Apple: meh

[Peter Korsten]

Op 11-6-2013 20:42, Komatos schreef:

> I finally upgraded my original 1.42GHz PowerPC Mac Mini (original January 23, 2005 model) fully upgraded with 1GB RAM & 150GB HD this Spring to a new late 2012 i7 QuadCore 2.4GHz Mac Mini with 1TB regular HD (the $799 model). For $130 more, I went to Micro Center and maxed the RAM from the default 4GB to the max 16GB. Damn this baby flies, and that's without an SSD or faster (7200 RPM) HD. This should last me another 8 years until 2020 or so.

Does it take more than one hard drive? In my i7-960 (3.2 GHz, but slower 
than the current models; triple channel memory) with 6 GB memory, I've 
put both a 2 TB 5400 "eco" HDD and a 256 GB SDD.

That's a very nice combination. The SDD is big enough to store OS, 
applications and particularly games, and all the por... I mean, media 
files go on the HDD. The only thing that is very slightly annoying is 
that the HDD shuts down when not in use, and takes a few seconds to spin 
up again.

Windows 8, from the end of the BIOS screen to the start screen, takes 
about 8 seconds. Loading levels in games, which used to take sometimes 
minutes, is down to seconds or tens of seconds. (Except Max Payne 3, but 
that's an absolutely gorgeous looking turd of a game anyway.)

- Peter