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Apple has the iTunes store in the US where you can buy or rent movies and TV shows from but for us, in India, it is not an option. It also hurts Mac mini's prospects as a HTPC since DVD playback is out of the question. You don't need it often but on those rare occasions that you do you really wish it was there. The lack of an optical drive can often be quite annoying. For that you'll need to get the more expensive 2.5GHz model that comes with the AMD 6630M GPU and 4GB RAM. Simply put, this machine is not for gaming. Unless you plan to play old games at low resolutions or with the details turned down the performance is quite poor. The GPU is also not something to write home about.
#New mac mini review 2011 upgrade
The CPU on the base Mac mini is fairly capable but you won't be able to realize its full potential unless you upgrade the RAM. This results in stuttering and sluggish performance, with the dreaded beachball adding insult to injury. With just 2GB, Lion tends to quickly run out of breath even if you launch just a couple of applications.
This machine just screams for more RAM and for the price at which it sells, Apple could have easily put in 4GB. Unfortunately, this is not the case with the base Mac mini.
#New mac mini review 2011 software
Despite what the specifications might suggest they usually offer a satisfactory experience thanks to the software and hardware being optimized for one another. Moving over to the actual performance, this is one area where Macs usually do not disappoint. All you can use is the left/right/center click and the scroll wheel. Also, if you have a mouse with side buttons, they won't work on the Mac by default. So the Windows logo key becomes Command and Alt key becomes Option. As usual, using a Windows keyboard with the Mac can be bit difficult due to some of the keys getting their functions changed. The Mac mini was tested using a Samsung SyncMaster 2233SW monitor with 1920 x 1080 resolution and a Logitech keyboard and mouse. AirDrop will be convenient if you have another Mac in the house running Lion and Full-Screen Apps is something that should have been there from Day 1. Auto save, Versions and Resume are also good to have although currently not a lot of third-party apps support them. New additions such as Mission Control and Launchpad are useful too, particularly the latter which I found myself using a lot more than I expected to. There should have been a way to disable this.
#New mac mini review 2011 password
The new Mac App Store is a nice addition and makes finding and downloading apps on to the Mac extremely easy but it has this annoying habit of repeatedly asking you the password to your account before you can download anything.
Along with all the default applications, you also get the iLife '11 suite, which includes iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand.
#New mac mini review 2011 mac os x
The Mac mini comes with Mac OS X Lion pre-installed (the server comes with the server edition of Lion). On the second model you can also opt for a 2.7GHz Core i7, 256GB SSD or a 256GB SSD + 750GB HDD combo.
You also get customization options so that you can expand the RAM to up to 8GB and upgrade the hard drive to 750GB 7200-rpm drives. The second variant has a 2.5GHz dual-core Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, same 500GB hard drive and AMD Radeon HD 6630M GPU with 256MB of dedicated video memory.įinally we have the server edition, which has a 2.0GHz quad-core Core i7 processor, 4GB RAM, dual 500GB 7200-rpm hard drives and Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor with 384MB of shared video memory.
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