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Mini: Is the 4200 RPM hard drive a problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="djmitch" data-source="post: 96303"><p>Some awesome tips, but wow - what a headache! I mean, sure it would only take 10 minutes to replace, but too bad Apple didn't just include the faster drive in the first place. In addition, people without an extra internal or external drive already would have to shell out even more after $pending a lot to upgrade the Mini's RAM and so forth. The Mini <em>almost</em> succeeded in "wooing" this particular Windows user - until I found out about its limitations.</p><p></p><p>For reasons like the slower HD - and the limited expandability of the Mini - I've pretty much decided on the Power Mac G5 1.8 GHz single. When I did the math, a maxed-out 1.42 GHz Mini (1 GB RAM, Superdrive) worked out to only a few hundred dollars less than the PMac single, so I'm taking the deeper plunge into switching to Mac so I can get all the speed to begin with instead of fooling around with speeding up the Mini. And if I run out of RAM or HD space, I have up to 4 GB of RAM expandability and space for another internal HD (plus PCI slots, etc.) - options also lacking with the eMac and iMac. So yeah, Apple will benefit from my extra spending for extra speed and expandability, but I guess you get what you pay for.</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, I hope others can benefit from the great information in this thread. Thanks everyone!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djmitch, post: 96303"] Some awesome tips, but wow - what a headache! I mean, sure it would only take 10 minutes to replace, but too bad Apple didn't just include the faster drive in the first place. In addition, people without an extra internal or external drive already would have to shell out even more after $pending a lot to upgrade the Mini's RAM and so forth. The Mini [I]almost[/I] succeeded in "wooing" this particular Windows user - until I found out about its limitations. For reasons like the slower HD - and the limited expandability of the Mini - I've pretty much decided on the Power Mac G5 1.8 GHz single. When I did the math, a maxed-out 1.42 GHz Mini (1 GB RAM, Superdrive) worked out to only a few hundred dollars less than the PMac single, so I'm taking the deeper plunge into switching to Mac so I can get all the speed to begin with instead of fooling around with speeding up the Mini. And if I run out of RAM or HD space, I have up to 4 GB of RAM expandability and space for another internal HD (plus PCI slots, etc.) - options also lacking with the eMac and iMac. So yeah, Apple will benefit from my extra spending for extra speed and expandability, but I guess you get what you pay for. Anyhow, I hope others can benefit from the great information in this thread. Thanks everyone! [/QUOTE]
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