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Jimmy1983

Jimmy1983

Jimmy1983

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Just after some advice please guys. Since owning an iPhone/iPad/ATV I really would like a full blown 27'' iMac badboy! :D but just can't afford one :(

ALways told myself to go for the full iMac experience and save and get the 27'' but my current C2D PC is pretty slow now so looking at the Mac mini.

What are peoples thoughts? Uses will be LR mainly then just your usual chrome etc.

Only thing that iam not sure about it how I could be arrange my HDD's , any ideas on this? Maybe some kinda icybox or caddy? Or maybe even the HP server box that keep coming up on HUKD's, and yes iam aware that hopefully the mini will get a refresh next week

Thoughts?
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lamboman said:
By LR I'm presuming you mean living room, media and stuff like that?
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Adobe Lightroom, sorry should have added that.

hmmm, any idea how I can use two monitors with it? New mini has HDMI and TB... ive got a 24'' and 19'' both with DVI/VGA not sure if you can just use adapters or not
 
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shine said:
It does - the thunderbolt port is essential a miniDP and a miniDP to DVI will work as I used the same setup when I got my MBP last year to connect to the U2311H at my parents place.
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PardonTheWait said:
Current Mac Mini has an HDMI slot with included HDMI-DVI adaptor and a Mini Displayport port.
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Cheers, so basically the TB and miniDP port is the same if you are only connecting one device...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110722091931AAt1DPn

I shouldn't have a problem using my current monitors should I? They are fairly old with just DVI/VGA connections. I know what it's like when you don't use apple products with each other.
 
Rambaud said:
I added a 250Gb SSD as an extra internal drive to the installed 500Gb drive - a special caddy is needed.

Just about to swap the 500Gb for a 750Gb Scorpio Black as I have run out of space.
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Yeah would like to do that but it would screw up the warranty if I bought new. Was it strafe irks easy to do?
 
uniQ said:
Hard drives and RAM are user serviceable. So it wouldn't effect the warranty.

EDIT: Checked the user manual and it's just the RAM that's user serviceable so changing HD would invalidate the warranty.

Page 67: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/mac_mini_mid2011_ug.pdf
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Yeah thought as much :( maybe the new mini tomorrow will ship with an SSD...well wishful thinking I guess :(

Does the mini have two HDD bays?
 
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