As I understand it - last time I looked - the $899 model will get similar Specifications to what I have, money well spent if you have it.
> On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:08 am, Armando Maldonado > <armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mac minis retail for $499 for the base model and $899 for more upgraded > features. You can visit apple's website for more info. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Johny > Cassidy > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:07 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update > > How much we talking for a Mac Mini? I'm a fan of the iPhone but have never > had a Mac computer. Could be a good intro. > > @johnycassidy > >> On 11 Nov 2014, at 21:58, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> This sounds very intresting. >> Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. >> /A >>> 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net>: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I've had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I'd share some > observations with you. >>> >>> The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of > its speed and power, here's an example which I think illustrates the point > rather well. >>> >>> I'm testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks > back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC > collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with > the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more > than 40 tracks. >>> >>> Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest > settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my > Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken > around 20 minutes or even longer. >>> >>> I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 > seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his > machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors <smile>, mine only contains one > but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my > Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a > 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system > decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn't based on the most accessed > files, most run applications and so on. >>> >>> Now I'm not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines > as I'm sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC's, I'm writing this > because I'm amazed at just how far we've come, encoding and creating of MP3 > files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. >>> >>> >>> ********** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> grtd...@internode.on.net >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> faceTime +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >>> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> > > ********** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
