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- Oct 20, 2009
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- Your Mac's Specs
- Mac book pro 2009, ipad 3rd gen, iphone 4 & 4's
Hi,
My plan was this: mac mini linked to tv with a 2tb ext hd as a media centre
Controlled via either my 2009 mackbook pro or 3rd gen ipad.
Share media to 3 iphones a ps3 and 3 smart tv's within the house hold.
I have recently purchased a 2nd hand mac mini g4 processor on ebay to use as a media centre. I currently use a 2009 macbook pro running lion (thinking of upgrading to mountain soon) as the familys main computer, however we are outgrowing the hard drive due to the amount of movies,music & pics we have, so came up with the idea of getting the mac mini adding a large external hard drive and leaveing it switched on.
Unfortunately i have since found out that due to it being a 2005 model with a g4 processor i am unable to upgrade it to any of the latest software e.g lion & itunes 10.7.
In any of your opinons would it be a problem running the mac mini on older software than my macbook and ipad, or should i just re-sell it and go for an intel core 2 duo model!
My plan was this: mac mini linked to tv with a 2tb ext hd as a media centre
Controlled via either my 2009 mackbook pro or 3rd gen ipad.
Share media to 3 iphones a ps3 and 3 smart tv's within the house hold.
I have recently purchased a 2nd hand mac mini g4 processor on ebay to use as a media centre. I currently use a 2009 macbook pro running lion (thinking of upgrading to mountain soon) as the familys main computer, however we are outgrowing the hard drive due to the amount of movies,music & pics we have, so came up with the idea of getting the mac mini adding a large external hard drive and leaveing it switched on.
Unfortunately i have since found out that due to it being a 2005 model with a g4 processor i am unable to upgrade it to any of the latest software e.g lion & itunes 10.7.
In any of your opinons would it be a problem running the mac mini on older software than my macbook and ipad, or should i just re-sell it and go for an intel core 2 duo model!