It's a choice between the 1.66Ghz and the 1.5Ghz. Keep in mind that all I want to do is surf the web, listen to music, and use iWorks and iLife with it. \n\nFor more serious applications (Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, etc.) I plan on buying an iMac dual core.\n\nIn short, will the Mac Mini 1.66 give me an increase in performance that would be significant comapred to the 1.5 - keeping in mind what I intend to use it for?
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well, if you are in fact going to buy the imac, then you'd be just fine with the 1.5 core solo.  it's still faster than the G4, which I thought was already a fast computer.  If you plan on using iLife though, and you want to burn to DVD's with iDVD, just be sure to upgrade to the superdrive.  The 1.5 solo doesn't come standard with one.
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Now that the processors are pretty similar, the difference comes to the look the computer and your preference for the operating system (OS X for Macs and Windows XP for PCs).  The best way is to try each one out in a store before you buy and then make your decision.
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buy it now if you need it now. (i'm an 12" iBook owner). its unrealistic to expect the new Intel based macs to be a lot cheaper, and essentially, all new apps written in new xCode can be run in both PowerPC based and Intel based macs.\n\nalso, Apple says it is going to support the PowerPC macs for a very long period of time and will release at least two of its future Mac OS X in PowerPC version.\n\nif you want to have the perfect computer, you really need to wait forever.
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Tha macintosh is more for the media editing end of things, for gaming, go with a pc.\n\nFor web brosing go with a mac, no viruses or spyware (i think spyware anyway) and its easier for a first time computer user to get into.\n\nIf your looking at getting a mac, wait till apple announces the "One more thing" at Macworld, its rumored that they are coming out with new Intel based iBooks soon, possible at the confrence.
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Ifixit has a guide for Mac mini\nhttp://www.ifixit.com/Guide/82.0.0.html\n123Macmini.com might have one (I never looked into this)\nhttp://www.123macmini.com/news/story/334.html\nHere's one for an intel Mac mini\nhttp://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macword/2006/03/minicsi/index.php\nAnd here's another\nhttp://www.methodshop.com/tech/articles/macmini-ram/index.shtml
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The iMac will be a lot less hassle maintaining and should meet all your requirements.  Strongly suggest you go to a local apple store or store that sells apple computers and try one in person as they really are great machines. good luck with your choice. regards a happy mac user
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Hmmm - can I be honest and say if you are doing video editing, you WON'T get anything close to what you are after for $1000 (esp looking at a Macbook.)\n\nBest option I would suggest going a Satellite Pro (Toshiba) - well priced and plenty of power.\n\nNB: have always found Mac rendered 3D & Video a lot slower even with comparable hardware - and charge more for the privelage!\n\nOh, and despite "Crypto's" suggestion, bootcamp is not the solution it is being hyped up to be - still buggy as all hell. Is actually much easier to get OS X working on a PC (google "OSx86" for that one) than it is to get Windows to run bug-free on the Intel Macs...and a damned site cheaper. (OS X also runs nearly twice as fast on a generic PC than it does on Apple's own hardware -  thus their efforts to shut this version down!)
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It does depend on the actual softwar epackage you are using.\n\nFor example, an Apple Macintosh is a great machine for many visual arts. If you are using Flash, Maya, Director, Illustartor, etc. you will be very happy with an Apple Macintosh machine. As for RAM, get as much as possible. 512 is a MINIMUM, 2 gigs is much better. You want a DVD burner to archive large data files. I would suggest a tower with an external minotor. The new iMacs are excellent but not enough software is universal for them eyt.\nOn the Windows side, any P4 with HT and 1 gig  or more of ram and a video card that fits the specs of your software. Dell makes a relatively affordable PC like this.
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Spec out a Dell, HP, Compac, etc. with the SAME capabilities as the mac you like. (not the off the shelf PC unit price. I guarantee that the sales person will tell you that you need to add this and that to get the same capabilities. All at extra cost!) The mac will be the same or LOWER in cost. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!! \n\nRemember that you may not need that extra RAM or oversized hard drive right now. You can add them yourself later. I could tell you some real horror stories about trying to get after market components working in PCs!\n\n The basic Mac video is equal to adding a $500+ video card to the PC and many other features are built in, not an extra cost add on. \n\nThen think about future expansion. Plug and Play was an Apple standard from the start. It's still Plug and Pray with PCs.
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It's an awesome experience which I recommend to anyone who can appreciate simplicity, quality, elegance, ease of use, superior software and OS which is way ahead of XP. Don't listen to all of those arrogant Windows users - they've never tried a Mac (and maybe it's for the best, because one of the things which keep Apple a great company is its small but faithful marketshare) so they don't know what they're missing..\n\nBy the way, if you switch I can recommend you the new Mac mini as a starter, it's got some great features and it's really cost-effective!\n\nOnce you go Mac, you cannot go back..
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If you want an Apple wait a bit. They're gonna release the new Mac with the Intel chip. You'll be able to run OSX and Windows.\nI would wait and buy a MAC when its ready. I wont even tell you what other PC is good because the're all shit compared to MACS.\nALSO REMEMBER HP, GATEWAY, AND EMACHINES have all filed for bankruptcy!!
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yes and no. intel did make a new chip which runs faster and cooler. but you also need to look at what your comparing and what its running. in general they are a bit faster but this is still the first set. once the second set of intel chip macs come out i think we will be seeing much nicer specs
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well the 805 is dual core and it is better for mutitasking and it should be better in the long run and the 805 has 1mb of l2 cache per core and they both have 533mhz front side buses and 775 socket i would reccomend the 805
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This is exactly what I have in one of my computers, it's great, it's fast, I really don't want nothing better, you just said it..\nINTEL PENTIUM D PROCESSOR 805 WITH DUAL CORE TECHNOLOGY (2 x 2.66GHZ, 533FSB)\nThis is the one, and with this question I just move to level 6 thanks..
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Hi -A friendly (& hopefully informed) mac user of old here: Your choices for OS 8.6 are as follows:\nNetscape 7.0.2\nOpera 6\nMozilla 1.3.1  (an unofficial release)\nInternet Explorer 5.1 (now defunkt)\nThe least memory hungry would probably be opera.\nOS 8.6 should be reasonably fast unless you have a really low amount of memory. Ideally I would hope that you have above 32Mb of RAM (you probably have 64Mb which is still on the low side for browsing) & ideally as much as possible (above 96Mb if pos)or to reinstall OS 8.6 if you have the disk.With a decent amount of memory you could install Linux for free or even just run it from a CD which would give you access to more up to date browsers (incl. Firefox) but would require a reasonable amount of RAM (128 Mb+) but I suspect a RAM memory boost is what you may require in the short term.
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It really depends on what you want to do with it. if you have an ipod an dlike to edit music, videos and do a lot of graphic design. Then the mac is for you. If it is for a bit of web surfing or for general word processing then I would asvise the dell pc software is cheap and easy to use verses the mac which has a quirky operating system if you have never used it before. plus with a regular pc such as the dell the compatability is far greater so other devices like wirless routers etc will work and confiure much easir. Hope it helps
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Macs are great for film production.  If you have the money, wait a few weeks.  The new Mac Pro is on it's way, and it's going to sport Intel's fastest chips, as well as more features than you can shake a stick at.  If you're just looking for something down the middle, get an iMac.   If you want mobility, get a MacBook or MacBook Pro.  Don't forget to check out Apple's Pro Apps.