Re: New computer planned
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Andreas Weber <aendu@worldwideweber.ch> wrote:
>
> Funny enough nobody talked about energy consumption yet. If you would
> buy a car or any other device, this would immediately be a point worth
> considering, wouldn't it?
>
> I suggest you buy a Mac Mini (-Server if you like to have 2 disks).
>
> - works fine with Debian
> - uses only a fraction of power compared to others
> - is *very* small
> - is *extremely* quiet
> - has all necessary connectors
> - you can connect any peripherals you like
> - has all wireless stuff built-in
> - has a card reader built-in
> - has fine 3D power graphics (Tuxracer runs very fine)
>
> Should I go on? And if you do so, you'll get flamed by _everyone_ for
> the rest of your life for using a superior OS on superior hardware. ;-)
Superior hardware?! The enclosure might be "insanely great" but the
innards are the same as any other x86 PC.
If I were buying a Mac Mini, I'd buy the lowest spec disk and upgrade
it myself because Apple makes you pay through the nose for disk/RAM
upgrades... (I'm assuming that you can buy a single-disk Mac Mini and
add a second disk!)
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