Here she blows!
Working well ~
Here she blows!
Working well ~
Here she blows!
Working well ~
Apple Mac Mini Server i7 16gb RAM twin 750gb 7200 RPM HD
Two NEC P221W graphics monitors with Spyder3Elite calibrator
Three WD 2tb external FW800 drives rotated for back-ups
Airport Extreme, shitty speakers, Wacom Bamboo, USB Superdrive
All for less than an iMac
(also an Epson 700 scanner, R3000 printer, two Minolta Dual-Scan IVs for 35mm)
Frank, I'm thinking of going the mac mini route as well, I don't want to do all sorts of partitions, uninstalls and things like you've done though. I wanna pull it out of the box, install some ram and photoshop, and go. Do you think the quad core is needed? I was gonna with w/o the server.
That's what I ended up doing in the end too... I just wasted two days trying to make it more difficult.
You might wait a little bit since they will probably update the Mac Mini line-up soon. The problem is that the two non-server models have the slower dual-core i5 processors versus the server having a quad-core i7. I haven't used the other models so I can't give you a comparison in the real world practicality of the difference, but even the MacBook Pros are using the quad-core i7s so the older Minis are probably lagging performance-wise.
On the other hand, the Mac Mini Server is hampered by the Intel integrated video versus the mid-level Mini having a better video card.
It's almost as if Apple is trying to thwart people from doing this so that they buy larger, more expensive computers. The server's integrated video on my set-up isn't a big problem, but I am only driving these monitors at 1680x1050 and sometimes the cursor disappears for a second until I tap it. I suspect a better video card would help Mr. Cursor catch up and I'd be able to run a higher density monitor. If I did video or 3d or gaming stuff the lack of a good video card would be ruinous.
This is what I'm looking at: dual core i7's.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...mini_with.html
That's the previous to this generation model so I doubt you'd want to pay full retail price for it. Check the Apple website. This is a good guide too: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
"The problem is that the two non-server models have the slower dual-core i5 processors versus the server having a quad-core i7".
Frank, I hate to tell you this after all your troubles, but the non-server Mini is available with an I7 processor, I bought one for my wife for Christmas. It is a $100 upcharge from the base I5 processor.
Mac Mini middle model is $799 plus $100 for the dual-core i7 versus the $999 Mac Mini server with a quad -core i7 and two 750 gb drives. They're tricky!
Frank,Originally Posted by Frank Petronio
Got it. I thought all I7 processors were quad cores.
yeah, the problem is that my my imac g4 (circa 2003) just died. I get the interchanging ?/folder when I fire it up.
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