[X4U] Negligible speed bumps...

[Joe Sporleder]

On Mar 7, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Neil wrote:

> On the positive side, the support for dual displays including dual- 
> link DVI, plus FW800 and the fifth USB2 port are nice and not  
> entirely expected.  Overall, this would have been a nice upgrade if  
> it came six to ten months ago.

For us small community newspaper publishers, the new Mac mini with the  
ability to support 2 displays and a capacity for 4GB of RAM makes a  
nice bargain machine for ad design and basic Photoshop color  
correction. I know for my world, Apple would probably say the iMac is  
ideal with a mixture of power and convenience. However, I like to  
choose my own displays, this gives me more flexibility when updating  
workstations from one computer to another, with the old becoming a  
hand-me-down for another need. I have nothing against the iMac tho, in  
fact, I recently grabbed an iMac bargain from Apple.com store's  
refurbished section, upgraded it for 4GB of RAM and are quite happy  
with it.

Joe