gmark2000: I've had that kvm switch and it seemed to work fine with my Powerbook but not my PC....something to do with the motherboard (while not bleeding edge, it was pretty new) and it wouldn't respond to requests to switch when in PC mode.
I ended up 'settling' for the old school switch box you linked but even with a new box and cables, the quality degradation isn't worth it....
I've been searching for a KVM that would work across platform and always encountered one problem or another....either the PC side would work or the Mac side would but never both at the same time. Very frustrating.
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Disk performance is similar to the iBook, no surprise.
I wonder if it would be a good idea to boot the Mac Mini from a firewire drive for performance, and just use the internal drive as a backup?
I guess it would only work if you didn't need the firewire port for anything else, but that's possible since it has USB 2.0.
A 7200rpm 120GB firewire drive is under $200 these days.
You could hide the drive away in a cupboard and really make the Mini quiet!
The silverlining of these Mac's is that when they fail (If they fail, eg: Logic board?)
they'll be easy enough to cannibalize and sell the parts or use them elsewhere.
I'm wondering now if the hard drive and/or the Superdrive will work in a laptop.
Dave
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Mac Mini 1.33 for $425 and I'm smiling from ear to ear
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Originally Posted by MACMAN
So just a little bit of a gripe.
The Mac Mini looks like a good deal to lure in new users... BUT... when you do the math it's really not that great of a deal.
You're basically getting a repackaged CPU from a current eMac or a previous generation iMac without the required peripherals to actually do anything.
I did as close of a feature for feature comparison as possible on the BTO Apple Canada store and this is what I came up with.
A new Mac Mini at 1.42 Ghz with a 80 GB drive, 256 MB Ram, Superdrive, 20" Cinema Display and a wired Mouse and Keyboard comes out to $2206.
The 20" iMac G5 is $2399. So for an extra $193 I'm getting the same Ram, same Superdrive, same size monitor, and the keyboard and mouse. In addition to that I'm getting an upgraded G5 processor at 1.8 Ghz, double the hard drive space at 160 GB and running as a serial ATA, and a vastly better NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra w/64MB video memory. Not to mention the ability to run 64 bit programs, hardware that is not already obsolete, more (and cheaper) Ram upgradeability, stereo speakers (does anyone know if the Mac Mini has a speaker?), more IO ports and less cable clutter on my desktop.
Not sure about you but that sounds like pretty good value for a measly $193!
Just my opinion though. I'm sure it'll make sense to the countless thousands that'll snatch them up like hot cakes. Go Apple! I fully support them offering computers like this to appeal to switchers but to me the math just doesn't add up.
Macman.
I have a used Mac mini PowerMac10,2 PowerPC G4 (1.5) 1.33 GHz L2 Cache 512 KB Memory: 1 GB, 148 Gig ATA drive, 167 MHz that my son's kajukenbo master had purchased new a few eons ago and after taking good care of it he it replaced with a new Mac he paid 1000's for and he let us have it for $125. I added a 1 terabyte MyBook for (I think) $150 and an external DVD writer which was about $150 and I plugged it into my existing flat screen and logitech mouse from my PC and an Apple USB keyboard I'd found at a garage sale for $0 which also has two extra USB hubs. Total cost $425 and it is not super fast but otherwise it works perfectly and I'm VERY happy... (no more reconfiguring my pc because of viruses etc...) the nightmare is over!
I have a used Mac mini PowerMac10,2 PowerPC G4 (1.5) 1.33 GHz L2 Cache 512 KB Memory: 1 GB, 148 Gig ATA drive, 167 MHz that my son's kajukenbo master had purchased new a few eons ago and after taking good care of it he it replaced with a new Mac he paid 1000's for and he let us have it for $125. I added a 1 terabyte MyBook for (I think) $150 and an external DVD writer which was about $150 and I plugged it into my existing flat screen and logitech mouse from my PC and an Apple USB keyboard I'd found at a garage sale for $0 which also has two extra USB hubs. Total cost $425 and it is not super fast but otherwise it works perfectly and I'm VERY happy... (no more reconfiguring my pc because of viruses etc...) the nightmare is over!
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Mac Mini 1.33 for $425 and I'm smiling from ear to ear
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