Andy Hewitt <wildrover.andy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> [..]
> > > > I bought a MacBook which works really well as a desktop with its
lid
> > > > closed and a monitor, keyboard & mouse. For day to day stuff it's
almost
> > > > silent and uses a lot less electricity than my G5.
> > >
> > > I'm suspecting a MacBook and a Mini would be similar in performance,
> > > albeit with not as good graphics on the Mini, although I see the MB
also
> > > has Intel onboard with shared memory.
> >
> > In my Mini it is the GMA 950 chipset for the integrated graphics, on
> > the current MacBook it is the GMA X3100, which takes 144 MB off the
main
> > memory against 64 MB on the 950. The wording about this in System
> > Profiler is curiously different, it refers to 'Shared system memory'
on
> > the mini and 'VRAM (total)' in the MB.
>
> As long as it works at least as well as what I have now, I am not
> bothered, I'm not after any more performance, the G5 performs quite well
> thank you, but I wouldn't want any performance hits either.
>
> I think if the Mini had a 7200rpm drive in it, or a FW800 ****t, I
> wouldn't be hesitating. I'd really love to go for an iMac, but I don't
> think I'd get enough for my G5 kit to cover it.
I had the idea that they had 7200rpm drives as bto but, alas, that is
not so, so it would be a case of warranty-voiding surgery. Depending on
what you intend to do, though, an external drive might just be right
-evven if it is only FW400. Here I start mine up from an external Iomega
Minimax; I don't do photoshopping in my mini but I do do a fair bit of
playing with Logic and haven't had problems with the disk not coping
(oh, ok, I have had, occasionally, when I've gone overboard with tens of
software instruments and effects but that could also be memory).
That's anoher issue: apparently you can install 4GB but the mini can
only address 3GB.
>
> Out of interest, anyone got any idea what this'd be worth...?
>
> Original G5 dual 1.8GHz (8x RAM, and 3x PCI-X slots)
> Upgraded with 4.5GB of RAM
> Upgraded to a DL Superdrive
> Will be refitted with the original 160GB internal drive.
> And an additional 300GB internal drive too.
> Supplied with a spare AGP card (a PC flashed Radeon 9800 Pro).
> New PSU fitted in August 2007.
> No mouse, but will have a slightly sticky Apple Pro keyboard.
> And can throw in a free Apple Colorsync 20" monitor.
> Supplied with a full retail box with OS 10.5.
> I could even include my original Aperture 1.5 disc too.
>
> Looking on eBay it could be anything from £500 - £900, would it be
> reasonable to look for about £700 for that lot?
Sounds reasonable from here but don't really know. Scary how you pay
thousands for these things and sell them for hundreds. Of course, you
may have had four years of use out of it..
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flavio matani
guitar tuition
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www.livejournal.com/users/flavius_m/
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