[DinoMiniMac]

Me, about $1100, what about you

[typoon]

So far 765 I got the 1.4 GHz and I just ordered a 1 gig stick of RAM for 165

[insha]

I'm up 820, I ordered 512 Ram and 1.4 GHz -- I'll wait to see if I have the 5400rpm HD and if 512 ram will do for my needs (which should be, since my 15 PB 1.5 only has 512 and it runs smoothly for the things that I do on it).

[typoon]

Originally posted by insha:
I'm up 820, I ordered 512 Ram and 1.4 GHz -- I'll wait to see if I have the 5400rpm HD and if 512 ram will do for my needs (which should be, since my 15 PB 1.5 only has 512 and it runs smoothly for the things that I do on it).

I think all the 1.4 come with the Toshiba 5400 RPM drive. I can't confirm that but I think since it comes with the larger drive it would be. Does anyone else with the 1.4 have the Toshiba drive too?

[DinoMiniMac]

Originally posted by typoon:
I think all the 1.4 come with the Toshiba 5400 RPM drive. I can't confirm that but I think since it comes with the larger drive it would be. Does anyone else with the 1.4 have the Toshiba drive too?

I have a 4200 drive on mine, just got it yesturday at Compusa 1.42 model...a bit disappointed.

[typoon]

Originally posted by DinoMiniMac:
I have a 4200 drive on mine, just got it yesturday at Compusa 1.42 model...a bit disappointed.

Which drive do you have? The Drive that I have is the Toshiba MK8025GAS I believe that is the one that is 5400 RPM's Though I've been known to be wrong before.

[bpd115]

the Toshiba MK8025GAS is a 4200 RPM Drive.

http://www.baber.com/drives/internal...5gas_specs.htm

[typoon]

Originally posted by bpd115:
the Toshiba MK8025GAS is a 4200 RPM Drive.

http://www.baber.com/drives/internal...5gas_specs.htm

Thanks for correcting me.

[mintcake]

$2,714 Canadian, plus tax.

(OK, that includes a 20" cinema display)

[turtle777]

$ 750 for the 1.42, AE, BT & SD

It better come with a 5400 drive !

-t

[fhoubi]

Eur 1100+ for a full blow mini. Funny I do not care how fast the HD is, at least it is as dead silence as my current iBook is...

[Eriamjh]

Originally posted by mintcake:
$2,714 Canadian, plus tax.

(OK, that includes a 20" cinema display)

So much for a cheap computer!

Big display, little computer. Nice combination.

[insha]

Originally posted by mintcake:
$2,714 Canadian, plus tax.

(OK, that includes a 20" cinema display)

You went all out, didn't you! If I had the mula I would have gone the same route.

[SmileyDude]

Let's see -- $599 for the mini, $14 for a PS2->USB adapter. I swapped RAM with my Linux desktop machine to bring the mini to 512 (linux box down to 768). Purchased in tax free New Hampshire, so that means the total is currently at $613. Not too bad

Of course, though, I'm already planning on upgrading to 1gig or possibly 2gig later when they come down to a reasonable price, and I've been eyeing the 7200RPM hard drive upgrades as well. So, I'll be paying more eventually.

[ranga]

I've spend ~ $790 in all.

I ordered the 1.4 GHz mini BTO w/ AE and 512MB of Ram. With my student discount it came to $765. Then I bought a mouse for $20.

--ranga

[mintcake]

Originally posted by insha:
You went all out, didn't you! If I had the mula I would have gone the same route.

Heh, yeah.

To be honest, our second computer (a Dell P3 600 ) finally died ( ) so it was time to go 100% Mac in our house.

But with a 1-year-old Powerbook I just couldn't justify a new Powermac - yet. I'm not keen on the iMac because I want an independent and reusable display, and in a year or two I do want the Powermac. So the mini is the perfect interim solution.

Plus when I put it up for board approval I showed the wife two figures: (a) the cost of a loaded-up dual processor Powermac, plus screen; and (b) the loaded-up Mini, plus screen. Obviously she went for (b), *and* I got brownie points for choosing the bargain option. Now here's the really sneaky part: I'm locked into an upgrade path - now we're getting the screen, the next upgrade will have to be a Powermac. Otherwise we'd have wasted our money on the screen. And my wife can't plead ignorance, I made sure she's fully complicit in this decision.

I'm going straight to hell.

[macmad]

mintcake, sounds like years of practice has perfected your methods - I could learn from your expertise

[Scarpad]

$853 with 512mb/80gb/Airport/superdrive

And better yet I checked today and it's shipped !!!!!!!!

[mintcake]

When did you order?

[Scarpad]

I ordered on 1/13

[andreas_g4]

560 Euro for the mini 1.25 GHz, 256 MB, 80 GB HD, Keyboard+Mouse (wired) edu dicount


180 Euro for a 1 GB stick.

so 740 Euro

[Earsly]

599 for Mini from retail Apple Store
226 for 1gb ram from crucial
160 for 250gb Maxtor onetouch hd
199 for lacie DL dvd writer

Spent way much more then I was intending to spend. But oh well its my first Mac computer so I wanted something nice.

