Mac Mini Core Solo with Bootcamp

Works fine for me. 1GB memory at a minimum however.

-Seed

Should work fine. Since Boot Camp is a Dual-boot setup, you're only using one OS at a time. I don't think that Windows XP needs 1 GB to run, even considering integrated graphics, but it could make Mac OS X quite faster, especially when running PowerPC-only software (which would run under Rosetta emulation).

While he would need to purchase Office:mac, Firefox and AIM are both available for Mac OS X at no charge, and iChat is also compatible with AIM.

1GB memory meaning for the Mac mini for OS X. Anyone running less on either a solo or duo is running very slow.

-Seed

I have a Mac Mini with 512 MB of RAM (no upgrades). Rosetta works, it's a bit sluggish, but it isn't to bad. I'm also dual booting XP on my Mini, and XP works fine (it's XP though not much to expect).

I am getting my dad an Intel Mac Mini to replace his
PC desktop. He is more familiar with Windows and
would like to run XP on the Mac from time to time for
things like Office, Firefox, AIM, etc. Is the stock
1.5 GHz Mini sufficient? The Core Duo is a little
out of my price range.

Amazon is selling the 1.5 GHz Mini for $599 plus a
$25 rebate (no tax, no shipping charges). Anyone
here ever bought a Mac from Amazon? How was your
experience with them?

15'' 1.5 PB Mac OS X (10.4.2)

I ordered my Mac Mini from Amazon and had no problems. It was $799 with a $25 rebate, plus no tax. I opted against the free shipping (it takes an extra 3-5 days) and paid for the two-day option. It cost around $17; I figured the no tax and rebate more than paid for that. My Mini made it to my doorstep in two days, as advertised. If you don't mind ordering the stock model, Amazon is a great option. Just do the upgrades later.





Mac Mini 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.6) 512 MB RAM, 80 GB HD, SuperDrive, AP/BT

I don´t agree that 1 GB is minimum. Over here, a Mac Mini Core Solo is running great and quite fast with the stock 512 MB of RAM (Windows XP via BootCamp). Connected are:

- USB modem
- USB keyboard + mouse
- USB printer
- iPod via USB Hub

We are running various apps from Firefox/Thunderbird to MS-Word, different games etc.

No problems at all so far (only lost audio drivers once and had to reinstall Apple driver package - no big deal however).

Good luck & have fun
Tom

Mac G5 Dual 2.0 & PB 12 1.33 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

I think your dad don't need to boot camp the mac mini, cuz most of the tasks he does are working very fine on osx. He can use m$ office mac version. For aim, he can use adium. And I think safari is a pretty good browser.