop.

To repeat: Photoshop problems are not inherent on the Intel machines. There is no reason to "warn others about this inherent problem" because it does not exist.

Slow performance is entirely expected with any Mac and Photoshop at 512 Mb RAM.

The logic board failing, twice, is a possibility, but a slim one. However I cannot think of a cause and effect that relates Safari use to logic board failure.

Email is not done in Safari (unless you're talking about webmail sent through a Web browser)

But what do I know, I've only been doing Mac support for 19 years.
 
i'm always amazed that people buy critical technical equipment without doing a few weeks detailed research. you see that from mountainbikes to computers.

anyway, your machine seems to be a lemon and you had already more than three repairs as i understand your post. apple normally replaces them after 3 repairs i thought. i would try to insist (politely) on a replacement.

as for the photoshop issues: well, if adobe does not update their software thats adobes problem.

the only thing you can do is try one of your files on a mac mini in the store. if it's still too slow then the mac mini is not for you. if it's faster in the store than your mac mini has some other problems. you could buy a Macbook pro or a Macbook instead. they should be slightly faster.

check if you really have a 1.66 GHz Core Duo mac mini. What you write sounds more like a 1.5 GHz core solo.

aside of that: it seems that you have to become an expert on computer/software/apple stuff if you want to avoid disappointment. it's sad but it's true. even for apple.
 
javelin said:
It's nice to talk to some intelligent people on here. Using a mac for 35 years doesn't mean that I know about Rosetta or universal binaries. I haven't even used photoshop much on here. I"ve used no large files. Both times, the logic board went out while I was just emailing a friend on safari. I have macs because they JUST WORK. I don't care how, they work and I usually can depend on them.

I just heard about this photoshop problem. I'm not whining. I don't whine, I just want to warn others about the possible inherent problems with these machines.

This machine only as 512 RAM. I don't have the $$ to spend here at home on another NEW machine. You guys have given me the impetus to pack this thing up and demand my money back (for the third time). I actually started out with the mini solo and took it back because it was slower than my old
mac.

I'll get another G4 or something on ebay.
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You can stop with your whole "i've been using a mac for 35 years now" lie, because nobody here is stupid enough to be buying it.

If you go to www.apple-history.com, you will see that the Apple 1 (not MAC 1) was released in April 1976, and it is NOT, (incase you haven't realised) 2011 yet.
 
Greebazoid said:
I bought a mini (core duo) in April (happy birthday to me..) and had one or two issues with it, including the motherboard going pop..

After 2 weeks, they replaced the machine, but moved my drive over to the new one, thus preserving my data.

If that can happen in deepest darkest africa, surely they'd get it right to sort you out there?

For the record tho, I've not found the apple hardware to be any more or less reliable than top end PC hardware. But the hardware is only one part of the purchase rationale anyway.
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Yes. In SA, if something's wrong with your mac, they give you a new one. Isn't that generally what's supposed to happen? Or is the OP talking BS, and doesn't really even have a mini, or any mac for that matter?:rolleyes:
 
dextertangocci said:
Yes. In SA, if something's wrong with your mac, they give you a new one. Isn't that generally what's supposed to happen? Or is the OP talking BS, and doesn't really even have a mini, or any mac for that matter?:rolleyes:
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and also to Shotglass:


wow, where does this hostility come from?

yes, the 35 years are off. but does it matter?
and not everyone is a computer expert. some people simply go and buy the stuff as advertized.

let's try to be helpful here.
 
So much for MacRumors being a caring community..... Sheesh people calm down. Someone misstates one thing and everyone is crying troll, of course the thread title does not help, but obviously most of you have never worked in the service business.(There are some exceptions is this thread CanadaRAM etc.) Some people honestly do not know what a UB is when they are buying an expensive machine, I work in a Apple Reseller Store, some people are really new or are ignorant of what Apple puts out. All they know is they want a fast Mac.

Don't shoot the messenger.
 
iHotu said:
I think your title should be "My Mac Mini SUCKS!!!" as there seems to be many happy mini owners without any issues that you have.
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I'm a happy Mac Mini owner, I got a G4 Mac Mini about 10 months ago and I love it. If you are using a Mac Mini for business it's a bad idea, the Mac Minis are great for home and low end computing anything more and you should have looked into an iMac or PowerMac.
 
Javelin,
Call Apple and demand firmly but nicely that you get a replacement machine. Your Mac Mini is defective. Also, if they let you, order an imac when you return the Mac Mini. It costs a bit more but has a little more juice. An imac is probably more appropriate for bringing work home that has to be done in pro programs. And if you still have the monitor from your returned Mini, you can connect it to your imac and have extra screen real estate, something that may be nice for doing photo work.
Oh, and whether or not you get an imac or a replacement mini or whatever, up your RAM to AT LEAST 1G. Don't have Apple upgrade it though. Search on these forums for a reputable Apple RAM dealer and install it yourself. That's a user sevicable part in both of those machines.
Good luck.
 
A tip for the Airport issue: Put the Mac mini on the side so that the top faces in the direction of the basestation. It works for me with no bad side effects, but I give no guarantees.
 
javelin said:
I am "getting it straight" skubish ....... I have absolutely NO CLUE what a universal binary is....
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Its called research it what you do when your going to drop 850 on a new computer. You want get pitty for not researching about Intel and PPC.


As for th AirPort thing, well my AirPort signal might go down to 2 bar once in a while, but i never lose internet.
 
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