Mac Mini out for Delivery!

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  • Reply 21 of 47
    e1618978e1618978 Posts: 6,075member
    Got my mini up and running. Thank god for the automatic firewire transfer

    from the old mac.



    I had trouble at first. My USB hub works unpowered, but "works better"

    if you add a 5v wall wart. My PC worked with the hub, but not the

    mac - I got a picturgram that I interpreted as "add batteries to your

    wireless mouse", so I plugged the USB cables directly into the

    mini and it started working - hopefully when I get a wall wart the

    hub will work again.



    I ran XBench, and I got 130 or so. The lowest scores (60) were

    for disk access, so I think that I may upgrade to a 7200 rpm

    notebook drive at some point.



    Anyway, it is noticably faster and quieter than my wife's 1GHz

    Emac. It is not totally silent, though, the hard drive makes

    some noise during access.
  • Reply 22 of 47
    Quote:

    Originally posted by surbahns

    Also, is there a keyboard shortcut on launch a shell prompt?



    Hope this helps:

    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...31031163544980



    Edit:

    Ups, didnt read all the comments for this (nonworking?) Hint.



    Anyway, you should bookmark www.versiontracker.com to get helpful software and drag the Applications folder to the Dock.
  • Reply 23 of 47
    Mine shipped!



    But I got the standard shipping so it's not scheduled to get here until the 24th.



    \



    I ordered it last Friday.



    Peace

    -taco
  • Reply 24 of 47
    Yeah right! You ordered 3 days late and have yours shipped?

    What configuration? I ordered less than 36 hours after the keynote (considered late to some). And have a ship by of 02/11/05.



    What was your ship by before the ship date if for real?

    And what config?



    I am sure you are telling the truth, just hard to believe.



    Quote:

    Originally posted by tacojohn

    Mine shipped!



    But I got the standard shipping so it's not scheduled to get here until the 24th.



    \



    I ordered it last Friday.



    Peace

    -taco




  • Reply 25 of 47
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pismox

    Yeah right! You ordered 3 days late and have yours shipped?

    What configuration? I ordered less than 36 hours after the keynote (considered late to some). And have a ship by of 02/11/05.



    What was your ship by before the ship date if for real?

    And what config?



    I am sure you are telling the truth, just hard to believe.




    2-14-05 was on or before ship date.



    Base model with 512 upgrade.
  • Reply 26 of 47
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by surbahns

    Its okay. Also, until Apple has it posted on their website. Here is a copy of the Macmini manual:



    http://www.urbahns.info/macmini/minimanual.pdf




    Why did apple not recomend use of a surge protector, or UPS for safety...
  • Reply 27 of 47
    msanttimsantti Posts: 1,377member
    My order still says to ship on or before 01/21/2005.



    Damn it.



    Got the 1.42 GHZ model with 512 MB ram, Superdrive, BT, and Airport.



    Wireless KB and mouse have been here a week.
  • Reply 28 of 47
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    I wouldn't be surprised at all if base models ship before BTO models even if you ordered the BTO model well before someone else's base model config.
  • Reply 29 of 47
    e1618978e1618978 Posts: 6,075member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BuonRotto

    I wouldn't be surprised at all if base models ship before BTO models even if you ordered the BTO model well before someone else's base model config.



    Mine was a BTO model. Ordered first thing once the

    apple store let me in after the keynote. Received

    in North Carolina yesterday 5pm.
  • Reply 30 of 47
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    A friend just received his base/stock mini. He ordered it

    immediately after the keynote and was given a ship on or

    before date of Jan 21st. It arrived ahead of schedule today

    in pittsburgh.
  • Reply 31 of 47
    The anticipation is killing me! I ordered mine the day after the keynote, Jan 12, 5:00PM (EST) and Apple lists the ETA as "on or before 2-11-05". Any likelihood that will come much sooner? I'm really hoping that's just a conservative ETA and not actual.



    Off-topic: surbahns, what PDA is that in the background? It looks like a Dell Axim X50v (at least the cradle part anyway) but it appears to have a flip cover or something.\
  • Reply 32 of 47
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Foo Fighter

    The anticipation is killing me! I ordered mine the day after the keynote, Jan 12, 5:00PM (EST) and Apple lists the ETA as "on or before 2-11-05". Any likelihood that will come much sooner? I'm really hoping that's just a conservative ETA and not actual.



    Off-topic: surbahns, what PDA is that in the background? It looks like a Dell Axim X50v (at least the cradle part anyway) but it appears to have a flip cover or something.\




    Good eyes you have. It is a Axim X50v. Love it. Havn't tried using it with the mac yet. Apprently there are all kinda of 3rd part syncing apps for it. Or atleast thats what I'm being told on http://www.aximsite.com/boards/ .
  • Reply 33 of 47
    Quote:

    Originally posted by surbahns

    Good eyes you have. It is a Axim X50v. Love it. Havn't tried using it with the mac yet. Apprently there are all kinda of 3rd part syncing apps for it. Or atleast thats what I'm being told on http://www.aximsite.com/boards/ .



    Are you using a flip cover of some sort?



    Back to topic: Forgot to mention mine is BTO, base model mini with SuperDrive.
  • Reply 34 of 47
    I have the Rhino-skin for it. It was an optional accessory on their site when I ordered it. Its really adds a good level of protection to the device. I'm always putting my pda in my pant pocket, and I never wanted loose pocket change or car keys to potently scratch up the screen.



    (Strongly Recommend the purchase if you don't already have something covering the screen)
  • Reply 35 of 47
    Wow that dock bar looks cool. I ordered mines yesterday

    256 MB DDR400 - 1 DIMM 065-5336

    80 GB ULTRA ATA DRIVE 065-5326

    Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) 065-5329

    Bluetooth + Airport 065-5390

    56k V.92 Modem 065-5328

    None 065-4683

    None 065-4681

    Country Kit 065-5321

    Mac OS X 065-5323



    And it ships 2/18/05



    I wish I had mines today.



    how does the top part look is it flat and smooth or wavy? do you have closeups of the top part.
  • Reply 36 of 47
    msanttimsantti Posts: 1,377member
    Well, its freakin 8:15pm Cupertino time and my order status still says on or before 1-21-2005.



    Well, 1-21 is almost freakin over.



    Good job Apple.
  • Reply 37 of 47
    squashsquash Posts: 332member
    Maybe it is shipped....shipping date..not arrival date. Oh and i got mine
  • Reply 38 of 47
    Let me just say for the record that I hate all of you people that received you Minis. One day, I and other like me still waiting will rise up and conquer the world. On that day, your names will be on the list of those to be executed. Pleasant dreams.
  • Reply 39 of 47
    msanttimsantti Posts: 1,377member
    Just checked my email this morning.



    Here is a nice little screw you I got:



    " Dear Valued Apple Customer,



    We appreciate your recent Apple Store Order Wxxxxxxx



    Due to an unexpected supply delay, we are unable to ship the following

    item(s) by the date that you were originally quoted:



    Z0B807C2X, PMG4/512/80G/SD/BT+AP/OS-X/LL

    will now ship on or before 01/27/2005.



    Shocked and stunned that Apple has supply problems.





    Thank you Apple.



    And you wonder why you will be forever entrenched with a 3% market share.











    Oh, and I ordered less than 24 hours after the keynote too. Guess I had to order 5 minutes after. Shame on me I guess.
  • Reply 40 of 47
    Well, mines out for delivery. But, we're in the middle of a snow storm so I don't know if that's going to happen today or not.



    Peace

    -taco
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