Apple Mac mini - Server - DTS - 1 x Core i7 2 GHz - RAM 4 GB - HDD 2 x 500 GB - HD Graphics 3000 - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : 802.11 a/b/g/n Bluetooth 4.0 - MacOS X 10.7 / Mac
After 10 years running Logic 5.5 on a PC it was finally time to get a mac.Well my first Mac Mini would not boot. Turned out to be something with the ram. If I removed 1 stick of ram it would boot. I exchanged it for another and was good to go.This thing is fast and perfect for music. Running a ton of plugins and the cpu meter barely registers.2.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i74GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAMDual 500GB 7200-rpm hard drivesIntel HD Graphics 3000 processorMac OS X v10.7 LionI upgraded the ram to 8GB for jus..
I purchased this to replace a 2010 model mini (non server version). The first thing I did was to upgrade the ram to 8GB. Next I rebooted into internet recovery mode and configured the disks into a RAID 0 (striped) volume and reinstalled the OS. You should make good backups (Time Machine) if you use RAID 0 in case of a hard drive failure. I have a fast internet connection and the whole process took approximately 40 mins. Note the internet recovery install doesn't install the iLife type applications that c..
My primary desktop, iMac, was a few months over four years old. It began to feel a bit slow with the latest operating system, programs, etc. Therefore, I decided it was time for a new Mac. Despite great notebooks, iPhones, and iPads that we all have today, my desktop computer is still what feels most "right," to me. It's my favorite place to discover music, work on photographs, maybe do a little video work, write, email, browse the web, etc. A comfortable chair, large screen, and fast desktop just feel..
