Mac Mini

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: NOLOVE
Those of you who are still stuck on LEDs and see through windows need to realize that you aren't running a Honda Civic, and this isnt Gone in 60 Seconds.

Wrong movie reference, you want Fast and the Furious.

But Gone in 60s was a good movie.

I could back you up a bit with the rest, but I don't feel like it.

 

[Lorn]

Oh, and LOL at those specs, man.

CPU - Pentium III 733MHz
MBD - Radisys SC815E
RAM - 512MB (2x256) PC133
VID - geForce4 MX440 64MB

You want to talk about Doom 3?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NOLOVE
I stand corrected on 2 points, the movie reference (hahah) and the graphics card. But I do encourage you to go buy a 6800 Ultra so you can play the PC games that are coming out. Or, with that money, you could buy a Mini Mac! I guess if you like to spend your time playing games instead of getting work done, then a PC is the clear choice.

As far as the Windows background applications. That's just how it is. You start up windows from a FRESH installation and you're going to have a handful of items, that you don't even know what they are, eating away at your memory. OSX works.

Post the output of a ps -auxww on your OS X machine.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: NOLOVE
Oh, and LOL at those specs, man.

CPU - Pentium III 733MHz
MBD - Radisys SC815E
RAM - 512MB (2x256) PC133
VID - geForce4 MX440 64MB

You want to talk about Doom 3?

Yes. 17.3fps in Timedemo 1 ... feel the powAr!

- M4H

 

[Lorn]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: NOLOVE
Oh, and LOL at those specs, man.

CPU - Pentium III 733MHz
MBD - Radisys SC815E
RAM - 512MB (2x256) PC133
VID - geForce4 MX440 64MB

You want to talk about Doom 3?

Yes. 17.3fps in Timedemo 1 ... feel the powAr!

- M4H

Haha. I commend you on your courage. At 17.3 (love how you put the .3 in there) fps I think it'd be easier on your eyes to go with a powerpoint slideshow.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: NOLOVE
Haha. I commend you on your courage. At 17.3 (love how you put the .3 in there) fps I think it'd be easier on your eyes to go with a powerpoint slideshow.

It's a damn sight better than the 0fps you get running it on a Mac.

It actually churned out a respectable ~20 in-game. It would occasionally tank down to single-digit though ... smacks of how I feel an Xbox port would play.

- M4H

 

[n0cmonkey]

The Mac version of Doom 3 isn't out yet or it won't run on G4s?

 

[Lorn]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
The Mac version of Doom 3 isn't out yet or it won't run on G4s?

Hahah. It isn't even out yet.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
The Mac version of Doom 3 isn't out yet or it won't run on G4s?

They get a demo on the 18th.

Ooh, a demo.

- M4H

 

[mpitts]

Who buys a Mac to play games anyway?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: mpitts
Who buys a Mac to play games anyway?

You've obviously never played Photoshop. :roll:

- M4H

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: mpitts
Who buys a Mac to play games anyway?

You've obviously never played Photoshop. :roll:

- M4H

You do realize people don't use Macs solely for graphic design, right?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
The Mac version of Doom 3 isn't out yet or it won't run on G4s?

They get a demo on the 18th.

Ooh, a demo.

- M4H

You mean _I_ get a demon on the 18th.

I can let you know how it plays on a 1ghz G4 powerbook.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: mpitts
Who buys a Mac to play games anyway?

You've obviously never played Photoshop. :roll:

- M4H

You do realize people don't use Macs solely for graphic design, right?

You make it past the first sub-world yet? That boss with the Gaussian Blur attack is hard.

- M4H

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: mpitts
Who buys a Mac to play games anyway?

You've obviously never played Photoshop. :roll:

- M4H

You do realize people don't use Macs solely for graphic design, right?

Laugh a little, it's the only way to converse with m4h and not feel the need to kill many many little people.

 

[Lorn]

Hahahah, I spit my Mountain Dew out on that Photoshop comment.

EDIT: All over my nice G5 keyboard.

 

[Ornery]

The whole thing makes no fuggin' sense to me. It's as propriatary as a notebook, without being portable. Worst of both worlds. If space is that much of a problem, use any desktop case, and set the monitor on top of it. Zero wasted space. Even better, the parts inside are cheaply repairable and upgradeable!

 

[imported_Lucifer]

The Mac Mini is nice. I wont purchase one, because I am saving up for a Powerbook, and upgrades for my Powermac G4.

I think the mini will be pretty fast. My 1GHz emac is pretty fast. Halo plays well on the Radeon 7500 w/32mb of VRAM. Plus, everything about the mini is faster than what I have in the emac, so I know it will perform better.

 

[imthebadguy]

i would take one if it was free.....good way to have a mac to fvck around with

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: VanillaH
i guess the problem is people have WAAAY too much money on their hands. if $499 is not a lot for a grossly underpowered castrated machine then what is? my entire computer as quite as mac mini (passive cooling here) with superior visuals (p650) and superb sound (EMU1212M) cost less than that. sure its a great thing for computer illiterates, there is nothing worse than a desperate fool trying to get tech support from a lazy and reluctant computer geek.

EMU 1212M: $200
Matrox P650: $150
So, you got a 40GB HDD, DVD-ROM/CD-RW, motherboard, 256MB RAM, a PIII-800 (approx) equivalent CPU, and a firewire card to fit in something smaller than a shoebox for under $150?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Ornery
The whole thing makes no fuggin' sense to me. It's as propriatary as a notebook, without being portable. Worst of both worlds. If space is that much of a problem, use any desktop case, and set the monitor on top of it. Zero wasted space. Even better, the parts inside are cheaply repairable and upgradeable!

A Mac is no more proprietary than x86 based hardware.

 

[AU Tiger]

I picked one up the day they came out in the Apple stores. Posting from it right now. It sits nicely on top of my Shuttle SB75G2 which by the way is four times the height of the mini. The mini is smaller than most 5.25" external enclosures.

Bought it to play around with, so far I think I am going to keep it. Using it mostly for photos, music, and movie making. Of course I do have to transfer the dvd image to my pc to burn because I chose to go without the dvd burner.

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Ornery
The whole thing makes no fuggin' sense to me. It's as propriatary as a notebook, without being portable. Worst of both worlds. If space is that much of a problem, use any desktop case, and set the monitor on top of it. Zero wasted space. Even better, the parts inside are cheaply repairable and upgradeable!

A Mac is no more proprietary than x86 based hardware.

How many choices of mobos/CPUs do I have, if that one takes a shlt, or I want to upgrade? How about the video card, and HDD? That's all notebook priced hardware in there. NO THANKS!

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Ornery
The whole thing makes no fuggin' sense to me. It's as propriatary as a notebook, without being portable. Worst of both worlds. If space is that much of a problem, use any desktop case, and set the monitor on top of it. Zero wasted space. Even better, the parts inside are cheaply repairable and upgradeable!

A Mac is no more proprietary than x86 based hardware.

How many choices of mobos/CPUs do I have, if that one takes a shlt, or I want to upgrade? How about the video card, and HDD? That's all notebook priced hardware in there. NO THANKS!

Of course, there is a reason there are warranties for computers. :roll:

 

[Ornery]

I've got 4 PCs running here, and 3 of them are WAY over a year old. How friggin' long am I supposed to buy a warranty for?