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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 11:33 PM
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PC user here. Wanting to switch from the darkside but now concerned
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I'd like to dump my PC for the standard set of reasons and am in love with the new mini, but I'm sorta worried about the processor speed. Is a G4 really enough? I don't really do huge photoshop-style programs, but I do tend to have A LOT of windows open. I like to have as many as five different programs running at the same time. Will a mini really be able to handle this? Any advice from you mac users out there would be most appreciated.
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  -PC user here. Wanting to switch from the darkside but now concerned LeftCoast  Feb-09-05 11:33 PM   #0 
  - I run 4-6 programs at a time INCLUDING Photoshop 8.0 and  demodonkey   Feb-10-05 01:44 AM   #1 
  - I was planning on upgrading to 500 mb RAM  LeftCoast   Feb-10-05 12:48 PM   #3 
     - 500 Should be OK, but if you can swing it to get more RAM I would do it...  demodonkey   Feb-10-05 01:14 PM   #5 
        - Glad to hear it, Demodonkey--I just "invested" in a 1Ghz processor card  rocknation   Feb-11-05 10:41 AM   #8 
  - the mini is powerful enough for every except high end video  cheezus   Feb-10-05 10:38 AM   #2 
  - I thought you couldn't upgrade the mini at home  LeftCoast   Feb-10-05 12:49 PM   #4 
     - Nope, you can do it at home...  mrbassman03   Feb-10-05 02:45 PM   #6 
  - Don't worry, should be fine  Poiuyt   Feb-11-05 12:04 AM   #7 
  - you'll be more than fine- I have an older ibook G3 800mhz and can run...  geekgrrl   Feb-20-05 02:56 PM   #9 
  - I run OSX on a 333mhz iMac. It only had 256. It does  alfredo   Feb-20-05 03:50 PM   #10 
  - Old PC new Mac user here too.  Ready4Change   Feb-20-05 04:59 PM   #11 
  - It's not the same chip architecture, so the speeds are not equivalent.  politicat   Mar-09-05 12:41 PM   #12 
  - Absolutely!  burrowowl   Apr-30-05 09:35 PM   #21 
  - I just got a mac mini  WLKjr   Mar-13-05 10:37 PM   #13 
  - The smart gaming companies will take advantage of the Mini's success  rocknation   Mar-17-05 11:05 AM   #14 
     - Rock, I believe you are right. That's a good thing.  reprobate   Mar-17-05 09:58 PM   #16 
  - Some good links I find helpful  alfredo   Mar-17-05 11:30 AM   #15 
  - I'm thinking about switching too  Melynn   Apr-02-05 03:54 AM   #17 
     - Hooking a Mac up to a broadband connection is incredibly easy  Poiuyt   Apr-02-05 09:41 AM   #18 
        - I suspected that but like all things Mac, I'm clueless  Melynn   Apr-02-05 03:25 PM   #19 
           - People I know who have switched ask me "Why didn't I do this years ago?"  emulatorloo   Apr-02-05 04:28 PM   #20 
              - Apple Products  suston96   May-03-05 01:52 PM   #22 
 

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