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Apple Mac Mini 1.83 Ghz

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5 Jan 26th, 2009 

6 Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful

Advantages:
Small and good value

Disadvantages:
not as powerful as most other Macs

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I am using this right now. it is a really good product for those who are trying out OS X for the first time. I use it for typing up work and surfing the net, and the occasional DVD. Do not buy it if you want a gaming machine as with an Intel GMA 950 graphics card with 64 MB will not handle games, moreover this comes from the memory as it is integrated (to save space of course) it is very very small and good for a no frills first time Mac or for anyone who is sick of Vista and wants to give something else a try before going over to Linux (nothing wrong with it though). It may not come with a display or a mouse or a keyboard it does come with an apple remote, which is very useful, it does not work on all the online media players (does work with quick time and various things such as itunes. As well as the remote it comes with a DVI to VGA adapter, this allows you to connect a three row adapter or VGA to the DVI port on the back. It will work with any keyboards, mice or most other peripherals so there is no need to spend unnecessary amounts of money on apple products like their mighty mouse and their aluminum keyboard, if you want those they will work anyway though although I wouldn't buy the mighty mouse as I have heard from loads of people that the scroll ball on the top clogs and breaks it very quickly-thus losing lots of money, I myself am using a Microsoft mouse and an ASDA USB keyboard, yes I am so cheap, it works though so I don't really care. Anyway you do not need a wireless adapter as it is built in (really easy to connect to a network), it has bluetooth (so you can synchronize all your phones to your mac) The standard model has an 80GB hard drive which you will probably need a new one as garage band their rather good creative suite which does not include paint takes up a whopping 20GB or so of your hard drive. By the time you install your updates there is about 47.3GB left, bearing in mind I like widgets and office on there and so even though the hard drive in my opinion is too small they are expensive as they are miniature disk drives so upgrading is fiddly and expensive, to upgrade the memory you would need to remove various antennas and such. it is very very small for what it is and I find it quite nippy for surfing the web and simple tasks like that. It is also so quiet for a machine of its size, you would expect loud swooshing noises and overheating warnings from filling up with hot air, it is not like that at all, the only way to see if it is on is by the one little LED light on the front. It has four USB ports on the back, a firewire and a kensington lock (some sort of security protection thing apparently) on the back there is also the on switch which you tap lightly once and it starts up and plays the little start up note which is quite nice when the screen comes on it cycles through a lot of blue screens and then comes up with the login page. when you first set it up it plays a funny little video saying welcome in different languages and then sets you up. It is not expensive but gets the job done it is not the fastest but ideal for a first computer, a home entertainment system or a novelty item. The apple on the top does not light up by the way so dont think it is broken, it is an effective but basic computer packed with features. 

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Comments about this review »

thereddragon 27.01.2009 12:19

Good review but it's very hard to read as it's just one big block of text - it would help a lot if you broke it up into paragraphs. I disagree a bit regarding the comment that it can't be used to play games - it just can't be used to play the latest spec-hungry high-tech games that demand an nVidia or similar chip. I have a MacBook with similar specs and can play quite a few recent games, though with the more demanding ones you have to use a lower graphic resolution!

johnny040676 27.01.2009 00:03

Great first review, welcome to Ciao! John

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