[access-uk] Re: Mac Mini
- From: Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:19:20 +0000
I would add that in our experience it's tough as old boots and ultra reliable.
BTW the mini also comes as a dedicated server model which many small businesses
have adopted.
Regards
G
From glorious Devon, England.
On 11 Jan 2011, at 10:05, Tristram Llewellyn wrote:
> The Mac Mini is firmly a consumer item, it is not intended for an industrial
> environment. However, in saying this the enclosure is very largely aluminium
> (very nice it looks too) and has easy access to the RAM especially. Mac
> Minis do however also find homes in point of sale, casinos and small scale
> office file server markets. Each of those markets for various reasons
> appreciate the small size of the unit. In terms of computing power they rank
> around the lower middle end of the MacBook market,
>
> Regards.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> John G
> Sent: 11 January 2011 09:38
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mac Mini
>
> How robust is the hardware? is the Mac Mini designed to withstand
> hard usage, or is it mainly targetted at the domestic market?
> Regards
> John
> At 09:10 11/01/2011, you wrote:
>> You have to think of a Mac Mini as something like a regular PC base
>> unit squeezed down into a ultra small low profile unit. The new
>> Minis have about 5 USB ports + Firewire and network ports. They
>> also have an internal transformer which means you only need to hook
>> them up with a figure of eight lead to power them (you can nearly
>> always find these powering mains radios and some set top
>> boxes). They have built in wireless and Bluetooth which back in the
>> days of the early ones were build to order options. You either buy
>> or provide your own keyboard, monitor and mouse.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Tristram Llewellyn
>> Sight and Sound Technology
>> Technical Support
>> www.sightandsound.co.uk
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>> Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a company registered in
>> England and Wales, with company number 1408275.
>>
>> Sight and Sound Technology
>> Welton House North Wing
>> Summerhouse Road
>> Moulton Park
>> Northampton
>> NN3 6WD
>>
>> VAT Number - GB 860 2121 66.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of rex holmes
>> Sent: 10 January 2011 18:31
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mac Mini
>>
>> Hi Jackie
>> Is everything with the macmini wireless?
>> Rex
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 5:47 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Mac Mini
>>
>>
>>> Hi John
>>>
>>> My partner, Martin, has a Mac Mini. It is quite small, and the keyboard
>>> he
>>> uses is full size. He chose the spec, which is a 500GB hard drive, 4GB of
>>> RAM, dual core processor and CD/DVD drive. Of course he has the Alex
>>> voice
>>> running on VoiceOver. He has bought a full copy of Windows 7 to
>>> eventually
>>> put on there using Fusion or something so he can swap, but just hasn't got
>>> round to setting it up. I'm beginning to learn a few keystrokes, and
>>> attach
>>> both my Nano and iPod Touch to it for transferring music to and from
>>> iTunes.
>>>
>>> I'd like a Mac of my own so I can play about with it and set it up with my
>>> own preferences, but I wouldn't know what to choose to be honest. The Mac
>>> Mini doesn't have a monitor as this is no good to me, and Martin doesn't
>>> have enough sight to see the screen any more. So he has bought an adaptor
>>> to fool the Mini into believing a monitor is attached, and it works
>>> brilliantly.
>>>
>>> But as for what Mac to go for, I can't help. I need to do a bit of
>>> homework
>>> myself if I were deadly serious about buying my own machine. For now, I
>>> just borrow Martin's to play about with.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Jackie Cairns
>>> J&M Work-Ability
>>>
>>> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> www.work-ability.co.uk
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> John G
>>> Sent: 10 January 2011 11:55
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Mac mini
>>>
>>> Hi guys
>>> What's the general verdict on the Mac Mini?
>>> I've been thinking about buying a Mac with a view to running both mac OS
>>> and
>>> MS Windows on the same machine. Moreover, as a programmer, I understand
>>> programming GUI applications on the Mac is a less cumbersome experience,
>>> compared to MS Windows.
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance for your input.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> John
>>>
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