is a $25 Mac Mini Usable in 2018?
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- In today’s video we’ll be looking at the original Mac Mini, a cheap budget computer that today costs just $25. Is it any good?
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dude that's like... 125 chicken nuggets at McDonald's, right now.
christian ruiz lol
150 at burger king
250 now
christian ruiz damn its like 25-30 chicken nuggets here in canada wtf
QWERTY
And 70$ for delivery
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Pro Player 1⃣ LMFAO this soo true
Sportacus!!!! :)
$70 for shipping? the seller must be few thousand miles away from you LOL
Marcus Lee very well possible if you are from the eu and the seller is from the usa
7:42 Core Duo Mac Mini often comes with a socketed CPU and can be force flashed a newer EFI from a later model Mac Mini, making them compatible with a Core 2 Duo CPU upgrade. Then put in something like a T7600 and you get a fairly respectable Core 2 Duo Mac Mini.
9:16 'A space grey Mac mini would be pretty sick" I guess they listened!
I recently got a 2011 Mac Mini advertised as a 2010 unit for $28, and it is now my new media centered computer to replace a much larger PC that filled the role. The Mac Mini really is a robust little machine, no matter what year it’s from.
I currently use one as a file server, and it works great. I love finding uses for old hardware and saving them from landfill. :) Absolutely brilliant! :D Stream HD movies from my Mac Mini G4 to my TV!
I was so excited to buy one of these when they first came out. It was the first mac I could afford to buy from new and I used it for many years. It played Halo pretty well :)
Yes, you can use it! My mac Mini 3,1 C2D is working with 4 Presonus Inspire (be careful, 32-Bit interface and use the power supplies if you try to) with a 500 GB SSD, 8 GB memory and Logic X as a recording workstation with 16 channels! No issues, downmix works, lots of plugins, no trouble til now. Great and rocksolid.
I made a NAS out of this. There are Linux Dists for this old Mac.
Man, I still remember when one day I read about the Mini and literally the next day my dad comes home with one. I spent so many hours playing Nanosaur 2 and Marble Blast Gold. My first dev machine too.
25 Dollars is worth it for GarageBand ALONE
Everything else ehhh
Audacity is still free.
@@TheWarrrenator not even comparable
These little guys make fantastic NAS servers if you plug a couple FireWire Hard Drives into them! 8-Bit guy runs his entire home network off of one
I agree. I've used my 2006 mini as a NAS for over 3 years (it was owned by a company before that), and while the vents on the bottom got caked with dust, it had served me well, but now I'm moving to a custom NAS for the convenience of my parents, as they really wanted to clean the living room.
Edit: the Mini is accessible from the outside world at mustardormayo.404.mn , but not for much longer. To prove its running on Mac OS 10.6.8, you could try to trigger a 404 error there. If it shows the standard Apache 404 page instead, that means I'd have already routed Web requests to the new server.
Kevin Bhasi HAHAAAA
MAYO or MUSTARD? You decide🤣🤣
Used to.
@@sebastiangraham7252 Good point, it would be nice to see an update about his home network in 2019 as a throwback of sorts.
I have a 2007 mac mini with 2 gb ram and a 160 gb hard drive. I looked at he specs and they weren't that bad really. It could even be upgraded to 4gb memory and I think already had a 64bit processor. I was thinking about upgrading and putting linux or windows on but i may keep the mac os old that it is and see if I can get it to the highest one with firmware updates and turn it into a server. I Mean in had a firewire port and 4 usb ports. I should be able to do something with that. Or even turn it into a printer server for the house. Options options!
With very small knowledge i opened this mini,put 60 GB hard drive plus 2 GB of ram in.
Runs pretty good on 10.6.8,with magic mouse and time capsule.
Plus DVD player this is great for my daily web searching and emails plus i taught myself
Some more technical skills.A piece of art
Probably not his. They max out at 1gb ram I think.
Xd iphone 4s has more ram
Xpert_Destroyer 4
Same ram as iphone 3gs 😂
Berkay Ecevit less ram than ipad 2
and the 4s is 6 years younger
Did you just assume its gender 2 years ago
I assumed you were close to my age until you mentioned that you were in elementary school between 2005 and 2009. Now I just feel old.
