Size of Intel mini: a real disappointment

[Daedalus256]

Jsw, I think I love you.

 

[jsw]

Jsw, I think I love you.

Gosh, thanks. I'm just trying to provide honest, hard-hitting, fair and balanced reviews of Apple products.

 

[Daedalus256]

The thing is...

forums like MR are so filled with fanboys that just LOVE apple and never see any flaw in anything that happens to them. It's good to see a demi-god actually standing up and saying "Hey, they REALLY screwed up here!" instead of saying "They screwed up? FINE I'll just buy one instead of 5 this time! THAT'LL TEACH YOU STEVE JOBS"



Personally I think the new mini is a poor excuse for an entry level machine. hell it's a poor excuse for a machine at all. I mean seriously the $300 Dell Dimensions have Intel Integrated Graphics.

 

[p0intblank]

I'm not afraid to say Apple screws up now and then. Everyone does. Using Intel Integrated Graphics is a big mistake... one that I hope is fixed in the near future.

 

[tjwett]

All right, here's rev. B, but this is my final offer.

You get parallel/serial/VGA/PS2, multi-flash, tubes for the audiophiles and a meter to monitor the 1250W power supply. And all for $49.98!

first of all, you gotta replace that powered 6 pin firewire with the PC standard "iLink" 4 pin variety. and i don't see the familiar pink and green color coding around the audio jacks. the hallmark of quality and style.

 

[jsw]

I think that maybe Daedalus256 misinterpreted my original post.

 

[rockandrule]

All right, here's rev. B, but this is my final offer.

You get parallel/serial/VGA/PS2, multi-flash, tubes for the audiophiles and a meter to monitor the 1250W power supply. And all for $49.98!

That's sweet and all, but this is supposed to be a Proliner..... FIREWIRE 800! At least 12, PLEASE! And maybe SLI, haha.

 

[iMeowbot]

All right, all right. Sorry, no i.Link, but with FW800, a tasteful array of blue LEDs under the lid, quality color audio connectors and prestige styling, I think that we have the Apple entry level system that everyone really wants.

Eat your heart out, Ive.

 

[iGary]

All right, all right. Sorry, no i.Link, but with FW800, a tasteful array of blue LEDs under the lid, quality color audio connectors and prestige styling, I think that we have the Apple entry level system that everyone really wants.

Eat your heart out, Ive.

Jesus, what about the coffee can muffler?

 

[tjwett]

88 Miles Per Hour!

Don't forget the Flux Capacitor. After all, "it's what makes time travel possible".

 

[savar]

What is the point of this post

Edit: Oops, finished reading the whole thing. I'm....an idiot.

 

[simie]

Mac mini lets you have more fun with your music, photos and movies, more quickly and more easily. Enjoy them up close or far away with the included Apple Remote.

 

[LethalWolfe]

All right, all right. Sorry, no i.Link, but with FW800, a tasteful array of blue LEDs under the lid, quality color audio connectors and prestige styling, I think that we have the Apple entry level system that everyone really wants.

Eat your heart out, Ive.

LOL, the Type R decal is priceless.


Lethal

 

[plinkoman]

your forgetting eSATA

edit: wait, is that SATA above the 16 usb ports?

 

[cube]

I wanted the mini for X-Plane.

I don't think I should reward Apple with buying an Intel Power Mac instead.
As they switched to x86, it's no worse if I build a Linux box (actually, slightly better because it will be AMD).

The right thing would be Solaris/SPARC, but there's stuff that is only available for Linux.

 

[kiwi-in-uk]

All right, all right. Sorry, no i.Link, but with FW800, a tasteful array of blue LEDs under the lid, quality color audio connectors and prestige styling, I think that we have the Apple entry level system that everyone really wants.

Eat your heart out, Ive.

No modem.
Typical cheap-**** Apple.
I'll never buy an Apple product again.

 

[iMeowbot]

your forgetting eSATA

Oh, please. This is an entry level system!

No modem.
Typical cheap-**** Apple.
I'll never buy an Apple product again.

Well DUH, the modem is integrated with the video card cooler. It's right there next to the master switch

 

[SmurfBoxMasta]

surely by now, ya'll DO realize that:

all your whinings,
all your mini's,
all your ports,
all your modems,
all your pictures,
all your fanboys,
all your screw-ups
AND all your graphics.....

are belong to us anyways

 

[Chundles]

More headlines from today's paper:

"Integrated graphics blamed for African famine"

"Jesus delays second coming till rev b Intel mini: blames integrated graphics"

"Iraq and Iran declare peace but foiled by integrated graphics on new Mac."

"Osama Bin Laden quotes in new terrorist video - 'death to the GMA950'"

"Global warming shown to be slowing down"

Retraction - yesterday's story regarding the state of global warming has been retracted as the study was conducted with integrated graphics on new Mac.

 

[whooleytoo]

All right, here's rev. B, but this is my final offer.

You get parallel/serial/VGA/PS2, multi-flash, tubes for the audiophiles and a meter to monitor the 1250W power supply. And all for $49.98!

There's something deeply wrong with me.

I looked at that picture, and actually thought "Cooooool!"

 

[canyonblue737]

Having read through the many, many, many posts regarding integrated graphics on the new mini, and seeing proof that it doesn't produce optimal frame rates when running WoW and also might occasionally hiccup when doing true HD video (with a whopping 512MB installed), I've decided that the integrated graphics make the mini nearly useless.

My understanding is the Core Duo Mac mini runs 1080p with no slow down. The unit should be great at all the iLife apps including digital video editing and MS Office should be universal soon. For someone like me who wants to run the iLife apps for a home personal computer and save gaming for a Windows box how is the Mac mini NOT a perfect computer?

 

[whooleytoo]

My understanding is the Core Duo Mac mini runs 1080p with no slow down. The unit should be great at all the iLife apps including digital video editing and MS Office should be universal soon. For someone like me who wants to run the iLife apps for a home personal computer and save gaming for a Windows box how is the Mac mini NOT a perfect computer?

IF it runs 1080p with no slow down, and IF using shared memory doesn't cause Quartz Extreme to bog down, particularly when using Expose with more than a couple of windows open; then it could be a very, very nice machine. Time will tell.

 

[canyonblue737]

IF it runs 1080p with no slow down, and IF using shared memory doesn't cause Quartz Extreme to bog down, particularly when using Expose with more than a couple of windows open; then it could be a very, very nice machine. Time will tell.

well there have already been forum reports stating that the Core Solo version chugs with 1080p but runs 720p smoothly. additional reports say the Core Duo version runs 1080p at no more than 130% processor usage (dual processor obviously) and smooth as glass. Early anecdotal reports state that the desktop and iLife apps are totally snappy on either machine. I intend to put 1GB in mine and expect a smooth and snappy OS, good use of iLife apps (and universal binary version of Office when it arrives) and will never use it for games (which I will have a Windows machine for since gaming on a Mac still leaves much to be desired anyway.) It seems for me that the Mac mini will likely be a great machine.

 

[DougTheImpaler]

I love all these mock-ups, guys. Wish I was somewhat talented with photoshop (elements 3 in my case). At least I can get out the redeye!

 

[notjustjay]

That is some power supply!