In reply to a post by zyborg47:

I sent her a message today and she told me she knows how to use the shortcuts, but prefer to do it the way she does, i have no idea why.

Anyway, my Mac is here, it is downstairs still in the box on the coffee table at the moment, I have to do some stuff on another computer, also I need to make some space for it and a socket for it, It is heavier than I thought it would be, must be the heat sink.

You seem to be getting on pretty well with it.

I ordered a new M2 Mac Studio last week and it arrived late yesterday. I've yet to unpack it (to make sure it hasn't been substituted with a few tins of beans on the way from Shenzhen 😂)

Should do an old versus new comparison...first of all need to see if the original from 2008 will actually fire up

Three Generations of Mac "mini" from 2008 to 2023

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

You seem to be getting on pretty well with it.

I ordered a new M2 Mac Studio last week and it arrived late yesterday. I've yet to unpack it (to make sure it hasn't been substituted with a few tins of beans on the way from Shenzhen 😂)

Should do an old versus new comparison...first of all need to see if the original from 2008 will actually fire up

Three Generations of Mac "mini" from 2008 to 2023

Yes, I like it, prefer it to Windows, going back to Windows is a pain now,even after such a short time.
You must have plenty of money to get a MAc studio m2, the basic one is over 2 grand.

you can;t really compare them, the 2008 has a Power PC chip.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

I ordered a new M2 Mac Studio last week and it arrived late yesterday. I've yet to unpack it (to make sure it hasn't been substituted with a few tins of beans on the way from Shenzhen 😂)

The studio is a beast of a machine - nevermind the size of the heat sink/fan assembly 😂😂

😂Should do an old versus new comparison...first of all need to see if the original from 2008 will actually fire up

IBM's AIX may run on that old PowerPC version, not much else on those pre-Intel era CPUs left!

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Should do an old versus new comparison...

Stopwatch in one hand, calendar in the other

This one is an Intel Core 2 Duo. I found the original order in my email. So £550 odd + wireless keyboard and mouse. I think this was my then third Mac, after an Intel MBP and an iMac for my wife. The iMac is still running, gifted to a friend last year after an SSD upgrade and I think I got a later version of OSX on it somehow.

I can’t recall what version of OSX this mini was last running - I think it may have been Lion. Need to try booting it up.

FreeBSD is the best OS to run on a PPC Mini.

The PPC Mac Mini was phased out in 2006. It was on sale for just over one year.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

The studio is a beast of a machine - nevermind the size of the heat sink/fan assembly 😂😂

I should weigh it. Feels like a lump. If weight = performance, it should be alright 🤣

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