Re: New Mac Mini with i5/7

[Daniel Thomas <danielthomas4@mac.com>]

Its an amazing machine, the new Mini.  But, I personally could never 
stomach a primary audio box that does not support cards.   I need my UAD 
cards at a minimum.

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On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Todd Matthews wrote:

> Th mac mini 'server version' even has the quad core i7 and two hard 
> drives. Could be an incredible recording machine.
> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:19 PM, van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk> 
>> wrote:
>>> So, Apple just released not only an updated lappie, but also, finally, 
>>> after
>>> much rumour, an updated Mini.
>>> Comes with core i5 or i7, up to 8GB ram, 500GB drive or 256GB SSD, 
>>> Radeon
>>> 6630 graphics, and the usual I/O, like FW800.
>>> 
>>> A friend of mine, whom among other things builds media centers, says 
>>> i5/i7
>>> in real life never goes past 45watts no matter what work he puts them, 
>>> incl.
>>> graphics/video rendering, so this should be nice for a home/project 
>>> studio.
>>> 
>>> I'm seriously concidering selling off two lappies and shop the Mini 
>>> with the
>>> SSD and at least 4GB ram.  I'd likely house my audio on an external FW
>>> drive.
>>> Sharing the drive and a Fireface400 on the FW800 may be an issue to
>>> resolve..
>>> 
>>> --
>>> rgds,
>>> van Sinn
>>> 
>>> 
> 
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