09-15-2007, 05:00 PM
I put my 'Phone Store Credit towards a mini.
Being on the fence about a 2.0, I grabbed one yesterday and set it up last night.
It needs a faster HD, so a miniStack will be ordered soon. I'll add RAM, but that's not a priority. It's fairly fast using one app at a time.
Using Handbrake 0.9, I encoded a 1h44m movie in 44m, using the OEM 'Phone preset. This is *many* hours faster than my 2.0 G5 with 2G, and probably a 5400rpm (same speed as the mini, I think) HD.
Small, compact, but noise when the fan kicks in. Even a fanned Cube would be quieter.
One oddity-- it's connected to a 24" display via VGA (since the display is also connected to my MDD via DVI) and when I select 1900x1200, I get verticle banding. At the next lower resolution (16XXx10XX?) the banding is gone. I haven't tried using DVI yet.
I'll use it as is until Leopard ships, then I'll partition the HD with my Work and Rescue partitions. Maybe stick a 1T HD in the mS.
I like the mini, and it should work well for its dedicated purposes, but I'm still giddy about my 'Phone.
Being on the fence about a 2.0, I grabbed one yesterday and set it up last night.
It needs a faster HD, so a miniStack will be ordered soon. I'll add RAM, but that's not a priority. It's fairly fast using one app at a time.
Using Handbrake 0.9, I encoded a 1h44m movie in 44m, using the OEM 'Phone preset. This is *many* hours faster than my 2.0 G5 with 2G, and probably a 5400rpm (same speed as the mini, I think) HD.
Small, compact, but noise when the fan kicks in. Even a fanned Cube would be quieter.
One oddity-- it's connected to a 24" display via VGA (since the display is also connected to my MDD via DVI) and when I select 1900x1200, I get verticle banding. At the next lower resolution (16XXx10XX?) the banding is gone. I haven't tried using DVI yet.
I'll use it as is until Leopard ships, then I'll partition the HD with my Work and Rescue partitions. Maybe stick a 1T HD in the mS.
I like the mini, and it should work well for its dedicated purposes, but I'm still giddy about my 'Phone.