Apple Mac mini MB138LL/A (1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Combo Drive) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

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Apple Mac mini MB138LL/A (1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Combo Drive)...

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Pros

Apple's mac mini is an incredible little product. My wife is absolutely in love with the mini, because it is always available. I decided to invest in the 1. Ghz out of a serious post-maverick withdrawal jam.

The dual processor is pretty fast. The mini works quite well with 2gb of ram.

The mac mini works great as a simple desktop solution. The upgrade is only $29 from apple, unlike the prices you'll pay to upgrade your windows os.

Despite all of these shortcoming, the mini is a phenomenal machine. When apple tends to innovate, they create some amazing feats or engineering for a price most cannot afford. It's such a pleasant and surprisingly powerful machine that's also affordab... Read More

Hard drive is small, but i knew i'd have an external drive hooked up. Same for the hard drive. I have a 160gb ministack sitting under it which serves as an alternate boot drive and a firewire/usb powered hub.

Cons

Notoriously absent from their website is any information regarding internet security software (search) bogus truth in advertising on website. Apple was too ashamed to list testedit in leopard, but for a reason.

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Quality

While i don't edit in imovie, i'm still impressed with the simplicity of the product.

I installed it and am very impressed with the apple system as compared to microsoft windows.

I just wasn't pleased with the course of apple's os development post june 30th, 2008 reference configuration leopard.

Doing your own ram upgrade is somewhat of a nightmare, even for someone familiar with the insides of a pc.

Price

The price was right and a mac mini is a great way to being the entire internet to a home theater system.

Is excellent software for the average consumer.

It was silly years ago, but now there's just no real cost difference.

Settled with mac mini as the price was good.

Shipping

I ordered my new one yesterday (12/03/07) and received it today (12/04/07) via the free shipping option.

The minis amazon is now shipping with a 10.

Competitiveness

Even with a measly 1 gb ram and a paltry 80gb hdd my mac mini managed to entertain us for three years.

Coupled with a wireless keyboard/mouse, this was a true no-brainer purchase in every sense.

If you don't have a monitor, keyboard, mouse--get a refurb imac or macbook instead.

So bought a rocketfish webcam as well ($70).

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This product had a total of 96 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 19 2023.