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How good are the Mac Minis...

  • 13-05-2009 11:26am
    #1
    forbairt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    I'm debating getting a Mac Mini for work

    Would be running an editor / Photoshop / web server and a few other bits and pieces on it.

    I'd also plan on hooking it up to two monitors and increasing the default memory from 1GB ? to 2GBs

    My question is .. is anyone already using one for work ? And how do they find it?

    Given the spec it should be able to handle photoshop work I would assume.
    Browsing ... and so on


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  • #2
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    ive been using one at home for the past few years for audio/web/typesetting/photoshop work and its grand. Not brilliantly fast but for its price, damned decent.


  • #3
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    plus mine is an old G4 rather than intel so I'd say the intel versions are way better


  • #4
    forbairt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    Thanks for the response ...

    I'm basically using a MBP for all my work at the moment and I'd guess the spec is similar to the Mac Minis haven't exactly looked but assuming as much.

    Dumping in a bit of extra ram and getting a screen splitter cable and I'd be very happy

    All that being said I was just demoing to a client down in galway and they had a 24inch imac .. :o dear god its a shiny piece of equipment


  • #5
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,815 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    The minis are actually a bit below your MBP, unless you've got one of the very first ones (CoreDuo instead of Core2Duo); except for the FSB (1066mHz).

    What's the screen splitter cable for btw?


  • #6
    Type 17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭Type 17


    forbairt wrote: »
    Hi Guys,

    I'm debating getting a Mac Mini for work

    Would be running an editor / Photoshop / web server and a few other bits and pieces on it.

    I'd also plan on hooking it up to two monitors and increasing the default memory from 1GB ? to 2GBs

    If you were doing that much on it, I'd recommend max'ing out the RAM to 4 GB (order from http://www.Crucial.com/eu/ not Apple).

    I don't use a mini, but do similar work on a 2.4 GHz iMac and found that going from 2 GB to 4 GB made a significant difference to performance.


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  • #7
    drzhivago
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭drzhivago


    forbairt wrote: »
    Hi Guys,

    I'm debating getting a Mac Mini for work

    Would be running an editor / Photoshop / web server and a few other bits and pieces on it.

    I'd also plan on hooking it up to two monitors and increasing the default memory from 1GB ? to 2GBs

    My question is .. is anyone already using one for work ? And how do they find it?

    Given the spec it should be able to handle photoshop work I would assume.
    Browsing ... and so on

    get the MAX RAM possible, much more important than a speed bump of 2 GHZ to 2.3GHZ processor

    RAM is invaluable for those powerhungry programs and activities that you will be running


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