[kneissl]

I'm at 750,
600 for the better of the two, plus $150 for my american made 1, gig stick of 3200.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by ranga:
I've spend ~ $790 in all.

I ordered the 1.4 GHz mini BTO w/ AE and 512MB of Ram. With my student discount it came to $765. Then I bought a mouse for $20.

--ranga

Didn't get the BT - AE bundle ?
For only $ 18 you would have got BT in addition (with the new pricing scheme...)

-t

[iDaver]

$853 plus $162 for (another) RAM upgrade. I ordered the $75 Apple 512 upgrade before I knew how easy it would be to do it myself.

[nyarlaho]

$575 for a base level Mini with 512 MB of ram. Add to that $400 for a spankin' new 19 inch Dell FP1905, $65 for a keyboard and mouse... total: priceless (actually, a little over a grand).

[iDaver]

Nyarlaho, that's a good deal on the Dell display! How do you like it? It's the same resolution as their 17" model. Do you find the pixels to be noticeably large? I'm pretty impressed by recent Dell displays. My boss is considering either a 17" or 19". I told her they're the same resolution so she might as well get the cheaper one but she's leaning toward the 19" just for the size.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by nyarlaho:
Add to that $400 for a spankin' new 19 inch Dell FP1905

List price on Dell.com $529 !
Where d'you get it for $ 400 ?

In any case, I got this 17" for $189 after rebate.
Tigerdirect.com accepts returns even with one dead pixel, if returned within 30 days !

-t

[ilvwhtgrls]

Ebay has some great deals on dell screens, my roommate ordered the higher end version of the 17in and with some discounts he got it for 320 shipped. I found the screen on ebay with a full warranty for less then 300 shipped.

So far on my mini I spent
600 For the 1.4 from a retail store
30 For a mac Keyboard
115 Ford an external 120 gig HD!!!

I'm looking to pick up a 17in LCD in a few weeks along with a stick of ram either a gig or 512...

[wuzup101]

Mintcake - haha that is quite the plan you have there... feel free to come talk my parents into buying me a new 23" display w/ a mini and I'll be your friend for life

BTW... the higher end dell screans are pretty nice. These are the Ultrasharp models (I know they atleast currently make an ultrasharp 17, 19, 20, and 20 wide). They might also make an 18 or did at one point... and make stuff bigger like a 23".

[T. Diddy]

i'm at $1123, max spec incl ram; no keyboard/mouse... but i haven't pressed Add To Cart

[nyarlaho]

Dell 1905FP's were $400 at Hyper Microsystems (at least a while ago).

And about the resolution on 19 inchers: I actually prefer bigger pixels because I want text to be readable. So I'd take a 19 inch 1200x1000 over a 17 inch 1200x1000 (I also want an LCD to display on its native resolution).

Some will reply that you can increase text size without changing resolution--so I could be all set with a 17 incher on 1200x1000. However, changing text size across an OS gives odd looking results (with sizes of menus, the way text fits inside boxes, etc.). So I prefer the 19 incher.

[michaelb]

Out of interest, why do most of you give the prices you paid WITHOUT tax?

Over here in Oz, by law the state tax has to be included in the RRP, so we always think of the complete price, including tax.

But if you're in somewhere like New York and you buy a $599 computer, you're paying more than 599 aren't you...

Just interested!

[mintcake]

Because unlike in the rest of the world, in North America the sticker price is always without tax. Yeah I hate it too.

[iDaver]

And because tax varies from city to city, state to state. The expenditure I posted included tax, BTW.

[WizOSX]

And in Canada the tax is 15%!! And its never included in the listed price. For a while (about 15 years ago), Zellers tried putting the price with tax in their fliers and on the stickers on items. It just made everyone elso look cheaper so they stopped that really fast!

[steppenwolf]

Originally posted by DinoMiniMac:
Me, about $1100, what about you

I'm at $921.12. Ordered on January 24th. I hope it comes soon!

[mintcake]

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[Simon]

� 1.42 GHz
� 256 RAM
� SD
� APX/BT built in

-> my university's discount price: $745

I'll take the base RAM and then go buy 1 GB DIMM at a local dealer. With all the money I saved on the third-party RAM, I'll buy a 7200 RPM disk and install it myself together with the RAM.

Now, where the hell will I find that putty knife with the ultra-thin edge? Buying myself a PowerBook and an 40 GB iPod for my g/f is easier than buying the darn knife. I think I'll put the mini on hold and get the other goodies first.

[SmileyDude]

Originally posted by michaelb:
Out of interest, why do most of you give the prices you paid WITHOUT tax?

Over here in Oz, by law the state tax has to be included in the RRP, so we always think of the complete price, including tax.

