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2nd Hard Drive or Mac Mini?

by V. Camby Feb 17, 2006 6:07AM PST

I have a Power Book 1.50 and an 80 gig HD. I was wondering if it would be advantageous to get a Mac Mini over just a HD. Yes I know that I could get a lot more memory for less and limited on MM memory. My question is what could I expect to gain getting another computer linked to my laptop? I am wireless, with DVI and 800 firewire.

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You will gain nothing
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Feb 17, 2006 7:41AM PST

by having another computer attached to your laptop.
If you are short of HD space, not memory, on your laptop then a large external Firewire drive would fit the bill nicely.
You could buy a huge HD for the price of the Mac Mini and monitor.
500GB HD for $300 and that's without even looking.
Depending on your needs, a 250GB drive in a firewire enclosure would keep you happy for a considerable time.

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External H.D.
by taboma Feb 17, 2006 3:31PM PST

V. Camby, I purchased a 250 GB LaCie hard drive for $180 recently.
The Mac mini does not have anywhere that memory and the cheapest Mac mini is $499. I use one at work. It's ok. Not enough memory to say the least. Maybe poor is the better word here.
Pete was correct suggesting an external H.D.

-Kevin

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Memory and Storage Space
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Feb 17, 2006 10:40PM PST

The capacity of your Hard Drive has NOTHING to do with the amount of Memory that your machine has.

Memory = RAM. Hard Drive = Storage

Further explanation by email


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It's also faster
by KRhazy Feb 17, 2006 5:59PM PST

The HD on the mac mini is smaller and slower than that of an external HD

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