Mac Mini - worth it?

KASM · 27 Jul 2011 at 11:10

Not having used Apples before (apart from the Apple II back in the early eighties) I've been tempted to buy a Mac Mini from a friend thats selling one, it's early 2009 model with 2 Ghz CPU, 4gig Ram, and 500gig hdd.
He wants £200.

Is it a decent price?

Pav89 · 27 Jul 2011 at 11:12

KASM said:
Is it a decent price?

You haven't told us the price

KASM · 27 Jul 2011 at 11:15

Pav89 said:
You haven't told us the price

Good point! edited now.

CrispyXUK · 27 Jul 2011 at 11:39

Very good price, buy!

8t10 · 27 Jul 2011 at 11:42

If it is the Core 2 Duo with 9400m thats an alright/good price. It has many years on the clock left.

Pav89 · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:01

That is a core2duo! Definitely a good price, buy it!!

KASM · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:13

That's sealed the deal for me then, thanks for the opinions guys.

ginger_pat · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:53

It has better ram and Hard drive then my MBP and I would definitely pay that price for the way it runs, beautiful machines.

Slogan · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:58

No brainer.

memyselfandi · 28 Jul 2011 at 06:15

Am currently typing this on the same model (although with a smaller disk). Great little box which putters along quite happily running Lion.

PaulyD · 28 Jul 2011 at 08:26

Great price, buy it

Fragil1ty · 28 Jul 2011 at 12:07

I've got the 2010 Mac mini.

Specs are:

2.4GHz C2D.
8GB Ram.
320m.

Now while this is a nice little starter mac for yourself, with these specs it's only made for like, light editing (Photoshop is a breeze), but things that require a lot of CPU power, it may struggle there.

For £200 though? you'd be a fool not to pick it up from your friend.

Akagi · 30 Jul 2011 at 19:52

wait, why does nobody ever offer me that kind of deal? *phones mate*

Arthur17 · 31 Jul 2011 at 17:11

It's an even better deal if it includes Apple Care too.

I'm selling my early 2009 Mac mini soon (8GB RAM, 500GB Momentus XT HDD and Leopard/Snow Leopard/Lion). I hope I get more than £200 for that!