Yeah, I don't see whats so bad about dedicated video, I never had a problem with it personally.
-iGrant
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Should I buy a Mac Mini?
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Yeah, I don't see whats so bad about dedicated video, I never had a problem with it personally.
-iGrant
Mac_Mini=nice little computer. Haters are just dumb.
You are not making any sense, my friend. Out of one side, you say it does the job it was designed to do, out the other side you claim that it was a poor choice. You are wrong. It was a fine choice and it does exactly what I needed it to do at the right cost. : rolleyes indeed. Troll on.
IF[/B] it was to be used as an actual computer. However, it does the media center job it was designed to do very well since its a low stress application that does not rely on a GPU to do much work. Looks like you made a very poor choice on what to buy.
You are not making any sense, my friend. Out of one side, you say it does the job it was designed to do, out the other side you claim that it was a poor choice. You are wrong. It was a fine choice and it does exactly what I needed it to do at the right cost. : rolleyes indeed. Troll on.
No duh its going to be faster when you compare to the 1.25 mini. Compare to the 1.42 Mini and the G4 beats the Intel in 5 out of 7 tests.
In other words, Apple's OS X. See the Snow Leopard detail in the post above.
You are a below average user, thats why. Most of the people that would want to buy a Mini are middle/high school kids and College students wanting to buy their first computer. Kids=Games, simple as that.
Those wanting to buy a media center Mac always seem to skip over the
TV.
Sorry, but the only wrong one here is you. The
TV does the job it was designed to do.Your poor choice was paying too much for a Mini when the
TV does what you use the Mini for. You paid way too much.Please don't. Trolls like you degrade the forum quality.
No duh its going to be faster when you compare to the 1.25 mini. Compare to the 1.42 Mini and the G4 beats the Intel in 5 out of 7 tests.
In other words, Apple's OS X. See the Snow Leopard detail in the post above.
You are a below average user, thats why. Most of the people that would want to buy a Mini are middle/high school kids and College students wanting to buy their first computer. Kids=Games, simple as that.
Those wanting to buy a media center Mac always seem to skip over the
Lord Zedd, that was insulting, I am not a below average user, I use the unix core of my macs more than anything else.
JUST because I don't use programs like Photoshop, Aperture, etc does not mean I am a below average user. I do a ton of video work on my Macs, including a Power Mac Dual G5 and I do notice differences, especially when it comes to editing video, but when you make a script a to edit video so you don't have to do it yourself, you are then relying on the CPU not the GPU.
-iGrant
Oh cry cry cry some more why don't you. You must have an old G5, the dual core models are definitely not slower.
I don't think the Mac Mini and Macbook sales say the same thing . . . but hey that is just me.
I am saying this again because I have already said this once. Why would some buy a Mac Pro for 2499 bucks if all they want it is a reliable computer that can surf the web, do some video editing (not Pro level), listen to music, etc. The list goes on.
The Mac Mini was design for the perfect for the target audience they wanted to hit, and don't even try telling me its below average users because its not, its for users that are don't use Pro apps such as Final Cut Pro, Aperture, etc.
-iGrant
And many many others. There are still a huge number of people that fall for Nigerian money scams to this day despite somewhat common knowledge of it, those people didn't make a smart choice either.
Hello? Ever seen an iMac?
Junk eh? I bet you any amount of money my Macbook will destroy your G5 on anything but graphics stuff. That includes photoshop, illustrator, indesign, iTunes (Encoding). Guess what I don't really care about my integrated graphics. insult it all you want but my core 2 is faster uses less power and is cooler. Guess what your G5 is junk.
Maybe junk for you, but it is a fine machine for me. I don't have time to play 3D games and my C2D mini runs 2D games fine.
In fact the one older 3D game I do play (4x4 Evo and 4x4 EVo2)- networked with the kids - the mini kicks the crap out of the iMac DV SE and eMac. The eMac has dedicated graphics and my mini with its 24" monitor is a LOT faster.
Yes the mini sucks as a 3D machine, but 90% to 99% of Mac users don't use 3D. And if you agree the MacBook sucks too - then I don't have too much problem with position as a 3D user on the mini.
In fact the one older 3D game I do play (4x4 Evo and 4x4 EVo2)- networked with the kids - the mini kicks the crap out of the iMac DV SE and eMac. The eMac has dedicated graphics and my mini with its 24" monitor is a LOT faster.
Yes the mini sucks as a 3D machine, but 90% to 99% of Mac users don't use 3D. And if you agree the MacBook sucks too - then I don't have too much problem with position as a 3D user on the mini.
Ohhhhhh, a Core2 Duo could beat a 3 year old G5 in computational power but NOT in graphical power? Shocking!
Come back when it can actually do both.Imagine that, a core2duo Mini can kick the crap out of an 8 year old G3 and 5 year old G4! Thats not even remotely close to a comparable match. Even a 1.5 core solo mini has 6.6x the computational power of the iMac and 3.5x the eMac. Even if you got rid of what little the Integrated Intel Graphics chip does and relied completely on the CPU for graphics the Mini would kick the iMac and eMacs asses.
HA! Clearly you have no understanding of Mac users.
a mac mini is definitely worth it. I'm using it right now and i have to say it's a lot quicker than a PC. this has the apple software most people yearn for when they have PCs and you can always sell it when the new macs come out and if you want to buy the new ones. its a lot for a little bit of money.
Ohhhhhh, a Core2 Duo could beat a 3 year old G5 in computational power but NOT in graphical power? Shocking!
You know You should calm down. Stop acting like a 4 year old. If you don't like it don't buy and get out of this forum! And you upgraded your graphics card which wasn't a standard one available from apple.
Maybe you don't have an understanding of mac users.
Ohhhhhh, a Core2 Duo could beat a 3 year old G5 in computational power but NOT in graphical power? Shocking!
Yeah . . . the reason the G5 can beat the Intel Mac Mini is because it has a dedicated graphics, so its really just the GPU that beats the Mac Mini in graphics . . . . not the G5 processor itself . . . hmmm.
-iGrant
I would like to classify this more of a debate myself . . . but thats just me.
-iGrant
The posts from you look like they are from a debate, but I can't say the same about the opposition
Nope. Pick your test and many times the G5 can come out ahead, especially the quad G5.
This is coming from somebody with the user name "kombat wombat"?
I agree with opeter, I was waiting for the new Mac Mini's, but then I got offered a Mac Mini Core Solo. It was a deal that I could not pass up.
I would see if you can get one used off of eBay or craigslist and save you some money. I have seen Core Solo Minis on Craiglist for as low as 350, and you can get the Core Duo 1.66Ghz T2300 on eBay for 35 ~ 50 bucks and upgrade it yourself if you feel you have the ability to do so.
-iGrant