Mac mini
Fuji Plus FP-988D Silver-Black 19" 12ms LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 600:1 Built in Speakers 0.264mm Pixel Pitch - Retail
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Kensington PilotBoard Wireless Desktop for Mac
i hope she likes it. she's just going to use it mainly for pics and web/email.
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Very nice! I feel bad now. I got my wife a used 386.
No offense man, but for what you spent you could have gotten a way more powerful machine for less $$ - (assuming you don't care PC vs Mac)
Check out the 8400 here: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=04&l=en&s=bsd
$699 for 3GHz, 512MB RAM, 19" LCD
Of course, not tiny & cute like the Mac is, but quite a bit beefier of a machine.
Good choice for what she'll use it for.
I'm turning into a Mac fan (again) myself. Oh how I wish I had the $$$ for a dual 2.7g G5...*sigh* being broke/having bills = SUCKAGE
Last edited by zero2dash; 06-14-2005 at 01:46 PM.
how about i give you my 15" for your 19". she doesn't need that much desktop space anyway. heheh
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Nice setup!
Dell Dimension 9200 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) | 4x1GB DDR2 | 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT
Dell Studio 17 | Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) | 6GB DDR3 1066MHz | 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Intel P4-C 3.0GHz | ECS 865PE-A | 3x512MB PC3200 | 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT
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My guess is that she's not encoding movies or doing anything graphic-intensive, so for word processing and web, this would fit the bill. My only knee-jerk reaction is the high price for something that is a basic machine!Originally Posted by Jeffbx
And closer...
You got that for your wife?
Good trade!
You got that for your wife?
Good trade!
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I'm leaning with Jeff on this one. The Mac mini seems nice and all, but I think you could've run a better setup for a comparable price, or a comparable setup for a better price. Of course, it IS a mac and probably the easiest thing to work, so the cost might have well been worth it.
I don't know how his wife is .. but Ive dated many o' girls.. that would much rather have a "pretty computer" that costs more.. than a beefy computer that is cheaper
Very nice cheapie you have good taste. That's a great setup and much better than getting that piece of crap Dell
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you guys hit the nail on the head. yeah...i could have a faster computer for less. and i wouldn't have to figure out how to use the mac. BUT...the cool factor is there as well as i wanted something that would prompt the "hey babe....the computer is doing this thing and i think i might have pushed the wrong button and i don't know what to do" call.
70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Bob Sanders
Are the keyboards and mice different for a Mac? Or would any USB model work?
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dunno. i bought a mac specific setup.
70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Bob Sanders
The Mac mini is geared towards being able to use any usb keyboard and mouse, whether it's Apple or not. Their sales pitch for it (targeted audience) is supposedly people who already own a PC and have the rest of the hardware required (monitor, keyboard, mouse).
Most other Macs AFAIK accept any usb mouse, I don't know about keyboards though. Using my old Intellimouse Optical on the G5 I use at work makes the machine that much more tolerable; I hate that stupid 1 click standard Apple mouse; the "hockey puck" from the G3s was even worse.
yay! the monitor is on the fedex truck for delivery a day earlier. wOOt!!!
70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Bob Sanders
Just curious - why a Fuji monitor instead of a Dell one? I tend to prefer Dell made monitors over anything else and was wondering why you chose Fuji.
If con is the opposite of pro, then what's the opposite of progress?
Fuji has pretty nice LCD screens on their laptops and they look better than those on Dell. I would prefer Fuji LCDs if they are the same quality as those on its laptops.
Dell Dimension 9200 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) | 4x1GB DDR2 | 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT
Dell Studio 17 | Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) | 6GB DDR3 1066MHz | 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Intel P4-C 3.0GHz | ECS 865PE-A | 3x512MB PC3200 | 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT
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in a word? cheaper
70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Bob Sanders
Working as a PC Tech for a company that buys Dell machines exclusively, I think you made the right decision going with the Mac.
Now I do prefer Mac OS X to Windows, but I run both. High end Dell servers and workstations are nice enough, but their cheap machines are... cheap.
Paul Beasi
hmmm....the 4700 deal on the deals page is great. basically, i could return the monitor, which isn't as sharp as i thought it would be, and pay the $50 restocking fee and return the mini mac and buy the 4700 incl a 19" monitor and save about $280. i don't know if it's worth the hassle of learning mac and paying an extra $280 just to have a cool mac. your opinions?
Last edited by cheapie; 06-16-2005 at 10:06 AM.
70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Bob Sanders
The e193FP is an analog monitor which equals the suckage. If you don't like your Fuji looks, wait until the 1905FP and use that with the Mini. You won't be disappointed.
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3 days I hate to be alive
3 days filled with tears and sorrow
yesterday today and tomorrow
is it teh suckage because it doesn't have a dvi input or is there more to it?
70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Bob Sanders
Pretty much that. You have DVI on your Mac so with a DVI monitor it will look beautiful. Convert back to analog? That's for Quakers.
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3 days ~ Willie Nelson
3 days I dread to see arrive
3 days I hate to be alive
3 days filled with tears and sorrow
yesterday today and tomorrow
oh....i didn't know that the output on my mac was dvi. it came w/an adapter and i used that. so would dvi look considerably better?
70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Bob Sanders
Definitely! And your Fuji has DVI input, so you should go straight into it that way. That's probably the reason why the Fuji didn't look as sharp as you thought it would.
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3 days ~ Willie Nelson
3 days I dread to see arrive
3 days I hate to be alive
3 days filled with tears and sorrow
yesterday today and tomorrow
another dumb question. the dvi input on the monitor is female right?
70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Bob Sanders
Should be.
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3 days ~ Willie Nelson
3 days I dread to see arrive
3 days I hate to be alive
3 days filled with tears and sorrow
yesterday today and tomorrow
hmm.. not sure I completely agree that the problem is no DVI support. I think its the cheap LCD panel. I've got the 2001FP and I can switch between DVI and analog and at 1600x1200 I don't notice any significant difference. I agree with waiting for the 1905FP.
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