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Originally Posted by Burninator
Or I buy a second hand Mac Mini on Kijiji on the cheap. There are ones for $125 and $200 right now. Here and here. I am just not familiar with Mac computers at all. I see that they have an Ethernet port and 2 USB ports which is adequate (mouse, keyboard and hard drive could be an issue though...) But is the hardware good enough for my purposes? Is the software up to date enough to run the correct version of iTunes? Is there anything else I should know? |
I may be off base here since I'm a basically a Mac newbie but aren't the G4 Mini's limited to OSX10.4 (Tiger) and if so they could only run iTunes 9.2 I believe. If you want something that will run the latest version of iTunes, then I would suggest getting something a bit newer.
Tuaw.com had a report today that Lion will not support anything before a Core2Duo.
I'm sort of in the same boat since I would like a device hooked to my TV where I can watch my shows but I also need a browser so my wife can go to her sites that watch specific video's that youtube doesn't carry. I thought about the Mini but I may wait a bit to see what GoogleTV has to offer when it finally arrives to Canada.
The Mini will probably be refreshed in a few months and from what I have been reading it will probably have similar specs as the MBP 13". When this comes out, you could pick up a new one then or have your pick of the many 2010 models that will be up for sale.