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Hanyoung
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Hey all,
I'm planning to be a new mac user! After seeing my girlfriend's Powerbook I cannot resist. BTW, I apologize if these questions have been addressed before, I tried searching on specific topics and didn't find what I was looking for.
My plan is to buy a 499 mini, then add 512 kb of ram to it. I would like to also add airport, and then probably buy an external bluetooth dongle (My monitor has 4 usb ports so space shouldn't be a problem). I've already got a dell 17" lcd and logitech wireless combo on order. Here are my questions.
1.) It seems that the quickest way to get a mac mini (other than retail) would be to buy it through amazon (that would save shipping and tax). The problem is, is that I couldn't configure it with options. So...
2.) SHould I buy from the apple store w/ educational discount and wait? How long have people been waiting for?
3.) Can I buy an airport card and install it myself? I already plan to install the ram myself, would an airport card be difficult/impossible? I've heard that the mini requires some special adapter that may not be sold to customer, but only to service people.
Thanks for the help!
I'm planning to be a new mac user! After seeing my girlfriend's Powerbook I cannot resist. BTW, I apologize if these questions have been addressed before, I tried searching on specific topics and didn't find what I was looking for.
My plan is to buy a 499 mini, then add 512 kb of ram to it. I would like to also add airport, and then probably buy an external bluetooth dongle (My monitor has 4 usb ports so space shouldn't be a problem). I've already got a dell 17" lcd and logitech wireless combo on order. Here are my questions.
1.) It seems that the quickest way to get a mac mini (other than retail) would be to buy it through amazon (that would save shipping and tax). The problem is, is that I couldn't configure it with options. So...
2.) SHould I buy from the apple store w/ educational discount and wait? How long have people been waiting for?
3.) Can I buy an airport card and install it myself? I already plan to install the ram myself, would an airport card be difficult/impossible? I've heard that the mini requires some special adapter that may not be sold to customer, but only to service people.
Thanks for the help!