mac mini as desktop replacement?

craptakular

craptakular

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Hiya,

Im going through hell with my PC atm, I'm at the point of chucking it out the window!

I need a stable desktop machine, will the mac mini meet my needs?

Im on teacher training at the moment and am using my macbook at lot but I prefer working at my desk. I am sick to death of fiddling with PC hardware and just want something that will work for the next 7 months of my course and the 12 months of my first teaching year.

Basically mac mini or little linux mini-itx/m-atx build?

Whats the university discount on a mac mini?
 
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yeh I can either use a 22" iiyama (lovely screen) or the DGM 24" I gto from OCUK for a bargin price of £110 delivered lol.

I already own office 2008 mac edition, an apple remote, a DVI adapter and a VGA adapter.

Already got mouse, leyboard and monitor.

Now to decide between Mac mini and i5 upgrade. I just cant be arsed building PC's anymore just for basic console ports. I only play old games anyway so my current pc can last a couple of years yet. I also aint gonna have much time for gaming over the next 2 years.

Mac mini makes sense - reliable, 3 years warranty, really small, energy effiecent, will holds its value as its apple.

It's just that i can get the stompting i5 setup for cheaper lol

What shall I do?

EDIt: is the mac mini truly silent? Can it read and write DVD RW?

The iMac looks sexy but its double the price, I shouldnt look at them, given that i already have mouse and keyboard and 24" monitor???? :p
 
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I have a June 2007 macbook I think, its got a 2.1 C2D, 2 GB ram and 120HDD

I don't have a lot of deskspace so by the time I have the laptop on the desktop with the monitor there isn't enough space for a keyboard and mouse!

The mac mini could sit under my monitor, the other side of my router.
 
See I have an old copy of XP MCE 2005 that I could use for an atom ion build for around £250.

Just need to think if the mac mini is worth another £200 on top, it is 3-4 times faster though.
 
hehe yehy I know.... guess what just happened though!!!!

My mainboard, the x38-DS4 has become alive again!!!! I now have my overclock of 3.5ghz back!!! I dunno what is up with this board....

I still will buy an ion or a mac mini, tbh I can't really afford £450 as a student atm.

I can afford a £150-£200 atom ion build. I already own enough ram, HDD's and the xbox 360 HD-DVD rom drive can act as my DVD-Rom for now!

I also have a spare XP MCE 2005 disk laying around, as well 2 spare sealed windows 7 disks lol.

I'm going to make a new post in general hardware as I can't afford a mac mini having had 24 hours to cool off lol
 
raptormonkey said:
Would you say that a 2.26 CPU in a Mac is a fast Processor? More than capable to run things smoothly / efficiently etc? Coming from a 3.2 AMD cpu, would i see a big drop in performance?
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my macbook has coped perfectly fine with everything I have thrown at it!

Unless your cartoon making or extreme photo editing I can't see you taxing it too much.
 
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