As soon as I heard “PowerPC G4” I was just like
-nah
William Maiden I was the complete opposite haha, I love PowerPC Mac’s
I laughed at 256Mb of RAM or whatever it was
As soon as i heard "PowerPc G4" i was just like
-Oh hell yeah.
@@ossydog I have a weird addiction to powerpc computers
pabslondon: Exactly - especially when it’ll take *1GB RAM* on a standard PC memory chip that’s been around for ages... cheap. Why the hell didn’t they upgrade even that???
(From MacTracker): One memory slot for a single 184-pin PC-2700 DDR333 SDRAM (PC-3200 supported; however it will run at only 333 MHz). I mean, these things are dirt cheap.
No wonder it only lasted the family four (4) years. Shameful. 😪
Best use for a G4 mac mini is a media center. Install OSX 10.4 Tiger. Use a DVI -> HDMI cable to plug this into your TV set. Add your favorite movies to iTunes, and launch Front Row (one of the best ten-foot user interfaces). Then kick back with your infrared remote. Hint: If you lost the original IR remote that came with the mac mini, you can program a logitech harmony or similar universal remote to control Front Row.
Original G4 mini's don't have an IR port. Only Intel minis have that.
Bought 1 of these new for my parents who still didn’t have a home computer in 2005, which seemed crazy. Served their needs until 2011 when web browsing started getting glitchy due to being pre Intel. But their 2011 Mac Mini lasted twice as long, about to be replaced with a 2023 :D
growing up in the 90s i was completely accustomed to computers coming with crts, keyboards, mice, and speakers. since there was no youtube and the only exposure to serious pc hardware was through magazines and a family members refurbishing business i didn't really think that anyone bought computers without displays included unless they were buying a super specific computer or building a beast. when i saw the mac mini for the first time i saw the price and had to get one. the only reason i didn't get one was because it did not come with a monitor.
still this thing would be better used as an awesome itx hackintosh build.
Still have my first Mac and it still works. Mac mini 2005, G4 1,42 GHz CPU, 1 gb RAM, 80 gb hard disk and CD-ROM :) Big brother of your original Mac mini :)
Sweet, I just picked up a 2005 Mac Mini at an estate sale for free. It came with the original Apple Keyboard, Power Adapter and handful of adapters. Even got an old monitor that works perfectly with it.
I plugged it all in and it runs great. Now to either sell it or upgrade for the lolz.
What did you change into it ? Ram ssd and cpu?
I never saw this video when it came out in 2018, but I will say that I am still using my Mac Mini as it is one of the best computers you can have for a HTPC system. Add a remote control, a Bose wireless speaker system, up grade the memory and Hard Drive. get an external 4TB to put your movies, music, and media on. Hook it up to a projection screen.
I recently acquired a G4 Mac Mini. Mine is a 1.25 GHz model like yours, but it came with the maximum 1 GB of RAM, and I installed a 500 GB M.2 SSD dual-booting 10.4 Tiger and a modified version of Mac OS 9.
Tiger runs well on this machine, but Mac OS 9 boots and runs lightning-fast.
My most powerful official Mac OS 9 machine would probably be my faster Titanium PowerBook G4 (my Cube has a more powerful 32 MB GPU, but this TiBook has a faster 667 MHz CPU), but my most powerful unofficial Mac OS 9 machine is, by far, my Mac Mini. :D
The main problem with older computers is the browsers and the popular websites like Facebook, Amazon, RUclips etc which don't run with all their features on older browsers. The recent versions of all browsers can't be installed in very old computers.
Beyond that is not very difficult to find older software or games which can run perfectly on older computers.
As long your are satisfied with old office suites, old photo processing software and old games etc, why not using an old computer.
It's all about what you really need.
Dude looks like the most sincere kid in the class
I bought this same computer with a core 2 duo, upgraded to 4GB (3.3 usable) RAM, 2.0 Ghz Core 2, SSD. It runs Lion, and i plug it into a 24" Apple Cinema display (with adapter) and plopped it right on top of my stereo/record cabinet and burn all my CDs onto it and use it to play DVD's and watch Netflix. Works great still and holds all my FLAC/ripped music in a nice portable form factor. All in (minus monitor), 60 bucks.
