design on a minimac?
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- Gilt0010
Just make sure you get GOOD RAM, crucial or someone else recommended. I was talking to our Apple tech and he had a 17 Powerbook with him that was sent to Apple for repairs. Turns out it was the cheap RAM that was causing random shutdowns.
Don't buy cheap-o RAM. Oh and buy a putty knife, cuz that's what you'll need to open it up.
- janne0
i need at least two G5's to design on, i mean i put them on the side next to each other and then there's just enough space for my sketching paper!
i mean the mac mini could be a handy portable alternative to hold small papers to sketch on..
i dunno..
- designerror0
Mac mini talking:
http://www.yodajeff.com/multimed…
- industry730
I am designing off of a powerbook 500 Mhz with 1Gb and a 8mb graphic card.
mac mini has a 1.25/1.42 Ghz G4 you can get 1Gb of ram and it has a 32MB video card.
there is no reason you couldnt design on it without a proble
and try to find a $500 PC with those same specs
- exador10
come on..
25 responses to the stupid american thread, and not one for your ol friend exador?sweet jebus..
ok...
the next thread i start will be called WET CUNTSin all caps too!
will that get your attention?
maybe not, but i bet it would get JK's, and i don't want to come back as exador2
;)
cheers
ex
- fredrik0
a cheap mac is always better than an expensive - since they are all slow.
(hit me!)
- jevad0
don;t see why not - get some extra ram and you're golden son
- BonSeff0
i dont see why not either, its more powerful than the ibook i have now, but yeah max out the ram
- puter0
I use a 450mhz G4 maxed RAM as my main work machine.
I do large print work
web work
and believe or not nay sayers mostly Flash workI have been using the same machine for the last 4 years and I make a good salary doing so.
Why haven't I upgraded? No need- it works- it works well and is actually faster using Panther than it was using OS 9.
- exador10
is there a problem with the vid card being a ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB?
my buddy seemed to think that was shit..but hell...i dunno...beats me.....
photoshop'll run ok with something like that right?
- clone0
dont buy marketing trends buy a desktop you can upgrade and grow with minis suck just like the cube did
- designerror0
you will be fine.. and yes.. fill it with ram !!!
- designerror0
who bumped this?
- Jnr_Madison0
How come this thread has came to the top with no new posts? Btw I don't have anyone on my ignore list.
- Donvitoviti0
comments of such nature come from the ignorent
- Gorbie0
yeah man... i'd get one in a heartbeat.
i'm really stoked because it made my old G4 worthless on the resale value.
excellent! ;^]
- Donvitoviti0
Yes you will be fine.... just bump the ram. I have a 1.0 ghz powerbook and it does a wonderful job.
but ya... RAM is key.
- spendogg0
on first glance i would only consider surfing the net and doing my taxes.
- BZZZP0
just be sure NOT to pay for the apple-approved ram upgrade - look at the article (off /.) about the insides of the thing and install any old 1G stick yourself.
and remember, a couple of years ago, that would have been "top of the line" - and very impressive work has been done on much less impressive hardware
what was it, 8k of ram to get a man to the moon, for ex?