On Saturday 19 May 2007 17:09, Ted Harding wrote:
Hi Folks,
I'm writing to ask for reactions to an item in today's Daily Telegraph "Digital Life" (in the "Review" section).
This week, they're testing "Mini-PCs", and I quote their review of the Apple Mac Mini ("From £399"):
"Apple's Mac Mini is the tiniest 'small form factor' computer in this group. It is 6.5in square, 2in high, and has a gorgeous brushed-metal finish below the iconic Apple-white lid. Unfortunately, it's also the perfect case of style over substance. The 1.66GHz version is certainly cheap, but it's also very slow. Even the faster model uses only a 1.83GHz Core Duo processor (not the nippier Core 2 Duo) and has just 512 MB of RAM. You will also have to supply the keyboard, mouse and monitor. We'd recommend the Mac for undemanding word processing, surfing the web, or impressing your friends. For amything more intensive, steer clear."
Ehh?? "very slow"?? What *do* people use computers for these days. then?
Frankly, you could probably saturate a reasonably sized BOINC project with either iTunes or Aero.
Not that I'll be running either (it's not the resources, it's the ebil) but I expect these things are considerations for a newspaper review.