Assuming you mean the lack of an optical drive?
http://www.amexdigital.com/Press_Release-E_Portable Blu-ray Super Multi Drive.htm
Buy one of those with the money saved
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Assuming you mean the lack of an optical drive?
http://www.amexdigital.com/Press_Release-E_Portable Blu-ray Super Multi Drive.htm
Buy one of those with the money saved
Which mini?
The more expensive one with the GPU, looking at similarly spec'd laptops, should be able to play 'most' games at 720p resolutions on medium graphics settings with 40-70 FPS which is pretty impressive from a tiny white box.
Otherwise .. its quick enough, you'r basically paying for access to the OS imo.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4084/intels-sandy-bridge-upheaval-in-the-mobile-landscape/5
Gives you a sense of the performance of HD 3000 vs. 320m, it appears very comparable and I can only assume better than the 9400m. Not bad considering Intel's past on GFX, seems they've finally figured it out.
Gives you a sense of the performance of HD 3000 vs. 320m, it appears very comparable and I can only assume better than the 9400m. Not bad considering Intel's past on GFX, seems they've finally figured it out.
I would probably get the base spec Mini rather than the upgraded one. I have no real need for a high end graphics card as I use a console for gaming.
As much as I love Apple products, I can't quite figure out if the Mini is an absolute waste of money. On its own with HE its not that expensive, but add in an apple keyboard, mouse, monitor and external dvd drive, its not exactly cheap.
In a nut shell, is it worth it?
As much as I love Apple products, I can't quite figure out if the Mini is an absolute waste of money. On its own with HE its not that expensive, but add in an apple keyboard, mouse, monitor and external dvd drive, its not exactly cheap.
In a nut shell, is it worth it?
Core 2 Duo < Nehalem < Sandybridge
There's a 15-20% increase in performance across each of those platforms at the same clock speeds.
So a 2.4Ghz Sandybridge processor should be around 24% faster than a 2.4Ghz Core2Duo (roughly of course)
They don't. They're laptop parts in a small form factor.
The dual core 2.3GHz is probably the i5-2410M. The 2.5GHz the i5-2520M. The 2.7 the i7-2620M. The 2.0GHz quad core is probably the i7-2630QM or i7-2635QM.
I don't think so personally. I would rather get the base spec iMac. But I suppose it depends on what you want. But as you say, once you factor in the Mac Mini, the keyboard, mouse (or trackpad) and a screen you're getting to the price of a base spec iMac anyway. But it comes with a proper desktop processor as opposed to, what I'm assuming judging by the specs, are mobile processors in the Mac Mini.
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So can anyone tell me about the chances of swapping out my recently purchased Mac Mini (bought 18th June). Paid £612 and noiw the new one is out with far better spec and is cheaper at £529. Not happy
I think it's two weeks is the grace period.
So can anyone tell me about the chances of swapping out my recently purchased Mac Mini (bought 18th June). Paid £612 and noiw the new one is out with far better spec and is cheaper at £529. Not happy
But it has a super drive11!11!1oneone
Get it on Ebay quick, bet you make the majority if your money back whilst everyones up in arms that the disk drive has gone.
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Does anyone think that the new Macbook Airs stock 11"/13" worth it?
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Gonna go up to the Glasgow Store at lunch time for a wee look... God dammit I can't afford one right now, but I am seriously tempted on a 13inch Macbook Air!
I currently drive a van into work but will need to start getting the train fairly soon. This would be two days out of my day spent on the train and as I'm doing a part time hons degree, I could really do with a small laptop for doing work on during this time.
I currently drive a van into work but will need to start getting the train fairly soon. This would be two days out of my day spent on the train and as I'm doing a part time hons degree, I could really do with a small laptop for doing work on during this time.
CPU on mini is better, but even the upgraded gfx is a lot worse.
I've been looking at a mini to replace my huge htpc, but no blu-ray drive (an no software even for an external BR drive) has stopped me.
I think apples HTPC solution is AppleTV which imo is difficient in may ways.
That's a shame. I guess i'll have to look for a PC based alternative then!
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Not straight from the disc no. Rip it to an MKV with MakeMKV (no transcoding or the like, just the pure ~30GB file) and Plex/XBMC/VLC will play it.