I inherited this device from a former day job. I now occasionally use it to run old software that yields results I can still use for my work. The rest of the time it makes me happy by living on a bookshelf and looking elegant. :)
I have a 2009 Mac Mini with SSD, 8GB RAM, Sosdude Mojave hack and it still has a decent performance
Thanks for this! I bought this model when it first came out for my kids to use. My youngest is now a teen, and wants to create Marathon (by Bungie--yeah, _that_ Bungie) game files, and I told her we didn't have a Mac to run the apps on--but we do! I forgot we had this. Gotta pull it out and see if she can use it.
I like how you point at the monitor instead of putting the Mac mini where the camera can see it
I was recently given a late 2005 Apple PowerBook G4 15" Aluminum by a friend of mine. It's the 1.67GHz model, and was notorious for burning out one of the RAM sockets, leaving you with only 1GB of DDR RAM to use. Fortunately, the one I was given has survived over 14 years (!) of use without any problems; both RAM slots still work, so I'm still able to utilize the 2GB of DDR RAM. The battery and backlight for the keyboard both don't work, but it's still chugging along rather nicely.
If you have a 2009 and up mac mini, its very useable in 2018!
Run an ssd, 8gb ram, el cap osx, will run great, fast and smooth! 👍
You can turn it into a file server, movie server, run old software not supported on new hardware. You can put it in your kitchen to hold your cookbooks.
Here in Ireland, you can buy a Core 2 Duo Mac Mini for about €30, also the same price I paid for my 2008 Macbook Pro 15
Conor Diamond where?
I used a 2005 mac mini to use blender about 7 years ago and it ran well. Note it had a ram upgrade.
5:15 It probably didn't work because the Mac Mini likely used a DVI-Analog and your monitor likely uses DVI-Digital, and the cable you used probably wasn't a DVI-Interpolated cable.
THIS SETUP LOOKS SO GOOD
Luke Miani 2024 would upgrade the living daylights out of this little thing. I'd say that's worth a video now ;).
Fun to think that a 13 year old mac now, being a 2011 one, would still be incredibly usable.
My dad got a free one and it’s running on Yosemite lol I’m amazed I thought I was going to turn on a very old computer and was I surprised 🤩 he has a bigger ram. He has like a new Mac
the first Apple computer I owned was a late 2009 mac mini running macOS leopard. At present 2018, I own a late 2012 i7 mac mini. I hope Apple does not kill off the Mac mini as it is the only Apple computer I can afford to buy new. I want to upgrade to the next Mac mini but Apple has not updated their Mac mini since 2015 and it is now 2018. So, I will wait awhile to upgrade from my late 2012 mac mini to the mac mini update after there last update of the mac mini of 2015.
well your dreams are true
You get get the 2006 core solo mac minis for the same price and with a firmware update you can install 4 gb of ram a core 2 duo which total would cost about $60. Then you can hack mac os 10.11 onto them and you could have a decent computer for cheap
RetroX please send me a tutorial on how to hack 10.11 onto it. I’ve upgraded mine to core 2 duo and today tried to hack 10.12 onto it with macpostfactor and it wouldn’t install. Please tell me how🙏
Because of the Intel GEMA Graphiccard it will be impossible
the max they can go up to is 10.8 yes you can go higher but it wouldn’t have graphics exenteration so everything becomes choppy and unstable. the reason is beta 1 was supported the older macs but with beta 2 they dropped support for them so someone ported the KEXT files over. 10.9 had no support at all for the older macs so the GPU kexts are modded10.8 ones and don’t work all the time
plus you still need to upgrade the cpu in the 1,1 to a C2D and then flash it to make it think it’s a 2,1
It's a nightmare to do. I looked into it but couldn't be bothered.
2:45 'fingering.gif'... ?
I hope that first word was “fret.”
It seems that Luke has been a very naughty boy
Anyone know of a custom build inside the original housing?
Classic isn't an emulator, its a compatibility layer. If it were an emulator, like Virtual PC which emulates an x86 CPU, it would have to translate the x86 instructions into PowerPC native instructions. Classic is already written in PowerPC code.
i am not sure what you think what "classic" is, but it has never been anythign else but "written for PPC". at least since 1990.
Obineg: Exactly - that’s why it runs natively on PowerPC RISC processors which mainly run Mac OS X via compatibility layer.
