I've got a mac mini. I think it's great. As long as your not looking for a powerhouse, then I've got no complaints. Easy setup, extremely small footprint. Decent enought power to run Photoshop (takes a while for some complex filters, of course), Illustrator, and I run Apache/PHP on it.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dieke, Steve</b> <<a href="mailto:STEVE.DIEKE@pioneer.com">STEVE.DIEKE@pioneer.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I was more referring to is the setup more or less straight forward when<br>integrating with non-Mac networks.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org
</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] On<br>Behalf Of Tony Bibbs<br>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:59 PM<br>To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: mac-mini?
<br><br>Steve, built-in nic...airport optional.<br><br>--Tony<br><br>Dieke, Steve wrote:<br>> I have been thinking about it as well but also have been hesitant.<br>> How is the networking aspect? I assume it can connect to XP and *nix
<br>> systems with relative ease? Also how do you like Safari?<br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">
cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] On<br>> Behalf Of Tony Bibbs<br>> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:37 PM<br>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: mac-mini?<br>><br>> Yeah, simple application. Figured it'd be considerably cheaper than a
<br>> G5 laptop. Got the keyboard/mouse taken care of.<br>><br>> --Tony<br>><br>> Bryan Baker wrote:<br>><br>>>Don't have a mini, but do know Macs.<br>>>If you're not expecting a screaming gaming rig, the mini should be a
<br>>>good way to dip a toe in.<br>>>One caveat, the KB & Mouse will need to be USB - you probably have a<br>>>mouse that fits the bill, but maybe not a KB and the mini is BYOKB&M.<br>>>It should come w/ a DVI to VGA adapter, so an existing XGA or DVI
<br>>>monitor should work fine.<br>>><br>>>One bonus, if you decide you don't like it, you could use it as a<br>>>fancy DVD player/media center, and there's always PPC linux. Macs also<br>><br>>
<br>>>tend to hold a bit more resale value than PCs.<br>>><br>>>One other down side of the mini's is they are G4's, but as I said, if<br>>>your needs are modest, they're fine.<br>>><br>>>On Oct 20, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Tony Bibbs wrote:
<br>>><br>>><br>>>>I've been hesitant to jump into a mac desktop or laptop for the sheer<br>><br>><br>>>>cost and the change it would impose on me. However, my wife and I<br>>>>are looking at buying or building a relatively cheap PC for our kids
<br>>>>and one we could wire our ipods up to. I immediatley thought this<br>>>>might be a good excuse to buy a mac-mini...it would help me determine<br>><br>><br>>>>if I like mac's, has decent games for the kids and, obviously, would
<br>>>>work fine with our ipods.<br>>>><br>>>>Figured I'd ask if anybody on this list has a mac-mini and, if so,<br>>>>what they think of it.<br>>>><br>>>>--Tony<br>>>>_______________________________________________
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