Techno Lust Satisfied

[MidnightWizard]

Gave in to temptation and went and had a look at the iSTORE at Gateway.

Sorry to say -- MBP -- Naw -- looked at the 17" -- kinda felt skinny. Tin sheet aluminium from the tin hat foil guys.

Mac PRO = TOO Expensive.

Seen better PC hardware.


Mini-Mac -- YES -- + 24" Cinema display = MIGHTY Mac

WHERE does one find a MAC wireless KB & Mouse ....????

IOMEGA -- 1Tb Mini-Mac storage -- stackable -- Yes please. HHmmm Perhaps NOT --NO eSATA ?????


Now to try and find a "bare-bones" Mini-Mac for about R1,500. ( I already have Laptop CPU's RAM HDD etc etc )
That Apple Airport internal WiFi card looks miniPCI Express -- sure a standard INTEL would fit in there.

Anyway -- all was not lost -- managed to get a Logitech Laser BT mouse ( but NO -- NOT at Gateway )

Doing MORE with LESS

MW

 

[koffiejunkie]

IOMEGA -- 1Tb Mini-Mac storage -- stackable -- Yes please. HHmmm Perhaps NOT --NO eSATA ?????

They come with FW though. That's going to be faster than the internal (5400rpm) hdd anyway.

 

[MidnightWizard]

FW -- >

They come with FW though. That's going to be faster than the internal (5400rpm) hdd anyway.

FW 400 or FW 800 -- ?

Quite a difference -- & -- who is going to stick with a 5400 RPM drive ?

I am quite sure you can fit an SSD -- put TWO in the iOMEGA enclosure


MW

 

[Moklet Kcuf]

happy scavenging, remember to eat every now and then.

 

[phiber]

Now to try and find a "bare-bones" Mini-Mac for about R1,500. ( I already have Laptop CPU's RAM HDD etc etc )
That Apple Airport internal WiFi card looks miniPCI Express -- sure a standard INTEL would fit in there.

You will probably struggle to find an intel mac mini at 1500. I think you will struggle to find any mac mini (that isn't seriously broken) for 1500.

 

[koffiejunkie]

FW 400 or FW 800 -- ?

Dunno about the new ones, my old PPC one had FW 400 (which is still fast enough).

Quite a difference -- & -- who is going to stick with a 5400 RPM drive ?

Mine came with a 4200rpm drive! I replaced it with a 5400rpm one that made a huge difference. Replaced that with a 7200rpm one much later.

I am quite sure you can fit an SSD -- put TWO in the iOMEGA enclosure

Why not put it in the Mac Mini?

 

[Synaesthesia]

Congrats on the Mac Mini - my dream PC! With an SSD it should be quite amazing.

You will probably struggle to find an intel mac mini at 1500. I think you will struggle to find any mac mini (that isn't seriously broken) for 1500.

Yes. Except if you accept a hackintosh.

 

[ponder]

Congrats on the Mac Mini - my dream PC! With an SSD it should be quite amazing.

All he purchased was a Logitech Laser BT mouse...

 

[iDenTiTy]

Just saw the word lust, and I clicked..


What's the thread about, anyway?


Sorry.