While, I am a big fan of old and vintage apple computers because my first was bought in 1997, a 5400 model with a 200 Mhz 603e Power PC processor. About 5 years ago when, I decided to get a new desktop selected the 2010 mac mini (the last model with a DVD super-drive) and enjoy using it everyday.
the 2007 Mac mini (which I bought this year for about $50) is probably the oldest Mac mini you can use. Its higher end though, with a Core 2 duo, and 2GB of RAM and I upgraded it to a 240GB SSD. It runs Mac OSX 10.6.8 and is very quick. With an older version of chrome, plus office 2007 its a very usable machine for basic tasks like email, office work and you-tube playback, as long as 480p is all you are looking for.
This machine was much more powerful that you give it credit for. I was able to just about run and edit full 1080p on this thing back then. That being said, mine was a intel core 2 Duo 2007
I use this now only to watch my DVD's and music with the FrontRow media player with the MacMini remote control..
+1 completely agree on iMovie HD: now to get good gradent colors in a simple slideshow you have to get final cut pro X. However on that mac mini I would recommend the 1gb ram and SSD upgrade, this make this kind of machine useable for older softwares like quark Xpress or omnis applications never ported on higher versions, and also it can delightfully print on older printers. I still use several G4, G5 and ppc minis at work for specific tasks.
The problem that you can not get your monitor to work with DVIi is that as you can see on the back it has the 4 pins at the cross, this is your analog signal. and most modern DVI connection do not have the extra pins. so your mac display may still be only outputting an analog signal through the DVI port, and why you can get a signal with only VGA and not DVi.
For the longest time my dad was using a 2002 eMac. From 2002 all the way to 2010 with its original OS. Then in mid 2010, he bought a 2010 iMac (intel Core i3.) He still is using the iMac but it needs to be upgraded.
63rd and "it is a extremely cheap dvd player- if you still watch dvd's
lol if he has a spare 480p screen somewhere.
You can run a nice old iTunes setup from before 'iTunes' became a streaming cash cow for Apple (Apple Music), it's so much better for capturing music from any source and then organising it the way YOU ,not Apple, want to. I use 'Wiretap'.
I've just bought an eMac, same specs but 2go of ram and a crt of course! Great for retrogaming including dos and mame...
Nice to See some PPC Content.
My 17" 1.9 GHz iMac G5 died a Week ago with a GPU Failure...so my PPC Road Ends Here
PS: yep i am THErealROFLCOPTER from your subreddit..."Mac Buyer Genius"
For those that collect these Macs, like I do, these are worth it to start a collection with. I have the equivalent eMac with the same specs, but with a gigabyte of memory and it runs Tiger. I recommend upgrading the memory and upgrading to Tiger, you won’t regret it.
I got a 2009 Mac Mini with 2ghz duo core and 8GB RAM for £40 and it still performs well esp with a new SSD inside
When he said thay this PC saw his elementary school year I was like "dang this dude's young" and then I realized 2009 is nearly 10 years ago...
I've got the 1.42GHz/512MB/80GB variant of this machine and trying to figure out something cool to do with it 😎 10.3 may be a good option since it has the classic environment. It may be an easy "stepping stone" machine to intercede between my vintage Macs and modern Macs for transferring software.
Watching this on my 2011 mac mini...still runs great, don't game on pc.
Edit..its the 2.3 version..so yeah its 7 years old but it still actually WORKS, unlike any pc I have ever had.
a 2009 mac mini is a much better buy. $60-80 for c2d 2.2ghz with 9400m, it can handle everyday task like a champ
I have this same model. I maxed out the RAM and put a much larger & faster 7200rpm drive in it, and it makes an excellent iTunes server for my entire house thru Home Sharing. Every Mac in the house can see it and stream from it.
Okay you complain about the ports of the Mac Mini.... Latest MacBook. I rest my case
My 2010 Imac died and I don't have the money to fix it now.
I bought this so I have one working Mac for now.
$45.
Don't know if it is upgradeable or not but I can connect it to my 48 inch Sony Bravia and I am getting a small Apple display and Logitech solar keyboard.
Apple Mac Mini Desktop - A1103 Power PC 1GB RAM 40GB HDD OS X 10.3.7 M9686LL/A
iMovie HD is great.
That’s where I learned to edit. Our media teacher actually gave us a way to downgrade from new iMovie to it when I got my iMac in 2008
Would be a KILLER Hackintosh :D
about the only thing its really good for. throw an itx system in there, or even a gaming nuc.
