I really want to see benchmarks before I write the graphics card off - and this rev.
I guess we will see another rev before years end.
I guess we will see another rev before years end.
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Official "I Ordered an Intel Mac Mini" Thread...
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anyone have links to compatible RAM from 3rd parties at a better price than Apple's CTO price? i'm considering upping mine to 2GB now before it ships.
OK, the wife has the good digital camera leaving me with my POS cellphone cam. Still, here are some shots of the box... no opening until and unless I get approval.admanimal said:
And, yes, I'd've disguised it as an older mini... except that I don't have one!
She might not notice it amongst the Lacie d2 drives, though.
But I think she'd notice the $750 charge.
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tjwett said:
Keep in mind that the memory is set up to use 2 chips of equal size to take advantage of DDR. So if you keep your current 1GB order with Apple and then upgrade later, you will actually have to buy a whole 2GB (two, 1GB sticks) rather than just the 1GB that you actually want to add. The good news is that I will take the two 512 MB sticks you are left with off your hands for a reasonable price
But anyway my point is that you might be better off just getting the 2GB to begin with.
admanimal said:Keep in mind that the memory is set up to use 2 chips of equal size to take advantage of DDR. So if you keep your current 1GB order with Apple and then upgrade later, you will actually have to buy a whole 2GB (two, 1GB sticks) rather than just the 1GB that you actually want to add. The good news is that I will take the two 512 MB sticks you are left with off your hands for a reasonable price
But anyway my point is that you might be better off just getting the 2GB to begin with.
no i understand that. what i was thinking was if i could find those two 1GB chips cheaper elsewhere then maybe i would bump my order down to the stock 512. it would speed up the shipping and save me some money. or if i can't find them cheaper elsewhere (so far i cannot) then i may bump it up through Apple while i still have time before they ship it.
jsw said:OK, the wife has the good digital camera leaving me with my POS cellphone cam. Still, here are some shots of the box... no opening until and unless I get approval.
And, yes, I'd've disguised it as an older mini... except that I don't have one!
She might not notice it amongst the Lacie d2 drives, though.
But I think she'd notice the $750 charge.
cool! i think you have the first one in the public. can't find box shots on any other site.
I would of loved to have 2GB in my mac but think it would be overkill for now. Maybe in a few months time or something though. The 2x512MB sticks should hold their value a lot better than the 2x256MB sticks in the base model anyway.
For info, 2x1GB from Crucial is £146.86 here in the UKU and 2x512MB from them is £74.01.
From Apple, 2x1GB is £210.01 upgrade while the 2x512MB is only a £70.01 upgrade.
Getting 2GB on Macs from Apple has still been seriously over inflated but recently their options for getting 1GB on macs have been very competetive. Yes getting the memory from crucial will give you 2 256MB chips to sell but they're not very popular chips anyway. Also after the Uni discount I got from Apple it really wasn't worth the whole opening the thing up and flogging the chips in it thing.
Edit: I think I got my 2x512MB for £62ish after my discount. So I'd have to have sold my 256 chips for at least £13 for the pair. I'd guess I could've got £30 for it but for £15 worth of effort and risking damaging the thing whilst opening it up, it really wasn't worth it.
For info, 2x1GB from Crucial is £146.86 here in the UKU and 2x512MB from them is £74.01.
From Apple, 2x1GB is £210.01 upgrade while the 2x512MB is only a £70.01 upgrade.
Getting 2GB on Macs from Apple has still been seriously over inflated but recently their options for getting 1GB on macs have been very competetive. Yes getting the memory from crucial will give you 2 256MB chips to sell but they're not very popular chips anyway. Also after the Uni discount I got from Apple it really wasn't worth the whole opening the thing up and flogging the chips in it thing.
Edit: I think I got my 2x512MB for £62ish after my discount. So I'd have to have sold my 256 chips for at least £13 for the pair. I'd guess I could've got £30 for it but for £15 worth of effort and risking damaging the thing whilst opening it up, it really wasn't worth it.
best option for media storage
whaddaya think..
I'm really close to pulling the trigger on the dual-core. It's taking a great deal of self-restraint.
But I've been wondering, would i get better performance by storing my movies on a firewire drive attached to the mac mini or on my networked G4 Sawtooth (upgraded to 800 Mhz) with a gigbit card? I know gigbit has a much higher transfer rate, but maybe there are botlenecks I'm not aware of.
-K
whaddaya think..
I'm really close to pulling the trigger on the dual-core. It's taking a great deal of self-restraint.
But I've been wondering, would i get better performance by storing my movies on a firewire drive attached to the mac mini or on my networked G4 Sawtooth (upgraded to 800 Mhz) with a gigbit card? I know gigbit has a much higher transfer rate, but maybe there are botlenecks I'm not aware of.
-K
I know of this self-restraint. I've been staring at the unopened box for four hours.macnoir said:
I'm considering waiting and returning it for one of the ones they'll get in with more RAM (coming "sooner or later" according to them...).My guess w.r.t. your question is that either option would be fine for movies. Gigabit is faster - if it can pull it off the drive faster, and if the drive isn't in use for other things. Local FW will provide a consistent - and fully adequate - speed.
xterm said:
Oh cool! Its a core duo too, isn't it? I think I remember you saying that earlier. How much ram? Have you opened it yet? If not... why not!!
Darn it, I want to hold off until I can see the upgraded version in the stores, but your geek porn is making me want to open mine!xterm said:
I feel a lot of people here are underestimating this machine, I am excited to see how it performs. I am especially interested in how fast it encodes. If anyone gets a chance to use handbrake I'd be grateful.
Hopefully, those benchmarks will be forthcoming from others. I think I'm going to return mine when the store gets some with more RAM, which they've promised will come. There's no sales tax in NH, so it behooves me to buy from the Store if at all possible.yoda13 said:I am drooling....we need some comparable benchmarks....please, please, save us....
man i should have just held out a day. i have an Apple store right down the street, coulda picked it up by hand today.
The Mac Mini sure is a wonder.
I just love the box it comes in. So many things are possible, from such a small box. Amazing.
I just love the box it comes in. So many things are possible, from such a small box. Amazing.
this is from MacInTouch's early review of the Intel mini...
"Your Mac Mini does not have any user-serviceable parts."
eek. i hope that doesn't mean we can't at least add some RAM like in the old one? even if it means prying it open with a putty knife?
"Your Mac Mini does not have any user-serviceable parts."
eek. i hope that doesn't mean we can't at least add some RAM like in the old one? even if it means prying it open with a putty knife?
xterm said:
Instead of pics if this is yours fire up a 1080p H.264 stream and tell us if QuickTime drops any frames? I'd also be interested in what you think of dvd playback, xvid, divx, etc? Since if I buy one of these it would be for HT.
