non sequitur Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 i doubt it would be that much slower. go for it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/32429-mac-mini/page/2/#findComment-245902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 From the benchmarks, the core duo isn't that much faster, second or so to a half a minute. I don't do heavy photo stuff, just crop, resize and maybe put a filter on it like invert colors or something. BASIC stuff. I think I will go to ebay and get a solo with 1 gig ram. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/32429-mac-mini/page/2/#findComment-245919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 i have the base core solo and it should be fine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/32429-mac-mini/page/2/#findComment-246022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 For mac mini users: is 512 on the intel a good amount of memory? I had a G4 1.25 and 512 and it seemed it ran out of memory alot. When I get one, I will do this: photo editing from digital camera looking at audio files capture some video, very small What do I do? Ghost hunting. Yes, seriously like Ghost Hunters on SciFi channel (www.scifi.com/ghosthunters). I don't need alot, but I do open some files around 200 megs sometimes. Just wondering. Thanks. I do all of that on my mini Duo (base config) and it's fine with even the standard ram. I don't think you'd see a real difference with the solo. I'm really happy with my Mac... it's my main computer, yes it is full fledged and it handles everything, and I mean everything) that I throw at it. Love it! I'm sure it'll be just fine even with 200meg files being captured. If you have any concerns or wanna discuss it, PM me! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/32429-mac-mini/page/2/#findComment-246134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Found great deals on solos with 1 gig, and I have opened 400 to 500 meg audio files, so need the ram. Though still have to wait for spare cash. Getting there. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/32429-mac-mini/page/2/#findComment-246283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
weimac Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I am not all that happy with my mini (core duo 1.66ghz / 512mb) which I bought when it first came out (last april). I hooked up a firewire hdd to run the osx on it, and it's mighty fast when it boots up. However, strangely, the hdd that was hardly used inside mini die twice on me... I just had it replaced again last month. I think overall, mac mini is great for regular use, such as browsing web, watch dvd, email, and little stuff... just not heavy duty stuff. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/32429-mac-mini/page/2/#findComment-274409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Well I didn't go Mini, but my iBook has enough ram! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/32429-mac-mini/page/2/#findComment-278176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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