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February 14, 2005
Mac Mini? Maybe...
I've been thinking about getting a Mac mini sometime in the next couple of months. I've never personally owned a Mac before, but this guy is priced really well and is a really smartly designed and priced unit for people like me (who don't want an all-in-one and who don't want to buy a lot of extra stuff).
My main fear is whether the speed will quickly become an issue for me. I'd be using it mostly for the media software -- iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie -- and to play around with some development. I'm a little worried that I'll buy it and it'll feel slow from the first day since I have a G5 at work.
It's a tricky thing -- the same $800 (after upgrading the RAM and getting the BT/Airport module) would buy a pretty spiffy Athlon 64 machine and replace my aging desktop, an Athlon XP 2000+, but my aging desktop actually works pretty well now. On the other hand, if it works pretty well now, why buy the Mac at all, other than idle curiousity?
Apple's making some really good product right now and, for once, the pricing is impressively aggressive. Might have to go to the Apple Store this weekend and test drive the mini.
Posted by Lee Clontz at February 14, 2005 10:28 PM