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Mini: Is the 4200 RPM hard drive a problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="rs2sensen" data-source="post: 99395" data-attributes="member: 10090"><p>The mini is one of the first ever really affordable macs. For those PC users planning on switching, it's a much safer first buy than the other models, which they can upgrade to whenever they feel comfortable w/ the OS, and/or need more power. The mini, currently equipped, is fine for ppl. with basic computing needs, it really wasn't built to be a workhorse, which explains the slower drive.</p><p></p><p>And the mini has been a great success for mac, I'd say it's worked exactly as they planned, and I would bet will continue to help drive an increase in Apple market share. </p><p></p><p>We hear ab. all these ppl. switching to mac because of iPods. Now I don't own an iPod, so I can't really say what the benefit of a mac over a pc with them would be... But, if I did own one, and was a pc user who wanted to switch to mac, why not a mini?</p><p></p><p>To me, HD speed doesn't matter, it's all abt. size (like certain other things :yinyang: ). I can't tell you the speed of the 200GB HD in my HP PC, I can't tell you the speed of the 120GB hard drive in my Compaq PC, and I can't tell you the speed of the 100GB HD in my Apple Powerbook. I do notice that sometimes the PB can be a bit slow scrolling through files, is that the hardware, the OS...? I really don't know. As a laptop, I assume the PB has a slower HD than a PC, but, I still love my PB!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rs2sensen, post: 99395, member: 10090"] The mini is one of the first ever really affordable macs. For those PC users planning on switching, it's a much safer first buy than the other models, which they can upgrade to whenever they feel comfortable w/ the OS, and/or need more power. The mini, currently equipped, is fine for ppl. with basic computing needs, it really wasn't built to be a workhorse, which explains the slower drive. And the mini has been a great success for mac, I'd say it's worked exactly as they planned, and I would bet will continue to help drive an increase in Apple market share. We hear ab. all these ppl. switching to mac because of iPods. Now I don't own an iPod, so I can't really say what the benefit of a mac over a pc with them would be... But, if I did own one, and was a pc user who wanted to switch to mac, why not a mini? To me, HD speed doesn't matter, it's all abt. size (like certain other things :yinyang: ). I can't tell you the speed of the 200GB HD in my HP PC, I can't tell you the speed of the 120GB hard drive in my Compaq PC, and I can't tell you the speed of the 100GB HD in my Apple Powerbook. I do notice that sometimes the PB can be a bit slow scrolling through files, is that the hardware, the OS...? I really don't know. As a laptop, I assume the PB has a slower HD than a PC, but, I still love my PB! [/QUOTE]
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