Comments on: The other half is back online http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/comment-page-1/#comment-3034 Mark Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:48:31 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/#comment-3034 While I would greatly love a 24" iMac, that simply is *not* happening. There's no way I can afford that! Heck, I'd love a 20' iMac but still not happening probably. I did discover that my wireless keyboard and mouse may not work with a mini, so that adds to the price there. I imagine I best wait until I figure out my tax situation this year, but I'll probably go with a 1.83 GHz mini with 1 GB of RAM and a 120 GB HD. While my PowerBook is getting banged up a bit, it should still do me for a while still and I certainly hope the mini would last me more than a year or two. I might covet something more powerful, but I don't really *need* it. While I would greatly love a 24″ iMac, that simply is *not* happening. There’s no way I can afford that! Heck, I’d love a 20′ iMac but still not happening probably.

I did discover that my wireless keyboard and mouse may not work with a mini, so that adds to the price there. I imagine I best wait until I figure out my tax situation this year, but I’ll probably go with a 1.83 GHz mini with 1 GB of RAM and a 120 GB HD.

While my PowerBook is getting banged up a bit, it should still do me for a while still and I certainly hope the mini would last me more than a year or two. I might covet something more powerful, but I don’t really *need* it.

]]> By: Sara http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/comment-page-1/#comment-3032 Sara Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:50:43 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/#comment-3032 This is a delayed comment, but - for what it's worth - I bought a new computer last year and went with a clearance item that was nice and cheap but had more than my old computer so I figured it was a good deal. Looking back, I really wish I had waited and spent a bit more to get a *really* good machine. I don't think we can ever really anticipate how much room we need for growth when it comes to technology. An external hard drive is great, but you can't run programs off of it. If this new equipment only needs to last you a year or two, the Mac Mini can't be beat. On the other hand, if you're hoping to get at least five years or more then you'd probably be much, much happier with a beauty of a 24" iMac, 2GB of memory and that wonderful 250GB hard drive. Oh, how I wish I'd waited. This is a delayed comment, but – for what it’s worth – I bought a new computer last year and went with a clearance item that was nice and cheap but had more than my old computer so I figured it was a good deal. Looking back, I really wish I had waited and spent a bit more to get a *really* good machine. I don’t think we can ever really anticipate how much room we need for growth when it comes to technology. An external hard drive is great, but you can’t run programs off of it. If this new equipment only needs to last you a year or two, the Mac Mini can’t be beat. On the other hand, if you’re hoping to get at least five years or more then you’d probably be much, much happier with a beauty of a 24″ iMac, 2GB of memory and that wonderful 250GB hard drive. Oh, how I wish I’d waited.

]]> By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2998 Mark Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:13:37 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/#comment-2998 Thanks, Em and sorry it took so long to approve your comment. Somehow my IP got caught by my host's firewall and I couldn't get in to approve it, or do anything else. :( I'm not sure cute is my prime motivating factor, but cute is good in its own right. But then I'm the guy who thinks reading Svenonius in public may just get me a date some day. Clearly, I don't know cute. Thanks, Em and sorry it took so long to approve your comment. Somehow my IP got caught by my host’s firewall and I couldn’t get in to approve it, or do anything else. :(

I’m not sure cute is my prime motivating factor, but cute is good in its own right. But then I’m the guy who thinks reading Svenonius in public may just get me a date some day. Clearly, I don’t know cute.

]]> By: Em Tonkin http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2988 Em Tonkin Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:44:44 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/#comment-2988 Mac minis are cute. My supervisor uses one. There's only one problem with them, which is that given their lovely cute little form factor, they tend to use little notebook DVD drives from Panasonic. These can almost never be reflashed to RPC-1 firmware, because Panasonic are evil about firmware creation. However, being non-European I doubt that this will be a big deal from your perspective. We hates region encoding, we does; we buys our DVDs from America because things is available on a more reasonable schedule :-/ Other than this admittedly minor detail, Macs are cute and you should possibly buy one; if my supervisor is happy with a Mac Mini then they must be rewarding, because he is quite picky about his choice of computing power :-) Mac minis are cute.

My supervisor uses one. There’s only one problem with them, which is that given their lovely cute little form factor, they tend to use little notebook DVD drives from Panasonic. These can almost never be reflashed to RPC-1 firmware, because Panasonic are evil about firmware creation. However, being non-European I doubt that this will be a big deal from your perspective.

We hates region encoding, we does; we buys our DVDs from America because things is available on a more reasonable schedule :-/

Other than this admittedly minor detail, Macs are cute and you should possibly buy one; if my supervisor is happy with a Mac Mini then they must be rewarding, because he is quite picky about his choice of computing power :-)

]]> By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 Mark Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:26:02 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/#comment-2952 Thanks for the input, Kurt. I do have an external drive already that is bigger than my PC and PowerBook drives put together. With a mini, it'd be even bigger comparatively. :) Thanks for the input, Kurt. I do have an external drive already that is bigger than my PC and PowerBook drives put together. With a mini, it’d be even bigger comparatively. :)

]]> By: Kurt http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2951 Kurt Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:17:33 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/03/10/the-other-half-is-back-online/#comment-2951 I'd say get the mini and spend half of that $300 on a massive external hard drive. That's what I'd do at least. Plus, then you'd have a backup drive for your notebook (if you don't have one already), and speaking from experience, you don't want to be caught in the middle of a hard drive failure without a backup. I’d say get the mini and spend half of that $300 on a massive external hard drive. That’s what I’d do at least. Plus, then you’d have a backup drive for your notebook (if you don’t have one already), and speaking from experience, you don’t want to be caught in the middle of a hard drive failure without a backup.

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