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Started by Barrister, March 11, 2011, 05:51:14 PM

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MadImmortalMan

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Barrister

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 13, 2011, 04:30:05 PM
For the same price as the Mac Mini, you can get a fantastic netbook that's just as powerful or more and not have to buy a monitor.




Edit: I bought a Mini for the office to do some testing with OSx and active directory integration---fyi, you can't use a svga monitor with it. Has to be HDMI or DVI with an adapter.

We have a nice 19" monitor.  I'll double check, but pretty sure it'll take DVI.
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derspiess

Quote from: Barrister on April 13, 2011, 03:07:45 PM
-an Atom (with Ion) based system.  Very cheap, but have to do some DIY that I'm not sure I want to, plus I'm not confidernt at how good a Atom processor would be.

The things you're going to use it for won't require much more than an Atom processor.  They don't have the pure horsepower of an i3/i5/i7, but an Atom-based nettop is going to be dual core, hyperthreaded (so 4 threads there).  It's a lot more robust than the single core Atom processors they put in the 1st generation of netbooks.
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Barrister

I've been looking at getting a mini ITX case and actually building a small i3 computer.  It seems doable, and at a cheap price. :hmm:

How good are Sandy Bridge integrated graphics?
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Barrister

You know when you build an expensive computer the price of Windows really isn't that noticeable.

But when you're on a budget, having Windows eat up almost a quarter of the overall price really hurts. :mad:
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MadImmortalMan

Insert obvious open-source answer.
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"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Barrister

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 20, 2011, 05:55:43 PM
Insert obvious open-source answer.

Go back to first page.

Must Run iTunes.
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Grey Fox

Rythmbox(comes in Ubuntu) is a lot like Itunes.

but you can load up Wine & then get Itunes.
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Barrister

Quote from: Grey Fox on April 20, 2011, 06:20:42 PM
Rythmbox(comes in Ubuntu) is a lot like Itunes.

but you can load up Wine & then get Itunes.

Computer is just as much for my wife.  She won't last more than 2 seconds on ubuntu.
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Norgy

Quote from: Barrister on April 20, 2011, 03:56:35 PM

How good are Sandy Bridge integrated graphics?

Very low-end, but capable of HD graphics, apparently. Not for the gamer, but good enough for your average film viewing pleasure.

Grey Fox

Quote from: Barrister on April 20, 2011, 10:47:27 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 20, 2011, 06:20:42 PM
Rythmbox(comes in Ubuntu) is a lot like Itunes.

but you can load up Wine & then get Itunes.

Computer is just as much for my wife.  She won't last more than 2 seconds on ubuntu.

Don't be crazy. If she can use MAC OS, she can use Ubuntu. Damn things are almost identical.
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