My ole' Apple G5 of 6 years finally bit the dust yesterday afternoon.
After having a short three to four hour memorial service of data backup and moving the machine and components downstairs to the basement,
I found my self buying what I always wanted to get, just for the heck of it. A Mac Mini.
I got the little bugga yesterday around 5pm. Packed with a 2.0Ghz C2D (3MB cache, 1066FSB), 2GB of DDR3-1066 ram, 320GB hdd and the nVidia 9400M gpu, it packs quite a noticeable punch for its little shell.
For those keeping up with Apple's release schedule, this Mini is only a few weeks old. And from what I have seen so far, quite worth it.
Just for kicks, I'll post back here tonight with the Doom 3 FPS...see how this guy can play.
I hope this guy can last as long as my old G5 did, (6 years if you missed it) but from the 'tech' side of things, I'm not seeing it. Maybe 3-4 years?
Anyway, this will give me time to save for the next gen Mac Pro...another year or two away.
Just though I would let you all know.
I'm typing this from the new guy!
I'm letting my PC take a break.
~CC5