vbetts Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Maybe. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16856110086 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHack13 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 reminds me of the nintendo wii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 reminds me of the nintendo wii Yeah, was just going to say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Yeah it's small, but it doesn't come with OS X so I won't compare it to a Mac mini. Apple is dropping the ball with the mini. They need to update it, and quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schweppes Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Intel 3000 is not compatible with OS X, X3100 it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Intel 3000 is not compatible with OS X, X3100 it is. both works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMX-Knuckles Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Nice little desktop. My advice? Wait a couple months till Asus releases the EEE PC version of this model! Same form factor, but with SUPER low-power dualcore Atom chip. Linky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Makes me want to run out and buy another Mac Mini! - if they'd hurry up and update it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Makes me want to run out and buy another Mac Mini! - if they'd hurry up and update it. I couldn't agree more, but fret not. New processors were released last monday and now there's a good chance for a quad-core mini coming later this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 A quad core mini.... >_>' That's more processing power than the basic Imac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 For the time being yes. I'm sure Intel will be updating their main processor line too soon, so in the end it will all wash out The big thing here is that the mini will become a real powerhouse in a small package. I love how technology marches on :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpio123 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 The Current Mac Mini still blows anything with a similar form factor.. Barebone Shuttle's etc. are obviously more powerful, but they're still larger, and lack the simplistic beauty of the Mini.. I've been really really happy with mine.. Sure it doesn't play games, but my 360 does, so i dont really care. It plays 1080p movies to perfection and that's all that counts for an HTPC type setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Nothing will ever rival the Mac Mini as long as competitors don't come with Mac OS X out of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 The Current Mac Mini still blows anything with a similar form factor.. Barebone Shuttle's etc. are obviously more powerful, but they're still larger, and lack the simplistic beauty of the Mini.. I've been really really happy with mine.. Sure it doesn't play games, but my 360 does, so i dont really care. It plays 1080p movies to perfection and that's all that counts for an HTPC type setup First I'll say to InorganicMatter, I didn't mean rival as in installing Mac Os on it. I meant it as more of a low profile computer rival. This actually spec wise is a better computer than what the Mac Minis currently are. Couple of reasons, it's a true desktop. It's running a better cpu than the Mac Mini, and it's also not a mobile CPU. It has a FSB of 1066, which if I remember right the Mac Minis now only have a 667 or 800 fsb, more cache, and faster memory. Only thing I don't like about this little thing, is it only has a 5400 rpm harddrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 For the time being yes. I'm sure Intel will be updating their main processor line too soon, so in the end it will all wash out The big thing here is that the mini will become a real powerhouse in a small package. I love how technology marches on iMacs use mobile processors too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 iMacs use mobile processors too. Well that's the one thing that I get to learn today I guess they would have to be mobile for the heat issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Well that's the one thing that I get to learn today I guess they would have to be mobile for the heat issues. Yeah, I don't know how you'd fit a decent heatsink for a desktop processor in that much space. Thats why the iMac is so unappealing to me, mid ranged mobile motherboard and processors at a high end desktop price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 If you consider workstation as desktop computer(a lot of people don't), then Apple only has one real desktop. Apple and foxconn figured how to control the heat in the core 2 duo in the macbook air(Intel kind of was part of this heat fix) I don't see why they can't figure out a way to control the heat from a desktop cpu, but then when you look at the MacPro and the HUGE giant HSFs in the MacPro, wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIC.delayed Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Yeah, I don't know how you'd fit a decent heatsink for a desktop processor in that much space. Thats why the iMac is so unappealing to me, mid ranged mobile motherboard and processors at a high end desktop price. What do you prefer over the iMac? Mac Pro? If you consider workstation as desktop computer(a lot of people don't), then Apple only has one real desktop. Apple and foxconn figured how to control the heat in the core 2 duo in the macbook air(Intel kind of was part of this heat fix) I don't see why they can't figure out a way to control the heat from a desktop cpu, but then when you look at the MacPro and the HUGE giant HSFs in the MacPro, wow. Yea but it is still not a Mac though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 What do you prefer over the iMac? Mac Pro? Hackintosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 What do you prefer over the iMac? Mac Pro?Yea but it is still not a Mac though I'm not saying it is, or saying that it will run Mac on it. As I said earlier, it rivals as a low profile slim desktop, not by OS, but by setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIC.delayed Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Yea I meant to put a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstep Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Nice little desktop. My advice? Wait a couple months till Asus releases the EEE PC version of this model! Same form factor, but with SUPER low-power dualcore Atom chip. Linky! Seemed ok but as usual we just get more and more delays. I like my EEE PC. Wouldn't buy another Asus product though. The Gigabyte M912 seems more interesting but then it doesn't seem to be coming this way... As far as I can tell there is nothing, apart from the new Dell Studio, that comes close to the Mini. The rest are either vaporware or junk. lstep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 Specs wise, this little thing stomps on the Mac Mini. But if you're shopping for a cheaper mac, the Mac Mini has it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 iMacs use mobile processors too. The iMac is an oversized laptop with a screen and a camera. Although attractive it isn't more powerful than most of our hacks and my future rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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