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On May 21, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Jerry McBride wrote: |
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> On Sunday 21 May 2006 15:35, JimD wrote: |
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>> Cliff Wells wrote: |
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>>> On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC |
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>>> wrote: |
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>>>> I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version |
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>>>> once my |
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>>>> Mac Mini arrives... |
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>>> I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. |
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>>> I've got |
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>>> a mini and it's not fast (at least running Linux). Usable for |
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>>> general-purpose stuff but it feels pretty sluggish if I ask it to do |
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>>> anything heavy. I don't know any benchmarks, but if I had to |
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>>> give you a |
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>>> "feel" describing it, I'd put it on par with a 1GHz PIII with a slow |
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>>> drive and not *quite* enough memory. In short, it's great for |
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>>> doing |
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>>> testing on or just day-to-day stuff, but I think running a VM may |
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>>> be out |
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>>> of its league. |
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>>> If you can, replace the disk with a 5400RPM drive which will help |
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>>> a lot. |
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>>> Regards, |
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>>> Cliff |
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>> Do you have the "old" mini with a G4 and the dog slow 4200 RPM drive? |
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>> If so that would explain a lot. The new Intel based ones have a much |
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>> faster processor and a much better hard drive. The difference is |
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>> night-and-day. |
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>> |
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> Wot? They're using Intel in the mini too? Hmmm... time to rethink |
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> my next |
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> linux server appliance... |
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Yes, the mini was upgraded a few months ago. $599 gives you a 1.5ghz |
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Core Solo, 512mb, etc and $799 gives you a 1.66ghz Core Solo, 512mb, |
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etc. You can go up to 2GB. They have a mediocre intel inegrated |
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graphics of some sort (something 950) but for the price it is fine. |
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I ordered a refurb $1.66ghz Core Duo Mini for $699 and had a $200 |
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Apple Store coupon from their Aperture price reduction rebate, so it |
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ended up being $499. Can't complain about that. :-) (I plan on |
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leaving OS X on it but you could probably run Linux on it as well. I |
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have a Cocoa OS X app I developed that I need to make run on Intel OS X) |
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<http://www.apple.com/macmini/> |
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Google should help you find folks running Linux on them and how they |
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did it. |
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best |
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Chad |
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> Thank you for the heads up. |
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> Jerry |
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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC |
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