# mac mini's **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 31, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559 "2006-01-31T11:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cooter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cooter/32/7199_2.png) [@cooter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cooter)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/1 "2006-01-31T11:02:12Z")
does anyone pwn one of these…have been looking at these but disapointed thats its a g4 (old) …what are your likes and dislikes about them ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/2 "2006-01-31T13:18:08Z")
Likes: -Very small :tup: -Pretty good speed, very stable - DVI Dislikes: - These things run **HOT!!!**. You MUST keep them well ventilated. - Not much expandability ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/3 "2006-01-31T13:40:13Z")
even an old G4 still outperforms alot of pentiums ---
**Author:** ![SilverGTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SilverGTP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGTP)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/4 "2006-01-31T13:48:26Z")
I like them :tup: ---
**Author:** ![haner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/haner/32/7626_2.png) [@haner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/haner)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/5 "2006-01-31T18:02:29Z")
I have one if you want to buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/6 "2006-01-31T18:46:25Z")
Spend the extra $800 and get an Imac? I’m curious. I love the displays on them and have nothing but good luck with the macs in the past x… ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/7 "2006-01-31T19:59:39Z")
thinking about them… i was going to get one not too long ago… haner… how much do you want? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/8 "2006-01-31T20:04:28Z")
ide rather one of these then an imac, i prefer my microsoft keboard and mouse, and monitor really isnt important…i think its a great little compact machine ---
**Author:** ![haner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/haner/32/7626_2.png) [@haner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/haner)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/9 "2006-01-31T20:14:35Z")
Probably 450 shipped with 1gb of memory and tiger 10.4 cd’s. ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/10 "2006-01-31T20:15:14Z")
pick up price? and you can show me your server room 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![73ghia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/8baadc/32.png) [@73ghia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/73ghia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/11 "2006-01-31T21:01:16Z")
they are good… they do heat up… so don’t build a cabinet around them or put them in a tight space… If you need someting for music, intarweb, and other light applications… they rock. I’m waiting for some CC companies to get back to me so I can go and grab a G4 Laptop. The issue with the Mac Mini beign a G5 is… G5 = very HOT chip… can’t put it in a small comptuer… otherwise they’ll have the same issue that happened w/ the cube… Melty Melty… ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/12 "2006-01-31T21:04:16Z")
Mac Minis aren’t a bad Apple for the price. Rumor is Apple is going to make a multimedia version of it in the future, but you know how Apple rumors are. The new iMac with the Duo Core is nice. We have a 17" one at work. Quick, and it has the camera and apple remote with it. And not a bad price. ---
**Author:** ![BubbleSparkxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@BubbleSparkxx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BubbleSparkxx)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/13 "2006-01-31T22:46:59Z")
i would skip the mini and get an intel mac. the intel macs are just so much faster. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/14 "2006-01-31T23:14:37Z")
I was reading an article not long ago about the intel macs and the person writing the review wasnt very impressed (not necessarily because of speed, but problems he ran into with it)… I’ll see if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![73ghia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/8baadc/32.png) [@73ghia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/73ghia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/15 "2006-02-01T06:47:16Z")
> [@BubbleSparkxx](#): > > i would skip the mini and get an intel mac. the intel macs are just so much faster. They are not 4x faster as claimed (Imagine that a comptuer company lying about it’s prouducts speed). They are about 25% faster fro what some places are saying. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/16 "2006-02-01T06:58:44Z")
Thats because they are using intel. ---
**Author:** ![73ghia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/8baadc/32.png) [@73ghia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/73ghia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-minis/7559/17 "2006-02-01T20:50:42Z")
they are using intel because MOtorola / IBM were not doing much development to further the chip for a low volume company, as well as high cost, and slow production intel will, and that’s why they sigined with intel. they were thinking AMD but they felt they were going to run into the moto / ibm issue again.