I've been thinking about getting a 27" iMac but poking around I see that Apple makes a Server version of their Mac Mini, with a faster QuadCore processor, 8 gb RAM, twin hard drives (including a SSD option), and a Thunderbolt connection.
With the new 27" Thunderbolt monitor/hub it could offer most of the speed of a recent iMac (the processors are slower on the Mini) but also allow the monitor to be swappable, unlike the all-in-one iMac. You could also throw a Mac Mini into your carry-on as easily as a laptop....
It prices out pretty close to a similarly configured iMac.
The store doesn't offer keyboard or monitor options with the Mac Mini Server edition but I am sure you can simply purchase them....
Anyone using it this way? Did you just not use the Server apps? Or did you reformat and install straight consumer OS Loin?
Or - besides wasting the value of the Server software going unused - is this a bad idea?
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