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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

01/11/2005 05:35:27 PM · #2

Originally posted by drz01:

Do you wan a cheep Mac?

I'd prefer a cheap one. When you add a display, keyboard and mouse, well, it's not that inexpensive anymore, although...

Apple displays are as affordable as never before.

ellamay

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

01/11/2005 05:36:43 PM · #3

the new version of iphoto will be able to import RAW, as well as have sharpening and a Bunch of other new stuff--wooohhoooo
I can t wait til it comes in : )

drz01

Pentax K50

Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR

01/11/2005 05:40:23 PM · #4

Originally posted by zeuszen:

Originally posted by drz01:
Do you wan a cheep Mac?

I'd prefer a cheap one. When you add a display, keyboard and mouse, well, it's not that inexpensive anymore, although...

Apple displays are as affordable as never before.

If you look closely you can use any monitor dvi 0r vga and a Mac keyboard is all you might have to buy since you can use any usb pointing device. May have to buy one as a media player for the livingroom getting at my media on my main computer via a network connection. This baby is suposed to be wisper quiet.

Message edited by author 2005-01-11 17:44:21.

eswik

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/11/2005 08:56:07 PM · #5

Can you use PC keyboards for that?

jazzmik

Nikon D300

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

01/11/2005 09:01:31 PM · #6

Originally posted by eswik:

Can you use PC keyboards for that?

any USB keyboard and mouse should work.

dacrazyrn

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/11/2005 09:09:15 PM · #7

I am sure any old USB mouse, keyboard will work. Does on regular ol' Mac's. Running OSX...pretty much plug and play anything into it.
Interesting. Gonna be a great college student thing.
Wondering if it has upgradeable memory (didn't see it mentioned), just 256MB RAM. Has pretty much everything else on board though

Message edited by author 2005-01-11 21:12:45.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

01/11/2005 09:28:19 PM · #8

It's upgradeable to 1Gb RAM

jazzmik

Nikon D300

01/11/2005 09:36:17 PM · #9

Originally posted by scalvert:

It's upgradeable to 1Gb RAM

although (aparently) not user upgradeable...

guess that depends on your comfort level.

eswik

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/11/2005 10:18:04 PM · #10

Could I hook up a PC monitor to it as well? If not are there any adaptors that can?

www.apple.com says that it has a VGA port/adaptor, but I dont know if my computer monitor uses a VGA cable [isn't VGA 800x600?]

Nusbaum

Fujifilm X-T1

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/11/2005 10:56:44 PM · #11

Originally posted by eswik:

VGA was 640X480 and SVGA was 800X600, but the adapter they are talking about is a standard analog display adapter which is also called VGA just to help keep things confusing. The Minimac should work with any standard analog that uses the VGA style adapter. The other option was component output for each color channel, but that was pretty rare for PCs.

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

01/11/2005 11:15:54 PM · #12

AMD and Intel were two of the largest losers on the stock market last year. Intel was in fact the single biggest loser while in the same period Apple stock went up over 300% having the single biggest gain on Wall Street.

Put your finger in the wind.

jxpfeer

Nikon D70

01/12/2005 10:51:06 AM · #13

while i've never been a fan of apple computers, it's nice to see them making some headway. i'd like to see apple make up a larger share of the personal computer market.

this mac mini is pretty sweet. if i had the extra cash, i would get one. it's pretty freakin cool!

jonpink

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2

01/12/2005 11:18:24 AM · #14

Not if it crashes as much as the G5

elemess

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/12/2005 11:21:01 AM · #15

Not if it crashes as much as the G5

It's a G4, so I doubt it.

Maybe I can get one and bring it to work, hook it up to this PC monitor, and do some photo editing on my lunch break.

jonpink

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2

01/12/2005 11:25:39 AM · #16

Originally posted by elemess:

Not if it crashes as much as the G5

It's a G4, so I doubt it.

Maybe I can get one and bring it to work, hook it up to this PC monitor, and do some photo editing on my lunch break.

G4 G5 still crash all the time.

Manic

DJI Mini 3 Pro

Kamlan 28mm F1.4 MF for APS-C

01/12/2005 11:26:38 AM · #17

Any normal VGA monitor will work with the mac mini's VGA out, as long as the monitor is DVI-cabled or you have a DVI->VGA adapter (apple sells them too). Certainly looks like a tasty little toy, esp for small server usage or home entertainment setups - I'm sorely tempted to get one (but then again I am a UNIX freak...)

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/12/2005 11:40:31 AM · #18

Originally posted by jonpink:

Not if it crashes as much as the G5

We've got four heavily used G5s at my office. What's a crash?

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

01/12/2005 11:41:56 AM · #19

Originally posted by jonpink:

Not if it crashes as much as the G5

Uh I have A G5 and it has never crashed!

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

01/12/2005 11:42:17 AM · #20

Originally posted by Manic:

I'm sorely tempted to get one

Me too- I just need an excuse. First time in 19 years I've ever wanted to buy a Mac that I didn't really need.

nsbca7

01/12/2005 11:44:52 AM · #21

Originally posted by jonpink:

Not if it crashes as much as the G5

You must not own one. I have a G5 tweeked and there is yet anything I can do to it to make it crash.

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/12/2005 11:45:02 AM · #22

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by Manic:
I'm sorely tempted to get one

Me too- I just need an excuse. First time in 19 years I've ever wanted to buy a Mac that I didn't really need.

Me too!!! It's freaking cool, the size of a stack of 4 CD jewel cases! Amazing!

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

01/12/2005 11:45:27 AM · #23

What would all of you use this for that your current system doesn't or can't do?

Just curious...