Mac Mini vs iMac vs ?
I don’t want to buy a TV as I haven’t watched much TV in the past two years anyway. I have my private movie collection – and that’s about it. So what shoud I
get down here?
I would like have to have some sort of flat lcd display and a media center that will play my mp3s, movies etc. …hm! A Mac Mini plus lcd screen? …or should I go for a iMac
straight away – there is not much of a price difference anymore anyway. (Btw: stupid move, Apple!) But there are a couple of pro/cons of every option.
- Mac Mini G4
- - might no be fast enough for H.264
- - at least sound is not supposed to be good
- - wireless and bluetooth gets extra
- + cheaper as it’s no longer sold by Apple
- + easy to carry back to Germany some day
- Mac Mini Intel Core Duo
- - shared memory graphics card
- - quite expensive
- - first revision
- + fast enough to play all different kinds of media
- + easy to carry back to Germany some day
- iMac 20″ G5
- - if it has really that much less power than a Intel Core Duo it’s too expensive
- - 20″ is not really big for an entertainment unit
- + iSight
- iMac 20″ Intel Core Duo
- - first revision
- - problems with wireless
- - 20″ is not really big for an entertainment unit
- + iSight
Any other suggestions? Any comparable bare bones? A Mac would be just nice because of FrontRow and e.g. CoverFlow and I assume a sleep could be used for a fast on/off. Plus the Macs are meant to be very quiet.
If someone has a comment or other alternatives …please let me know!