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Published on 11/08/09 at 10:38
I have owned this Mac Mini (2.26 Ghz with 2GB of ram) for a few months, thinking to use it for computer music after some troubles with Windows Vista, I have composed a few songs actually enjoying an undeniable stability OSX.
Another strong point is the compatibility of most immediate peripherals (sound cards, midi keyboards ...) with this OS, it is a pleasure when you had a hard few years for Vista.
on the other hand where it goes bad, it's in performance of the beast, the Mac Mini is the entry-level model of apple, it is quite constrained by its processor and ram (2GB is few days ...) and can not be easily upgrade (it is better to do at the time of purchase).
For example, GarageBand (software) refused to play more composed five tracks for this reason, on other programs we feel rather freeze to read when the computer must handle multiple MIDI tracks with instruments a virtual undemanding and worse: small recording stops from time to time (insufficient memory).
It is therefore clear that the Apple OS is well suited to the computer music, but it will be for use in good conditions to acquire a fairly beefy (Imac or macbook pro).
The quality / price of the mac mini was pretty questionable in 2009, it is even more so nowadays with the price increase to almost 800 euros, it is a product to be reserved for office use or for the curious, the components really hamper the user (average processor, ram and graphics card clearly insufficient obsolete = no games).
Another strong point is the compatibility of most immediate peripherals (sound cards, midi keyboards ...) with this OS, it is a pleasure when you had a hard few years for Vista.
on the other hand where it goes bad, it's in performance of the beast, the Mac Mini is the entry-level model of apple, it is quite constrained by its processor and ram (2GB is few days ...) and can not be easily upgrade (it is better to do at the time of purchase).
For example, GarageBand (software) refused to play more composed five tracks for this reason, on other programs we feel rather freeze to read when the computer must handle multiple MIDI tracks with instruments a virtual undemanding and worse: small recording stops from time to time (insufficient memory).
It is therefore clear that the Apple OS is well suited to the computer music, but it will be for use in good conditions to acquire a fairly beefy (Imac or macbook pro).
The quality / price of the mac mini was pretty questionable in 2009, it is even more so nowadays with the price increase to almost 800 euros, it is a product to be reserved for office use or for the curious, the components really hamper the user (average processor, ram and graphics card clearly insufficient obsolete = no games).