Comments on: Mac Mini Review

By: Peter Marx

Peter Marx — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:09:38 +0000

Virtual PC running on a Mini Mac can be used for 2D drafting under windows xp, and How well

By: MacGeek

MacGeek — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 06:50:57 +0000

Depends on how “heavy” your heavy is. This is a fast G4 processor, so it’ll do Photoshop just fine. The speed of the processor isn’t really the bottleneck there…you’ll want to throw in a 1GB memory module (the max) and it should handle most anything you can throw at it.

Keep in mind, the G4 was the top of the line for this sort of thing before the G5 came along and there are still plenty of them out there doing just this sort of thing.

By: Jenna White

Jenna White — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:12:26 +0000

Can mac mini handle heavy digital graphics? Can I use it for graphic design?

By: jdb

jdb — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:24:42 +0000

#7 the 80 GB drive is a 4200 rpm drive but apparently the 40 GB drive is a 5400 rpm Seagate Momentus ST94011A. I’ve seen at least one report where the 40 GB beats the 80 GB (but don’t ask where since I’ve read about a hundred Mac mini reviews).

Unfortunately, you can’t get the 1.42 GHz G4 with the 40 GB drive.

By: MacGeek

MacGeek — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:26:42 +0000

My apologies. I’ve seen reference to both, but I didn’t think to actually check. I just looked it up and it’s the Toshiba MK8025GAS, which is a 4200rpm drive.

Unless you were gaming or doing disk-intensive work, I bet you wouldn’t notice the difference. The more I use it, the less of a difference I see (in everyday use) with my G5. I can’t wait to get 1GB of memory in it.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:37:16 +0000

You say the hard drive is 5400 rpm, but I read elsewhere on Macworld that it’s 4200 rpm. Does the bigger drive spin faster than the 40GB?

By: Bryan Peters

Bryan Peters — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:23:20 +0000

I posted some photos of my Mini on top of my Antec Sonata case. I thought I had a quiet PC until I turned the Mini on. Except the CD on there is really loud.

By: MacGeek

MacGeek — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:29:14 +0000

I actually joked around with my wife about getting one, but she was so sick of problems with XP, she shockingly gave in. Now she loves it and we can share via Rendezvous instead of fudging things with Samba.

I thought about trying to get an old G4 off eBay, but this thing is just so small and quiet — well, it’s just perfect for her.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:02:55 +0000

This makes me want one even though I don’t know how much I’d use it or where I’d put it.

And to think, I could have had one for the amount of money I just put into tires for my car. :(

By: JC

JC — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:18:34 +0000

The question is, how well does it play World of Warcraft? :-)

By: Scrivs

Scrivs — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:55:24 +0000

Very nice indeed. When I was at the Apple store yesterday I too was shocked at the size of the lil buggers. When people tell you they are small, you really can’t understand until you see on yourself. Same goes with iPod Shuffles.

By: evil latte

evil latte — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:05:41 +0000

Awesome, now I want one!