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Looks amazing for the price.Overall not a bad little machine for a "lite" computer user. If you use your computer for work and not just typing resumes or checking email.
If you do lots of youtube videos or lots of pictures you WILL need more speed and more hard drive space. It took a bit of time to render pictures when you open several at the same time.
First> OS X Leopard rocks on any mac.With that said.This is a fine computer for older people or people who just want to check email, browse the web, and tool around with some pictures/home videos.This Mac Mini (MB138LL) is a tad slow compared newer ones. That plan sucks if you want a convenient place to plug your iPod or mp3 player in.
Something I've not noticed on any other newer macs.If you purchase the USB mac keyboard (MB869LL) the USB ports on the underside of the keyboard won't work with this mini. The USB bus power is to low.
I would strongly recommend spending the extra cash on either the MB463LL or the MB464LL Mac Mini.If your looking for a great bargain monitor to go with the Mini (any of the mini models) try the Hanns G Hi-221DPB.
The MINI was to me, was the perfect solution. I had 2 apple G3s that I had purchased used a few years ago (a 450MHz & a 300MHz). I am reluctant to give up my classic because I have a small fortune in graphic applications that still serve me very well. I wanted to get a replacement for my OS10 machine without spending a lot of money and taking up more desk space. For me, this was a very good move. I was limited to how far I could go in OS10 because of the G3 processor and my online speed was becoming real slow.
The MINI came with the latest OS and runs very fast. I was using the 450MHz for OS10 & the 300MHz for classic OS9.2. I moved my classic system to the 450MHz machine and my MINI sits on top of an external super drive and I have more foot room under my desk. I was using both of these machines from a common desk location. I was using them both with the same LCD display via an ABC switch and sharing the keyboard by using a UBS switch. I am not at all concerned over the small size of the MINI because I know there is allot of open space the present day towers.
RF LYTLE
Nice little starter Apple and it works with inexpensive (Non Apple)monitors using the included VGA adapter. I normally wouldn't spend the extra money on an Apple (compared to the memmory, hard drive space,and mouse and keyboard included in IBM Clone PCs) but I like to explore all the Micro Operating systems and this product was a reasonable price.
moved form a PC to a mac and am soooo happy that I have done so. It's a good choice for those wishing that they had a good computer. This is the one.I don't need tons of gaming stuff and all that, just a good solid computer. I love this little guy.easy painless switch.
Great machine, good value but I recommend upgrading the memory to 3Gb if you want games or video editing. It's a easy and inexpensive way to turn a good buy into a great buy. Works great as a dvr/media station when hooked up to an HDTV :)
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