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• Visio
  2005-01-14 05:02:58  Michael Brewer | [Reply | View]
  
  
  By the way, I would recommend the Mac Mini to you for a couple of reasons. It's your first dip into the Mac OS X pool – do it cheaply. And you sound like you already have some spare (or soon to be) displays, keyboards, and mouses lying around the house.
  
  When I was looking for something to flee to from Windows back in 2001, Apple had just switched to OS X. This was the only reason I considered a Mac. So, when I bought one, I bought their iBook because at the time it was the cheapest Macintosh they had. It's best to try it out with the cheapest one they have, just in case you don't like it. If so, you can always turn around and sell the Mac Mini for $400.
  
  I bought my mother an iMac G5 to replace her beleaguered Windows computer that had various software and hardware issues (she had to turn an oscillating fan onto it to keep it from overheating) after letting her test out the Mac with an old PowerMac G3 that I bought used shortly after getting the iBook. I do not regret that I could have waited a few weeks and bought her a Mac Mini for less than half the price. The iMac is everything she needs in an almost zero footprint machine. She was delighted with her new computer and its crisp display, out-of-sight (literally and figuratively) speakers, and the fact that she was able to reclaim her desk from a multitude of PC components. Now she wants an iPod to go with it.
  
  I think the iMac with its componentry will still be a useful computer 10 years down the road. But, she had already been exposed to the Macintosh experience and liked it. For others without that advantage, I'd recommend the Mini.