Re: speed of mac mini
I haven't set X up yet, but I finally got 3.7 installed on the Mac mini without issue. I was using MBR for the disk instead of HFS, and there's an issue with the disklabel initial setup. The fix is outlined in this message: http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/misc/0309/msg01319.html and I'll submit a more thorough bug report when I get a chance to write it. So far the mini seems quite fast to me, I doubt you'll have any issues. - brian > Hello list, > > i will only do "normal" thinks:- some coding --> > emacs/terminals/ddd - read www.openbsd.org --> firefox/dillo -read > mails of misc@openbsd.org --> thunderbird - write some letters, do > some calculations --> abiword/gnumeric - some statistik --> gnuplot - > audio/video playing --> xmms/mplayer all with gnome or windowmaker. > That's all. > > Bye Thorsten > > LiteStar numnums wrote: > > >G'day, > > A friend of mine uses the mini for all of his foto processing with > >Photoshop and the like, whilst Illustrator and Safari are running. > >It seems fast enough. I've no idea what you want to really do with > >it (if it has a hard time with gnome/kde, that would be really bad, > >eh?), but for his needs it's fine. Cheers! > > > >On 6/16/05, Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Hello list, > >> > >>i think of buying a mac mini, but i don't know if a mac mini is > >>fast enough. So i ask you: does anyone use an mac mini with > >>gnome/kde or so? At the moment i have an dual-P3 and he's fast > >>enough. > >> > >>Any coments, suggestions? > >> > >>Bye > >> Thorsten
Re: speed of mac mini
Hello list, i will only do "normal" thinks:- some coding --> emacs/terminals/ddd - read www.openbsd.org --> firefox/dillo -read mails of misc@openbsd.org --> thunderbird - write some letters, do some calculations --> abiword/gnumeric - some statistik --> gnuplot - audio/video playing --> xmms/mplayer all with gnome or windowmaker. That's all. Bye Thorsten LiteStar numnums wrote: G'day, A friend of mine uses the mini for all of his foto processing with Photoshop and the like, whilst Illustrator and Safari are running. It seems fast enough. I've no idea what you want to really do with it (if it has a hard time with gnome/kde, that would be really bad, eh?), but for his needs it's fine. Cheers! On 6/16/05, Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello list, i think of buying a mac mini, but i don't know if a mac mini is fast enough. So i ask you: does anyone use an mac mini with gnome/kde or so? At the moment i have an dual-P3 and he's fast enough. Any coments, suggestions? Bye Thorsten
Re: speed of mac mini
G'day, A friend of mine uses the mini for all of his foto processing with Photoshop and the like, whilst Illustrator and Safari are running. It seems fast enough. I've no idea what you want to really do with it (if it has a hard time with gnome/kde, that would be really bad, eh?), but for his needs it's fine. Cheers! On 6/16/05, Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list, > > i think of buying a mac mini, but i don't know if a mac mini is fast > enough. So i ask you: does anyone use an mac mini with gnome/kde or so? > At the moment i have an dual-P3 and he's fast enough. > > Any coments, suggestions? > > Bye > Thorsten > > -- In possibility the eternal, rightly understood, continually lays out only a small piece at a time In possibility the eternal is continually near enough to be at hand and yet far enough away to keep man advancing towards the eternal, on the way, in forward movement. In this way the ternal lures and draws a person, in the possible, from craddle to grave if he just chooses to hope <>
Re: speed of mac mini
i believe that the biggest bottleneck is the hard drive, I think there is a 2.5" 5400rpm or 4200rpm drive in it. You can of course always pop it out but most people using the mac mini probably aren't looking for a proformance boost. On 6/16/05, Bryan Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 16, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > > > i think of buying a mac mini, but i don't know if a mac mini is > > fast enough. So i ask you: does anyone use an mac mini with gnome/ > > kde or so? At the moment i have an dual-P3 and he's fast enough. > > > > Any coments, suggestions? > > > > It runs OS X. QED. > > (Further: I have one, running OS X with 512MB RAM. It runs World of > Warcraft decently well... it should be fine for anything desktop- > oriented you want to throw at it, keeping in mind the speed of the hdd.) > -- > bda > cyberpunk is dead. long live cyberpunk.
Re: speed of mac mini
On Jun 16, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen wrote: Hello list, i think of buying a mac mini, but i don't know if a mac mini is fast enough. So i ask you: does anyone use an mac mini with gnome/ kde or so? At the moment i have an dual-P3 and he's fast enough. Any coments, suggestions? It runs OS X. QED. (Further: I have one, running OS X with 512MB RAM. It runs World of Warcraft decently well... it should be fine for anything desktop- oriented you want to throw at it, keeping in mind the speed of the hdd.) -- bda cyberpunk is dead. long live cyberpunk.
speed of mac mini
Hello list, i think of buying a mac mini, but i don't know if a mac mini is fast enough. So i ask you: does anyone use an mac mini with gnome/kde or so? At the moment i have an dual-P3 and he's fast enough. Any coments, suggestions? Bye Thorsten
