mac mini

[gunjack]

can you put ableton and stuff on this thing or is it like a little email/portable hard drive thing?

[audioinjection]

its a regular computer, you can run whatever you can on it

[xfive]

They're begging to be used for livepa's if you ask me :)

[gunjack]

amac g4 for 500 dollars! and tiny like that?=!?!? i am gettin one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TechMouse]

Interesting.

I don't know that much about Macs...

Presumably you'd need monitor / keyboard / mouse etc. - they're all standard. Can prob find some kicking around at home.

What extra hardware might you need?

e.g. Audio Interface, MIDI interface?

Just thinking about this - and with them going for £339 over here, seems a hell of a lot cheaper than a lappy.

Plus, also a good choice for a network audio player?

[xfive]

Interesting.

I don't know that much about Macs...

Presumably you'd need monitor / keyboard / mouse etc. - they're all standard. Can prob find some kicking around at home.

What extra hardware might you need?

e.g. Audio Interface, MIDI interface?

Just thinking about this - and with them going for £339 over here, seems a hell of a lot cheaper than a lappy.

Plus, also a good choice for a network audio player?

I'd say toss in a decent firewire audio interface and whatever else and yeah great network audio player and livepa box.

[audioinjection]

yeah that mac mini is a deal i think

[TechMouse]

Well, there's my next purchase after some studio monitors.

Now, if only I had some money...

[gunjack]

the thing is that mac is SO into planned obsolescence that there will probably be some upgrade i need that mac can't do, so i will end up buying a new one in a year :oops:

[TechMouse]

the thing is that mac is SO into planned obsolescence that there will probably be some upgrade i need that mac can't do, so i will end up buying a new one in a year :oops:
I'm starting to think this is the case with CD / DVD drives.

They seem to fail every 3/4 years or so without fail.