Let's see your Desktop

[Jand3rson]

well, the mac mini is nowhere near that expensive.

A guy and I at work today about something seriously badass to do with a Mac Mini. I'm going to get an OG Nintendo, hollow the guts out, and install the Mini inside of the Nintendo.

Nintendo-Mac Mini.

[daniel]

If I owned a Mac, this is how I would roll. But I cant afford to pay 1500 dollars for 400 bucks worth of hardware.

well, the mac mini is nowhere near that expensive. this is what i did:

buy mac mini through school with upgraded processor (2.26 ghz), $684 i believe. order it with 1GB RAM and 120GB HDD. (Mine is the one with the nvidia 9400M card and mini DVI + display port).

go to newegg.com, buy 4GB RAM for $50 shipped.
go to dell.com (ironically), buy 500GB 7200RPM drive for $140 shipped.

pry open mac mini (doesn't void warranty), swap hard drive and RAM, and you have a pretty leet desktop with a footprint smaller than any laptop for about $875, and it runs both leopard and windows perfectly along with the ability to play 1080p videos with no hitches. upgrading to these specs through apple puts the mini at well above $1000, and their 500GB HDD isnt 7200RPM. Also, if you buy a $10 external HDD case, you can make a 120GB external drive with the old drive.

this was all the sweeter since i sold my 1.5 year old dell xps m1330 laptop for $800 to fund this.

just thought i'd share.

[Super Sedan]

That's too bad...

[ieatpeople]

i know, spastics car is retarded, blah, blah, blah.

i'm diggin the stance

[BimmerTom]

I'm a Network Manager/IT guy... Who needs to write? :rofl:

[clavinZERO]

nice!

[BimmerTom]

Hey 87e30... love it!

Here's what I'm currently rockin', made it myself from the 2009 E30 Picnic photos I shot.



Hi Res (1920 x 1200), right click - save as: http://clavinzero.com/misc/m3-badge-ws.bmp

Since I downloaded your background, I thought I should show how it looks at my desk...

[87e30]

[Collin]

Post hi-res NOW!! Please!

Just spent way to long making this.

[She loved E]

i fucking hate computers
and i will till they perform like a tv
turn it on. turn it off.

truf. although agree 1billion% i fuck mac. and i'm a designer.

[gwb72tii]

i fucking hate computers
and i will till they perform like a tv
turn it on. turn it off.

[Jand3rson]

i'm saying for the average user, mac is all over what scott mcneely of sun described accurately as a hair ball of an operating system - windows.
it is not easy to use unless you really like to know how computers work and why you have to hit the freaking start button to turn it off. LOL

Yeah, unlike on a Mac...

1. Click Apple
2. Click Shut Down
3. Are you sure you want to shut down? Yes
4. OS X could not shut down because the application _____ is running
5. Close _____ application
6. Click Apple
7. Click Shut Down
8. Are you sure you want to shut down? Yes
9. OS X could not shut down because the application _____ is running
10. Click _____ application in menu bar
11. Click quit _____ application
12. _____ application does not quit
13. Press COM + OPT + ESC
14. Select application to force quit
15. Are you sure you want to force quit _____ application? Yes
16. Click Apple
17. Click Shut Down
18. Are you sure you want to shut down? Yes
19. Spinning beach ball of death appears
20. Press and hold power button until Mac shuts down

Not saying this happens to every Mac when you try to shut it down, but it's what I deal with ALL FUCKING DAY.

[gwb72tii]

Mac is easier if you have all macs or just want to edit photos and surf the internet.

Macs in Corporate America are a joke, and the ones that work have windows installed on them.

i'm saying for the average user, mac is all over what scott mcneely of sun described accurately as a hair ball of an operating system - windows.
it is not easy to use unless you really like to know how computers work and why you have to hit the freaking start button to turn it off. LOL

[BimmerTom]

Macs in Corporate America are a joke, and the ones that work have windows installed on them.

Dude, that is no joke... Our Web Guy has a Mac Pro. With VMWare Fusion installed for an XP VM, we can't directly bind to his NIC, so his stupid VM runs in NAT mode. For running on a "Linux" core, they stripped all the useful things out of it.

Don't even try running VLAN's on it. FWO! :hitler:

[Jand3rson]

Actually, pretty fucking clean for an IT guy's desk.