And so I went and bought an Intel Duo-Core Mac Mini.
I guess this won't be very surprising... I am a total Mac whore. Me buying something from Apple is about as shocking as water being wet. What is somewhat surprising is that I bought the little guy to be a media server. It's hooked up to my television, and has a copy of all my music, photos, videos, movies, and even a complete backup of my current work files. I can access all of it from any room in my apartment via wireless. Eventually I'll have it set up so I can access it remotely over the internet as well. It does everything a "real" server does, but is remarkably small...
It's so small, that I think I could probably fit six of them into my Mac G4 Cube, which was the smallest computer I had owned to date. The cool thing is that it seems quite a bit faster as well.
And now I am off to wash clothes so I can get my suitcase packed this weekend. But before I go...
Just a reminder that I was a guest blogger over at Chasing Vincenzo yesterday. At least it was supposed to be yesterday, except I couldn't get my entry to post, so it's actually this morning. So if you just can't get enough of my nonsense, here's a link to RW's blog.
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You buying Apple products is as shocking as me buying Apple products…and the whole water thing, too.
I hope you thoroughly enjoy your new Mac Mini. That baby is on the “must-have” list in my home, it’s just a matter of saving up the cash.
I look forward to reading about your many adventures in Mac Mini Land.
Dude! You are doing exactly what I am doing. I have a G4 mini that will soon be serving my music and video files also! the only crappy part is I had to hack in FrontRow so I could use a remote. And to top it all off, I upgraded to a g4 iBook. It will be here monday.
Unfortunately I too am slowly becoming a mac whore. I wonder if they have support groups for this.
I want to be a mac whore, the newest ipod has made me an Apple fan, but my gaming needs fall into the realm of the PC.
That is the coolest, most bad-assed davetoon ever.
Hey man, you can run Virtual PC 7 on a mac, also virtual Box by oracle, it’s free and to me it is alot better, also now the new intel macs have boot camp, great stuff
I adore the Mac Mini. :] It’s so compact and fast. Like, whoosh. I was raised on Mac stuff… Mac whore since conception. Hah. I am dating myself.
Now I want one of them fancy desktop ones that’s an inch thick screen, a wireless keyboard and mouse and NOTHING ELSE. *slobber*
That Davetoon wins at the internet.
This is totally unrelated to your new Mac. I hope you won’t mind.
Liz Hurley has a ‘got milk’ ad running now. I don’t know that it’s new, though it is new to me. I saw it in the new Reader’s Digest. I thought you’d want to know, just in case you don’t have some supernatural Liz Hurley sense that tingles whenever she is in anything new.
Oh. To stay on topic — the new Mac looks sweet. Really.
Oh yeah… BWAH HA HA HAAAAAHH!
Dave, your hands in that photo are so soft and supple-looking! What’s your secret?
My Hello Kitty Pop Tart diet.
Wow, that mini Mac indeed looks sweeeeeet. I actually did own an Apple once. It was…*cough* an Apple IIc. Now excuse me while I go grease the wheels on my walker.
LMAO Karl. I finally got around to tossing my IIc a couple months ago… I found a copy of Aztec in the drive.
Dave, you’re slowly turning me away from the Dark Side and it scares me. Even the accessories for Mac kick ass.
Dammit Dave – I buy the one Apple computer that you don’t have and then you go and buy the new, better model! Give me a break! 🙂
Seriously, I hope you enjoy your Mac Mini as much as I have.
I am always so jealous of you and your Mac gadgets… as soon as I graduate and have more $$$…
Congrats on the mini purchase. I love my G4 mini and it’s ability to be quiet and small. It’s such a cool little computer, besides being a Mac. Even with my new MacBook Pro 15″, the mini still gets used a lot. If I ever upgrade to it the Intel Core Duo, the current mini will go to my daughter.
Sigh… I find myself screaming at my Compaq Evo everyday – why aren’t you a Mac? Waking up in the morning to see the Mac fairy’s havemn’t been in is… disappointing. Ah, when the suitcase full of money arrives…
That’s wicked cool…for a mac and all. lol
I may be asking you for some advice regarding the media server thingie. My brother in law is looking at buying a new computer and I’m trying to ween him towards a Mac (which he really wants, but feels that the media functionality of a Wintel box is better and easier). I told him all that he wants is possible on Mac, but I don’t know how to do it. Would you be offended if I refer him your way?
well, aren’t you special! I want one but I spent all my money on flowers 🙁