Hi Bill, Issues having to do with getting the server version of the Mac Mini with Lion Server have been getting discussed on at the mac-access list. If there are only two minis in stock at Amazon, I now understand why Jim Noseworthy opted for that, although someone else on list did explain that he wanted it for the i7 chipset and processors.
Bill, if you get the Mac Mini with Server you may have to run and configure the Server OS software, certainly this will be the case if it ships with Snow Leopard instead of Lion, and that's more difficult than regular OS X Lion. I haven't been following the discussion that closely, but I do know that Jim's made some progress. Just understand that there are extra issues. You have to buy both the regular Lion Upgrade and the Lion server upgrade if it's got the Snow Leopard server OS installed. I don't know whether they're shipping with Lion installed on the models being sold out of Amazon (instead of Apple). Maybe someone else who has a Mac Mini can give you more information on this. Cheers, Esther On Aug 3, 2011, at 08:35, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > I am getting ready to buy my first Mac, a Mini, and I have a few questions. > First, my gift card is with Amazon, and they only have two minis in stock. > The first is a minimum configuration with 2 gig and i5 chipset. The second > has 4 gig, 2 500 gig drives and an i7 chipset, but it is their server > edition. Can I assume the Server OS is pretty much the same as the regular > Lion only with the extra features? Voiceover will run the same? > > Second, I want to upgrade to a full 8 gig, and the products Amazon links to > are all "notebook" memory upgrades. Is this the one I would use? They > offer Corsair and Kingston. Guessing the brand really doesn't matter on > this? > > And though they mention no mouse or keyboard they don't say anything about > sound. Is there a built-in speaker set with the mini? If not what sort of > audio connection and does anyone have a recommendation as to what sound > accessories work best with the mini? > Thanks. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
