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They don't struggle to play HD content at all do they?
Looking at ditching my PC and my Xbox and replacing them with a Mac Mini, what are these like for HTPC situations?
They don't struggle to play HD content at all do they?
Fantastic - that's what I did. You'll find it very underpowered for gaming obviously as it only has Intel integrated graphics, but it's silent when playing back media - which makes a change from the Xbox.
I have the bottom of the range MacMini, with no upgrades.
I'm thinking of ditching my under-the-stairs server and storage array, and just dropping a couple of external hard disks on my MacMini, but then it'll probably need a RAM boost.
Thats exactly what im doing, I'm ditching my power tower and going small. At the minute ive got 1 tb over about 8 discs, i'm looking to get a mini and then maybe a 1tb external.
It's either a mini or a laptop!
You can get macmini form factor disks which will power up with the macmini then go to sleep unless you're using them. I bought a 500MB one with my Mini. Looking to get a couple more to do RAID-1 for important docs + pics.
With those hdd's make them into a file server!!! raid 5 them all and stick them in some low power machine (800mhz should do it higher obviously if you have a cpu lying around) put it in the attic and just connect through wireless to your home network and you can use it as an external without the cost of actually buying oneOriginally Posted by Vini
500Mb? Gb surely?
I'd rather palm them off, make £100 and then buy one unit :SWith those hdd's make them into a file server!!! raid 5 them all and stick them in some low power machine (800mhz should do it higher obviously if you have a cpu lying around) put it in the attic and just connect through wireless to your home network and you can use it as an external without the cost of actually buying one
why??? it would be much cheaper and all you have to do is make the raid array which takes 5 minutes at most. you only need a shell of a computer aswell so if you don't have a pc lying around then just buy some pentium 3 from ebay with a large case and stick them all in
physical space. physical size. electricity bill.
a drive made for the mini would be far more practical.
but its extra cost and external hdd's of the size your talking about need to be plugged into the wall aswell the effect on the electricity would be marginal considering the £300 odd that you spend on a new hdd
Vini take a look at the lacie mini drive it fits perfectly with the mini, but allows a space between the drive and the mini for cooling.
I've got one here with no drive in as I now use a dual drive enclosure. I used to have a 500gb drive in there which was great.
wanna palm the enclosure off?
Wireless streaming? are you having a laugh
Maybe. Wasn't planning on selling it but if you are interested send me a pmwanna palm the enclosure off?
how do you cope with recording/TV/video-in on a Mac mini though? That was the reason I discounted it in the end as an HTPC...
no works fine for me 100mbps when near the router and 10mbps when at the end of my garden it disconnects and needs resetting about once every two months though but apart from that its perfectWireless streaming? are you having a laugh
if its just for one pc, there isn't much point though is there.
im contemplating building a dedicated one, as i'm having to stream to two pc's and my laptop, sometimes all at once. A wireless network wouldn't be able to cope.
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