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frodomac
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Can any of you with Mac Mini's help me?
I am seriously thinking about getting a Mac Mini, but I'm not sure if I should make the switch from Windows.
My question is basically this: "If I buy a 1.42ghz Mac Mini with 1gb of ram, wireless bluetooth and an external 300gb 7200rpm hard drive, will the Mac Mini enable me to do the following?":
1. Drive a 21" IBM CRT at 1600x1200 or a 24" Dell 2405FPW LCD
2. Surf the web with a DSL modem
3. Run basic MS Office applications at a pleasurable speed
4. Handle an occasional 4mb Excel file
5. Watch an occasional DVD on either of the two monitors above with no appreciable degredation in quality
6. Do basic voice recordings using Garageband
I know performance is sometimes a very subjective thing, and I don't want to be unrealistic in my expectations of what a Mac Mini can do, but I don't want to spend $800 or more on a Mac Mini and regret that I didn't spend that same money building an Athlon or Intel PC.
Can anyone help me out and share your thoughts on whether a Mac Mini can handle the computing needs above, or is there something it will choke on so badly I will regret my purchase.
Thanks in advance.
Frodomac
I am seriously thinking about getting a Mac Mini, but I'm not sure if I should make the switch from Windows.
My question is basically this: "If I buy a 1.42ghz Mac Mini with 1gb of ram, wireless bluetooth and an external 300gb 7200rpm hard drive, will the Mac Mini enable me to do the following?":
1. Drive a 21" IBM CRT at 1600x1200 or a 24" Dell 2405FPW LCD
2. Surf the web with a DSL modem
3. Run basic MS Office applications at a pleasurable speed
4. Handle an occasional 4mb Excel file
5. Watch an occasional DVD on either of the two monitors above with no appreciable degredation in quality
6. Do basic voice recordings using Garageband
I know performance is sometimes a very subjective thing, and I don't want to be unrealistic in my expectations of what a Mac Mini can do, but I don't want to spend $800 or more on a Mac Mini and regret that I didn't spend that same money building an Athlon or Intel PC.
Can anyone help me out and share your thoughts on whether a Mac Mini can handle the computing needs above, or is there something it will choke on so badly I will regret my purchase.
Thanks in advance.
Frodomac