“Hardly a week goes by that I don’t get asked the same question at least once or twice: ‘I need a computer, but don’t want to spend a lot of money. What do you recommend?’ Until a few weeks ago, my pat answer was to send those folks clicking through the Dell Web site, looking for the basic Inspiron series of PCs. Not any more. Not since one of Apple’s Mac Minis took up residence on my desktop,” Tom Gromak writes for The Detroit News. “Apple’s Mac OS X, based on the Unix operating system, is both stable and robust, allowing the machine to go forever between full reboots without suffering from the OS-rot that plagues Windows users who try to do the same.”
“In short, the machine was fast and efficient and it had everything Windows XP has and more. Or less. It doesn’t have any of the vulnerabilities. Few worms and viruses target the Mac platform, and it’s not nearly as susceptible to malware planted by rogue Web sites. And it’s stable. How stable? As I’m writing this column on the Mini, it occurs to me that the machine hasn’t been through a full reboot in nearly three weeks. It goes to sleep when I’m not using it, and wakes up immediately when I need it. And it never seems to suffer from the inevitable slowdowns that plague Windows when you try to run it the same way,” Gromak writes. “The Mini just runs and runs and runs.”
Full article here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
TrustedReviews: ‘The Mac mini is a master stroke by Apple’ – March 01, 2005
Apple iMac G5, Mac mini models hold top 5 spots on Amazon’s Desktop Computer Top Sellers list – March 01, 2005
PC World gives Apple’s Mac mini 4 out of 5 stars – February 26, 2005
Apple Mac mini ‘perfect for computer user who wants to leave the tyranny of Window and viruses’ – February 26, 2005
Apple’s Mac mini might well convince Windows users to switch to Mac OS X – February 22, 2005
Chicago Sun-Times: ‘Apple’s Mac Mini is a device of the most cunningly crafted evil’ – February 18, 2005
CNET Executive Editor switches to Mac and he ‘ain’t ever going back’ to Windows – February 17, 2005
Tom’s Hardware: Apple Mac mini’s size, design, attractive price sets it apart – February 16, 2005
Apple’s Mac mini is a convincing shot across Bill Gates’ bow – February 15, 2005
Apple’s Mac mini makes using a Mac more affordable and more attractive than ever to Windows users – February 08, 2005
Washington Times: ‘Mac mini raises the bar for what a good, low-price computer can and should do’ – February 08, 2005
Apple Mac mini, iMac G5 models hold 5 of top 6 spots in Amazon’s Desktop Computer Top Sellers list – February 08, 2005
New Mac mini helps Apple get its secret weapon – creative software – in front of Windows users – February 08, 2005
The Seattle Times: Apple’s new Mac mini is ‘tiny, beautiful and dirt cheap’ – February 05, 2005
BusinessWeek: Apple’s Mac mini comes with elegant, stable Mac OS X and very good software – February 03, 2005
Apple’s Mac mini is an attractive option to Windows-based PCs – February 02, 2005
Computerworld: Apple Computer ‘has a hit on its hands with the new Mac Mini’ – February 01, 2005
Apple’s Mac mini offers relief from Windows viruses and malware – January 30, 2005
Associated Press: With Apple’s Mac mini ‘you could abandon Windows altogether’ – January 27, 2005
CBS News: Grab a new Apple Mac mini ‘and kiss the old Wintel machine goodbye’ – January 27, 2005
AnandTech reviews Apple’s Mac mini: ‘tempting Windows users everywhere’ – January 26, 2005
I think i switched my first PC user today using a Mac Mini.
Also, for the inevitable idiot who rushes to post instead of me:
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It is annoying, I know.
Hellow everyone!
I liked his specific references to software and hardware cross-platformicity. Exactly what needs to appear in reviews everywhere (as has been stated here frequently).
What kind of up times have you all had? You can check by going to the terminal and typing “uptime” and hitting return. My max is about a month. Mainly cuz you have to reboot when you do an update.
Uptime reports six days, but that’s because I installed the 10.3.8 update and had to restart the computer. In fact, I have had no crashes for so long it seems like years. It does, indeed, just run and run and run.
Under no circumstances should anyone rise to Voltar’s bait. That putrefying sack of bacterial slime is the worst shit-stirring troll ever to inflict itself on the Mac community, and was banned from MacCentral years ago after thoroughly poisoning the forum. It subsequently resurfaced as “Mendar”, at which point I left permanently. And now it’s reared its ugly head here. Ignore it completely.