Apple a day

[kingandy]

I am not advocating the use of Macs in any way, shape or form, but check this out.  It so tiny!

Reliability, however, is apparently not included.  "The modular design of Mac mini lets you upgrade your current system to the elegance, simplicity and reliability of Macintosh."  Hee hee hee.

Comments

[jacob-xiii.livejournal.com]

We've actually completely stopped using Macs at work now - everything's moved over to PC - including the graphics and web site design work. Mac's are pretty (well, some of them are), but you're right about the reliablity issues, not to mention HUGE delays when waiting for VERY expensive parts to arrive. And what's with the no right mouse button? Don't Mac users have functional middle fingers?

[spodula.livejournal.com]

Its probably so you cant use your untrained middle finger when something goes wrong :-)

Actually i do want a PowerPC based computer at some stage, although its probably going to be the AmigaOne rather than a Mac because it takes standard PC components, and it will only end up running Linux anyway. Also I am very Nostalgic for my old Amiga, Its was my first Multi-tasking environment :-)

The only problem is that bacause Apple monopolise the supply of fast processors, they currently only go up to 1Ghz.
They are also slightly more expensive because they are very Niche.

Still there are lots of rumors that IBM are pushing PowerPC for the Chinese market (Which is the last great area of the world with very little PC coverage) If they do that, we could see some reasonably priced PowerPC based consumer boxes. (This would also give the Chinese government some kind of control over software as well, because most Western games and software are designed for x86 and wouldnt run)

Out of interest, what kind of unreliability are we talking about? it software? or hardware. I have been reading some articles about the old Mac, and it seems they were vastly over-engineered from a hardware side. I know the new ones have very little in common though.

[kingandy]

I know when I spent some time in a design office, the Macs spent a lot of time being rebooted. We would rarely go half an hour without hearing the "bomb" noise.

[blue-room.livejournal.com]

Mark W: I thought that OS X solves this by being based on Unix?

[stsquad.livejournal.com]

Software reliability has gone up these days with Mac OS X. I'm almost tempted but like spondula I think I would probably go for a generic PowerPC based system as they cost less.

Besides my nice AMD64 system looks shiney enough and runs quite fast enough for the time being...

[kingandy]

Well that was about six years ago...

[jacob-xiii.livejournal.com]

Both software and hardware, although you're right in that the older Macs did suffer more from miscellaneous and erratic hardware failures than the newer ones we had. We also had major issues with networking that the Mac techs never seemed to be able to sort out (although maybe they were just inept, I know that the PC techs we use are).

[kingandy]

It looks like they're finally realising their users may have more than one finger.

"And yes, Mac mini will take advantage of your two-button USB mouse with scroll-wheel..." As though they get a lot of complaints in that direction.

Hello Mac, welcome to the 21st century...

[pkgem.livejournal.com]

About fucking time. Stupid Mac mouses with their stupid "one button does all but actually nothing useful that you would like to do and can on a PC" mice! I hate Mac mice. Stupid, stupid, crappy things.

_{And all this after only 3 months of occasionaly using a Mac at work.}

[blue-room.livejournal.com]

Mark W: Ahhhh well you don't actually need a right mouse button with Mac software :). Brilliant for me who gets most of the pain from his RSI by using a mouse :),

[my-mundane-life.livejournal.com]

Donna wants me to get one. I figure 3 computers and a server is enough for one flat really, but she will never agree. I might get one of the new iPods though - apparently about £60 with a student discount.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

I'm seriously considering this; not because it's a Mac, per se, but because at that sized footprint, it would free up so much of my desk space. And the uses I'm putting my home computer to at present (especially since getting a PS2) really aren't pushing the envelope of what it can do.

[stsquad.livejournal.com]

The box my amd64 system came in is a nice and tiny footprint as well, maybe not quite as much as the Mac but a hell of a change from the normal towers I've owned in the past.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

*nods*

Currently, I have two normal PCs taking up all the footspace under my desk. Admittedly, one of them could relocate to the basement and become an MP3 player, but the thought of being able to tuck the processor behind the CD rack is just so attractive :-)