But if you're in somewhere like New York and you buy a $599 computer, you're paying more than 599 aren't you...

Just interested!

Well, as someone else said, sales tax is locally determined -- each state/county/city/town/whatever is free to set their own tax rate. If a store advertised with tax included, they would have to use multiple versions of their advertising for each area they sold in. So, it's just much easier to say $599 + tax, and figure up what the tax actually is at purchase time. For example, where I'm at, the tax rate is 5% -- which is very easy to figure up in your head. For bigger purchases, I usually head north to New Hampshire, where they have no sales tax.

I've been to parts of the US where the tax rate is as high as 12% and other parts where the tax rate changes from town to town. Definetly confusing at time.

Also, most mail order/internet purchases are tax free as well -- though there has been enough grumbling about this that I'm sure it won't last.

[mintcake]

Originally posted by SmileyDude:
Well, as someone else said, sales tax is locally determined -- each state/county/city/town/whatever is free to set their own tax rate. If a store advertised with tax included, they would have to use multiple versions of their advertising for each area they sold in.

Well, yes, but let's not forget that in most of the US (and especially Canada) states/provinces are so big that tax tourism is impractical if not downright impossible. In Europe, where countries are so much smaller and so close together, the inclusion of sales tax in sticker prices encourages tax tourism and therefore encourages governments to tax competitively and/or companies to offer rebates according to market in order to iron out these differences. I see this as a good thing. The absence of tax in North American sticker prices no doubt originates with the problem you describe, but it's perpetuated by companies who want to keep the sticker price down and don't mind deceiving the consumer to do so.

The number of times I've heard people in Europe moan how they're being ripped off by comparison with Americans/Canadians, when the price difference is almost entirely due to tax being left off the sticker price.

Note also that internet purchases in the EU are charged at a flat rate of 21% sales tax regardless of country of residence/purchase. This was inevitable - it's just a pity they decided to harmonise 'up' rather than 'down'.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by mintcake:
Note also that internet purchases in the EU are charged at a flat rate of 21% sales tax regardless of country of residence/purchase. This was inevitable - it's just a pity they decided to harmonise 'up' rather than 'down'.

Since when is that ?

The Europeans are so stupid, especially when it comes to economics.
I should know, I'm one of them

-t

[mintcake]

Since a couple of years. And what's stupid about it? Makes sense to have harmonised sales tax across the EU. You can argue about the amount levied, but there are reasons - it's not stupid. Nor are Europeans. I should know, I'm one of them.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by mintcake:
Since a couple of years. And what's stupid about it? Makes sense to have harmonised sales tax across the EU. You can argue about the amount levied, but there are reasons - it's not stupid. Nor are Europeans. I should know, I'm one of them.

Stupid is that they chose the highest tax rate FOR ALL !

-t

[elvis2000]

Originally posted by Eriamjh:
So much for a cheap computer!

Big display, little computer. Nice combination.

32Megs VRAM pushing a 20". LOL.

[mintcake]

32 megs VRAM pushing a 20" display for a year or so, after which 256 megs VRAM pushing a 20" display for several more years. LOL back atcha. ;p

[icibaqu]

3049.00 - student discount = about 2700

includes: mac mini (599 version), combo drive, wireless keyboard and mouse, applecare, 23" display, airport express base station

but that's a computer, tv, and dvd player in one.

so...work it!

(haven't gotten it yet. i'm seeing if i can wait for tiger before finishing law school)

[turtle777]

Originally posted by icibaqu:
includes: mac mini (599 version), combo drive, wireless keyboard and mouse, applecare, 23" display, airport express base station

It amazes me that people spend so much money on large displays, but not the CPU...

IMHO, that combination doesn't make a lot of sense.
An 20" iMac would have been cheaper and much more powerful.

-t

[iDaver]

Originally posted by turtle777:
It amazes me that people spend so much money on large displays, but not the CPU...

IMHO, that combination doesn't make a lot of sense.
An 20" iMac would have been cheaper and much more powerful.

-t

The display is the interface you view all of the time. It amazes me that it's the other way around. So many gear heads buy these wicked fast computers to surf the internet and send email. Then they try to cram several windows in, or watch DVDs on a 17" (or smaller) display because they spent all of their money on the computer. THAT'S what doesn't make sense, IMO.

BTW, I'm happily using my 23" Cinema Display with the mini's 32MB VRAM and it works great! I don't need anything faster for a little Photoshop and GoLive work; surfing and emailing. The mini is PLENTY fast.

[icibaqu]

why should it amaze you? why not get a calculator and add the price of a dvd player/burner, hd tv screen, and similarly speced computer and see how you come out.

it makes perfect sense - 3 in one. and each one is the bomb diggity. plus - putting money now on the display opens the door for me to make the switch.

the imac is illogical because it's imobile, whereas the mini is logical as a portable desktop...very logical.

so while i'm at it why not use the money left over toward getting the best display i can, for when i want to display things the best i can?