On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 1:49:22 PM UTC-4, Bill Spencer wrote: > > > > On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 1:39:33 PM UTC-4, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu > wrote: >> >> >> > On Apr 24, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Brandon Nichols <brandon...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Would not recommend the Mac-Mini. It is really under powered and it is >> believed to be in the beginning stages af a phase out by Apple >> > >> >> From personal experience the ‘under-powered’ thing is simply not true >> (with the caveat that the basic HDD is teh suzxx0r and REALLY needs to be >> an SSD), and the last time I saw the second point was just before Apple >> refreshed the lineup, because ‘Apple hasn’t updated the mini in a while’. >> The delay was predominately due not to Apple’ but Intel’s inability to get >> the Haswell chipset out in time. You’ll notice Apple’s pushed out a bunch >> of new and improved systems since then. >> >> Bill’s $1250 budget is the limiting factor here; he can get a lot more >> computer for that money out of a Mini than an iMac. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> University of Arizona >> College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> >> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >> >> > All right--here's where this stands: I have ordered a Samsung external DVD > writer (SE-218CB/RSBS), and I found a (nominally) 24-inch ViewSonic monitor > (VX2452mh) on CL locally for $90, which I thought was a pretty good deal. > Soon I'll order the middle of the three Mini models upgraded to a full SSD > (and I might or might not max the RAM to 16gb), but am only waiting to see > if Apple's Back-To-School education special this summer adds anything > useful to the regular education pricing. I know the price itself won't > change, but as I recall they generally throw in something extra during that > time. Or I may just lose patience and get the thing right away, we'll see. > > And it should all come in at a bit over a kilo-buck, including tax. > > My thanks for everyone's input! Bill >
Even better: the Refurb store has *exactly* what I was going to order at around $100 less, so I'm in…and almost exactly a kilo-buck. Happy spring! Bill -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
