Obsessive Behaviour, as Evidenced by BC

[bcholmes]

[Poll #697737]

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[northbard.livejournal.com]

where's the "why not, but hold on to some computers as well"?

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

I'm the wrong person to ask, you see, cause I've been eyeing iBooks recently.

[xthlcm.livejournal.com]

minis are pretty amazing. But slow. They're perfect for cheap boxes that you want to put somewhere and forget about (e.g. media center machine, tiny and quiet and low-power server, etc). If this is your First Mac, I would recommend something with a bit more Appley Oomph, such as one of the new iMacs or a Powerbook. But if you just want to dip your toe in the water, I suppose a mini is as good a place to start as any.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

The new Mini sports (up to) an Intel Core Duo 1.66MHz CPU, which isn't as speedy as some of the other options available, but should actually be fairly speedy. On native apps, it'll probably be faster than my dual 1GHz G4 PowerMac. (On Rosetta-based apps, it'll be much, much slower, I expect, but hopefully those should decrease with time.)

[gwenners.livejournal.com]

My option was not there, which was Mini *and* keeping whatever else you are using. So I voted for Kodos, even if we got Kang.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

The big question: What all do you do with your computer?

[lovelyangel.livejournal.com]

I second this query. I generally recommend that people choose the software applications they intend to use prior to choosing the hardware. Macs are great at all sorts of things -- but which Mac to get depends on what you want to do with it.

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

We bought a Mini for the office machine replacement, and other than some inexplicable modem troubles, it's been good. The Apple support line, on the other hand, has been anything but helpful.

The machine is good, but not if you're planning on running many USB peripherals. For one thing, I believe it won't support the higher-powered ones. For another, the two plugs are badly positioned.

Not necessarily applicable to you, but observations on switching in general...

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Best reason to buy a Mac is because you want one. And minis are a great way to decide whether or not you like how Apple does stuff. That's a huge factor, and one that really needs to be tried for a couple of months to determine an answer, because it really IS very different from even how other BSDish machines behave, much less how Windows machines behave. Lots of people find them very frustrating, other find them exteremely good at getting the software and hardware out of the way and letting the user get on with the task at hand. (An even cheaper but less complete way of seeing if the Apple approach is to spend a few hours with iTunes -- not necesarily making it work with whatever you already use, but kind of in isolation. Rip a few discs, play with the controls, see what all the different settings look like. Then, make a list of things that you find inconvenient about it and ask a bunch of other people how they accomplish those tasks, because A LOT of those things are actually done better ways. I've found a big gap is that many people never figure out that they can edit many tracks' tags by just selecting more than one before trying to change something.)

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

Get an iBook or a Powebook. No sense in not having it be portable without a keyboard and monitor.

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[kalikanzara.livejournal.com]

Get the one you want.

*grins*

[ardasiril.livejournal.com]

I finally got one myself; swapped laptops with a friend who had an IBook but needed an Intel-based machine for a programming class (I had a pretty nice Toshiba Satellite from grad school that I was only using on trips).

Having a machine intelligent enough to figure out which wireless network I am on (or not on as the case might be) all by itself is keen.

And being able to be back on Mac (I was Mac only from 1990-1996) is really fun, though I am keeping the Pentium IV on the desk for the moment (laptop's too small for the day to day, and I have PC based programs now)

Those Minis are sweet though :)

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

You need an option for "Of course ... they're so cu-u-u-ute!."