Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Regarding Macs

So, I may or may not have purchase a Mac Mini. Which I am really stoked about. For a grand total, (Including taxes) of just over 1000USD I was very pleased with the price. Here are the stats.

Intel Core Duo @ 2.0 GHz
4GB 1066Mhz RAM (Wow, that is the most I have ever had)
Nvidia 9400 Graphics 
MacOSX (giggle)

I have only had a few hours to play with it so far, but I really enjoy this machine.
I've made a few changes from the usual mac setup. We purchased a bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo, where the mouse in integrated with the keyboard. We also bought a display adapter to VGA. We then plugged the mac mini into our 32" TV. Muahaha! 
There are a grand total of three cables that are plugged into little hamburger-sized machine. Power, Video and speakers. Everything else is wireless. It pulls the internet from our wireless, our keyboard is bluetooth, so no connectors there. 
I ripped a few CD's onto the hard drive and sound is excellent. you can hear it from the whole house. During the process of listening to some big band and swing songs, I walked away from the Mini and tested the range on the keyboard. To my delight, I could not find a place in our house where the keyboard would not adjust the sound or change tracks. ::Giggle::

I do not know what other adventures await for this little machine, but the possibilities are great!
Tonight: Ripping DVD's to my little machine. (So that we have a backup copy of DVD's we own.)