I think you would be ok seeing as the specs of a Mac Mini are better than that of the old iBooks that worked with SSL. That said I think the Mac Mini's are pretty lame (and I am not jsut some Apple hater). You just don't get much computer, though for an entry level mac (and someone who already has the monitor) I guess it is OK.

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Originally posted by auujay I think you would be ok seeing as the specs of a Mac Mini are better than that of the old iBooks that worked with SSL. That said I think the Mac Mini's are pretty lame (and I am not jsut some Apple hater). You just don't get much computer, though for an entry level mac (and someone who already has the monitor) I guess it is OK.

You see that's the thing, i've got a monitor and everything else i need. But instead of spending a fair bit on a decent enough laptop. I thought, why not get a mac mini instead. The specs aren't great but i don't play games any more so don't want it for that. General browsing playing and editing music etc is all i'd need it for.

Also i'd like to have a go with a mac just to see if i actually like it.

I dunno i'm not 100% sold, but the main task it would be fulfilling would be running SSL..

i'm just wondering if i need to spend the extra money on more memory?

nelly

Personally I would get the next level up, the 1.42 GHz because you get a bigger drive and it is a touch faster. 512 MB would really be enough, you CAN upgrade the memory latter, so I would spend the extra $100 to get the fast cpu and larger hdd instead of the memory. Of course Tiger is memory hungry so if you can afford it you might notice the difference.

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Originally posted by auujay Personally I would get the next level up, the 1.42 GHz because you get a bigger drive and it is a touch faster. 512 MB would really be enough, you CAN upgrade the memory latter, so I would spend the extra $100 to get the fast cpu and larger hdd instead of the memory. Of course Tiger is memory hungry so if you can afford it you might notice the difference.

Thanks for your help mate.. And with an educational discount i think it's coming in at just over 600euro.. Ex vat and it would only cost 496Euro..

Not that bad IMO... just can't afford the extra ram but really want to get it

you can always buy the ram later as apple will bend you over for it and you can find it other places for way cheaper. I would definately suggest spending the extra hundred for the faster processor and twice as large hard drive.

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Originally posted by Psiweaver you can always buy the ram later as apple will bend you over for it and you can find it other places for way cheaper. I would definately suggest spending the extra hundred for the faster processor and twice as large hard drive.

Cool well i think i'll go for that then

Will look up how much the ram costs then as well. Not sure where to get it from though? Crucial? Kingston?

And i'd just have to get the DDR333 SDRAM ?

Cheers..
nelly

I have a Mac mini myself. Although the specs don't look fantastic, the machine "just works" and is not "slow" by any means. Keep in mind that the Mac mini's performance is right in line with that of the PowerBooks, which are used by quite a few people for music work. It's also nice and tiny, looks great (which always counts, no matter what people say), and runs almost silent.

I would go with the suggestion of getting the 1.42 as well, mainly for the larger harddrive (the drive is a laptop hard drive, and not easily upgradeable). The super-drive option is a bit too much in my opinion, and you start to get into the price range where you might as well just get an iBook.

As for the RAM, 512Mb will get you started with Tiger. Crucial will sell you RAM that is guaranteed compatible with the mini, and there are instructions on the web for how to "crack the case" with a putty knife to upgrade the RAM yourself (it's not hard, but read the directions so you don't break anything).

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Originally posted by n3lly Cool well i think i'll go for that then Will look up how much the ram costs then as well. Not sure where to get it from though? Crucial? Kingston? And i'd just have to get the DDR333 SDRAM ? Cheers.. nelly

I bought corsair value select 1GB ddr400 for my sis's mac. That works fine. But Crucial ram is my top choice. Our company sells Crucial and it honestly very rarely has problems with either compatibility or stability.

So i checked the prices. For a 1GB dddr333 Crucial it's $132.88
http://www.crucial.com/store/listpa...Hz%29&submit=Go

And for other ram here's what newegg has.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Submit=Property

DDR400 will also work on your mac. It will just clock down to ddr333. As for kingston, It's pretty good, except when we sold them in the past, sticks with the same model numbers sometimes had different ram chips on them causing problems while running dual channel setups.

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Thanks a million for all your replies lads

This has been quite a succesful thread for once (for me anyway..)

So thanks again,

I'm going to get one i think. As you lads said i'll just upgrade the ram later on.

Now i have the decision of what kind of screen to buy to attach to my Home made Sefour X30 table Keep it nice and tight with a 12" screen or get something nicer like a 17" widescreen or something similar. That'll be my next question

nelly

the mac mini has the same processor as the ibook. i was thinking about getting a mini myself for the same purpose, but ended up with a powerbook instead. as long as you arent trying to run any other apps at the same time as serato, you should be cool. i would definitly grap a putty knife and up the RAM to 1 GB though. i find that even on my powerbook, serato runs much better with a gig than it did with 512.

i hope you enjoy it man, they are really cool little computers for the money!

get the mini with 1gig, otheriwse it might crash quite often!
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