1 Dec
2005
1 Dec
'05
12:41 a.m.
On 30/11/05 23:35, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Somewhat OT:
At orchestra rehearsal last night, one of the bassists proudly told me that
he'd bought a new computer--a Mac Mini for about $800, which included a 14"
LCD monitor and a gig of DRAM. I must admit that I'm not sure if he got a
good deal or not. You're definitely limited on expansion options and I'd
sure hate to repair the thing.
DVD/CD-RW drive, but no floppy.
OTOH, it is kind of cool from an industrial design standpoint, although a
small profile PC would be almost as small.
I'm typing on my Mini right now and it's an excellent little machine,
practically silent and so small it sits perfectly on the rotating base of an
18" flat screen monitor. Like all USB macs it's perfectly happy with my
Logitech 7-button mouse and for connectivity it comes out of the box with
bluetooth and 802.11G wireless.
My only issue with it is that it only has 2 USB ports and no mic input so by
the time you've got your kbd/mouse plugged in your remaining port is taken
up by the USB sound module though I guess I could plug that into the
keyboard too.....the hard drive is also slow....
Anyhoo, it only cost me ukp330 so I don't really mind :o)
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