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What would consider entry level? I use a Mac mini from 2012 (i7 with 8GB) every day and I'm not seeing any beach balls unless Flash crashes some web page.

geggam 11y ago
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A&step=config http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A... Dont add any extras... its simply not usable on the net Hardware 1.4GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) 4GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm Intel HD Graphics 5000 User's Guide (English) Accessory Kit
- dman 11y ago
  Maybe you have a faulty unit or are driving a very high resolution display. Otherwise at first glance that seems powerful enough to browse the net.
  - hyperpape 11y ago
    "The net" is a very varied place these days. It would be helpful to mention how many tabs you're using, the sites you're visiting, etc. My work computer is a 3GHz i7 Mac Mini bought in early 2015, with 16GB ram, and I still have times when news sites freeze and won't scroll because someone has done something stupid when coding the site. But my system uptime is 89 days and I get to the point where chrome shows a red bar because it hasn't been updated recently. There are a lot of irritating little bugs, but the only things that seem unstable are individual tabs and MyEclipse.
  - GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
    The memory's a little low but yeah that's an otherwise fine machine.
- condescendence 11y ago
  Not usable on the net?? Shit this was close spec'd to my compiling machine a few years ago.
  - nextos 11y ago
    I think the issue is usually really poor quality HD supplied by Apple on low end machines.
    - copperx 11y ago
      It's slow, but not poor quality.
- TingPing 11y ago
  Own one, can confirm that OSX is unusable on a 5400rpm drive. Replacing it with any SSD makes it decent.

5 ms·

What would consider entry level? I use a Mac mini from 2012 (i7 with 8GB) every day and I'm not seeing any beach balls unless Flash crashes some web page.

by fauigerzigerk 11y ago

geggam 11y ago
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A&step=config http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A... Dont add any extras... its simply not usable on the net Hardware 1.4GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) 4GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm Intel HD Graphics 5000 User's Guide (English) Accessory Kit
- dman 11y ago
  Maybe you have a faulty unit or are driving a very high resolution display. Otherwise at first glance that seems powerful enough to browse the net.
  - hyperpape 11y ago
    "The net" is a very varied place these days. It would be helpful to mention how many tabs you're using, the sites you're visiting, etc. My work computer is a 3GHz i7 Mac Mini bought in early 2015, with 16GB ram, and I still have times when news sites freeze and won't scroll because someone has done something stupid when coding the site. But my system uptime is 89 days and I get to the point where chrome shows a red bar because it hasn't been updated recently. There are a lot of irritating little bugs, but the only things that seem unstable are individual tabs and MyEclipse.
  - GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
    The memory's a little low but yeah that's an otherwise fine machine.
- condescendence 11y ago
  Not usable on the net?? Shit this was close spec'd to my compiling machine a few years ago.
  - nextos 11y ago
    I think the issue is usually really poor quality HD supplied by Apple on low end machines.
    - copperx 11y ago
      It's slow, but not poor quality.
- TingPing 11y ago
  Own one, can confirm that OSX is unusable on a 5400rpm drive. Replacing it with any SSD makes it decent.