Apple iProduct

garyi said:
Dom, extentions sound like something from Mac OS9, in essence as old as windows 98...

All printers available on the highstreet that are USB today will work in OSX (Again OSX comes with drivers for most printers)

It never forgets a device, what ever you mean by that I am not sure.
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Nicely - and what am I saying? My printer's on its last legs and is parallel only anyway!!! Yeah - you're right re OS9 - oops! I've not "played" with the new G5s yet as I don't work in that team any more - d'oh!

By "forgetting a device" I mean EXACTLY that. My PC conveniently "forgot" it has a USB card reader attached; I had to reinstall it (the damn thing worked the night before, and nothing had changed). Windoze e(X)cruiting (P)ain.
 
Oh right, with the mac in general all USB devices just work. Only specialist stuff like the wacom here needed its own drivers, so no there nothing to re-install, it just does it for you. For instance any media cards in any USB media readers just show up on the desktop as a harddrive
 
The most widly ignored bit of software on the mac is the 'image capture app. Basically if you plug a camera or scanner in 9 times out of 10 you can control it from this app, most usefull for bundled software
 
amazingtrade said:
PS Does anybody know if the motherboard can take DIMMS? or is it soldered? This would be a major flaw if its soldered. Also just read the specs and it comes with a host of other software, so I reckon a similar PC would actually cost around £330.
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According to the Apple store 'Configure your computer' extra memory comes as DIMMS and costs: std 256Mb, for 512Mb it's +£50 and for 1Gb +£290. I would guess it only has one DIMM slot.

Base model configured with memory, bigger HDD and keyboard/mouse but no monitor:

Summary
ââ'¬Â¢ 1GB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 DIMM
ââ'¬Â¢ 80GB Ultra ATA drive
ââ'¬Â¢ Combo Drive
ââ'¬Â¢ Wired Keyboard & Mouse Kits
ââ'¬Â¢ 56k V.92 modem
ââ'¬Â¢ Mac OS X

Usually dispatched:
3 - 4 weeks
Free Shipping
Price: £593.20
VAT: £103.81
Subtotal: £697.01 :eek:

You can run the OS with 256Mb but I wouldn't want to.
 
avanzato said:
According to the Apple store 'Configure your computer' extra memory comes as DIMMS and costs: std 256Mb, for 512Mb it's +£50 and for 1Gb +£290. I would guess it only has one DIMM slot.

Base model configured with memory, bigger HDD and keyboard/mouse but no monitor:

Summary
ââ'¬Â¢ 1GB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 DIMM
ââ'¬Â¢ 80GB Ultra ATA drive
ââ'¬Â¢ Combo Drive
ââ'¬Â¢ Wired Keyboard & Mouse Kits
ââ'¬Â¢ 56k V.92 modem
ââ'¬Â¢ Mac OS X

Usually dispatched:
3 - 4 weeks
Free Shipping
Price: £593.20
VAT: £103.81
Subtotal: £697.01 :eek:

You can run the OS with 256Mb but I wouldn't want to.
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This is how Apple are making the money, you can save a lot of money buy getting the memory fro Crucial with guarenteed compatability with the Mac mini for £133 inc vat for 1GB.

If it takes standard 2.5" hard drives then you can buy them really cheap. I would be tempted just to buy the higher spec model but buy it with 256MB RAM and upgrade the memory myself. As soon as you start adding options the price creeps up.

Rather like Mercedes who charged £800 for a radio in the C class in the mid 90s.
 
The New OS 'Tiger' is due for release soon. It'll be interesting to see how much Apple charge for that and if the Mac mini owners get a free upgrade or not.
 

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