Your biggest choice has to be if you want the large CRT monitor
that comes with the eMac,
The last time I checked the eMac had an LCD panel
On 11 Jun 2005, at 08:41, Marcus Roberts wrote:
On 11 Jun 2005, at 08:32, Giles Turnbull wrote:
I want to buy a cheapo G4 machine, and one of its primary uses
will be for digital photo touch-ups and the occasional bit of
audio editing.
Anyone got any opinions on the choice between eMac or Mac mini?
Your biggest choice has to be if you want the large CRT monitor
that comes with the eMac, or if you'd prefer the very small
footprint of a Mini with an LCD screen. Otherwise they're pretty
evenly matched, except for the eMac having a faster full size hard
drive. That said, until recently, Powerbooks used to have the
same speed (4200 rpm) hard drives, and no-one complained about them
too much! The eMac is much easier to upgrade the memory; you'll
have to do the putty knife trick if you want to upgrade the Mini
yourself.
An eMac does have a big fan in the back too, which isn't too noisy,
but it does push a fair amount of air through.
I have a Mac Mini. Even though it has a 4200 rpm drive, I've found
it to be fine, especially after I upgraded the memory to 512Mb. I
just love the form factor, and if my Tivo dies, I can see the Mini
moving under the TV to become a media centre very easily.
Either machine will do you fine for the uses you have for it.
Marcus
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