Your Videos seriously inspire me. I originally wanted to do my RUclips Channel on Reviewing Products (Mostly Records, Cassettes, etc...) But i'm just on this weird path right now of uncertainty on where to steer my channel, considering i've been busy moving out and lacking content.
I want to say your reviews are always incredible, and the cinematic shots look professionally done. What camera do you use? :)
I have a Panasonic Lumix G7
Cheaper than the Raspberry Pi!!
MULTI Inc and far superior
MULTI Inc and has MacOS and a CD drive
Plug the Ethernet into an other Mac and enable internet/WiFi sharing over a LONG cable. I tried putting Linux on my MacBook some time ago and it’s a real pain in the tuchus to get it functioning specifically for a dualboot even with rEFIt. There’s an osOS called Elementary that is designed to resemble and function like OSX/macOS, but I haven’t checked it out yet.
I Always recommend 10.5.8 For Office 2008,
Leopard Webkit, modern iMovie and iWork
9:13 your wish for a space grey Mac mini came true!
The image shift to the right that you mentioned is because of the monitor. You needed to use the monitor's Auto Adjust button or menu setting to center the image!
Maybe you can upgrade this machine to the max possible! Good video! TKS!
I currently own a 2007 Model, maxed out, 4GB ram, 2.33 GHz T7600 SSD, new paste, and a nice clean up. It runs 10.8.4 blazing fast but anything newer is unusable. I bought a Late 2009 model and I am going to toss in my SSD and 8GB of ram from an old with doss laptop. Just spend the extra 50$, you will NOT regret it.
I still use a 2009 Mac Mini. It has Mountain Lion.
I have 4GB RAM and got it to recognise a 500GB SSD. Couldn’t get it to see 8GB RAM sadly.
2.66GHz Core 2 Duo.
Works fine driving two 1600x1200 monitors.
It’s good to be owned for nostalgia, the digital gods have been kind to Macs. I have not seen a working PC XT 8086 since the mid 1990s.
well
you definitely did not see Apple Service Source (service manual)
it does have mini-PCI slot for AirPort Extreme
only with mezzanine. but yeah it exists.
Cheezus prices on these old heaps have quintupled.
U have the same PC speakers as my teacher lol😂😂😂😂
From Brazil, Sorocaba, great work, nice videos, helped me a lot
Hey Luke great work as always. Just curious on what you would consider to be the best bang for your buck when it comes to buying a used macbook pro? 13" or 15" it doesnt matter. Maybe you could start a best bang for your buck series?
ah old Luke Miani videos. His little lisp and slightly higher-pitched voice haha! Good to see how far he's come in video quality and speaking ability.
Amiga OS AROS works fine on G4 mac mini too.
they make great music centres... itunes and external speakers, nice. I think these even had optical audio out, if I remember correctly??
Resolution has to do with graphics . If the GPu or the iGPu doesn’t support 1080p then it will scale to the biggest resolution available.
holy dust bunnies! I had been using my 2006 Core Duo as a DVD player until a few months ago when the drive mech started to crap out. It would work if I shook and bumped it while the DVD was loading. It works fine for playing media files using VLC and even NES emulation. Considering putting and SSD into it and maybe upgrading the processor to get a few more years out of it.
I still use dvds, but only for shows, and movies that are my absolute favorite. Other than that I stream.
Thank you very much for the information.
Elementary school wow i feel old!
My Oldest Mac is a Late 2006 MacBook! I'm typing on it right now.
>kid pix
*you had a cultured childhood*
Great video bro
Luke: $25 Mac Mini
Me: Oooo
Luke: PowerPC G4
Me: Never mind
i loved imovie hd. so simple and intuitive. the newer imovie didn't make sense to me.
Is there or will there be a video cleaning and possibly upgrading this guy? Maybe that would at least partially solve the overheating issues
after 13 years, its doubtful the cd/dvd drive still works
i still got my late 2009 mac-mini same looks.. intel core 2 duo 2.53GHZ...i did upgrade the mem from 4 to 8 gig i belive and added an SSD.. payed €1155 euro at the time.. i believe that's around $1300 to $1500 depending on the exchange rate at that time.
I even have one left still working witch is an overclocked G4 (soldering method) with 64mb of vram 1gb ram, and at the time it played WoW pretty good. the drive is and ide to M2 adapter with a 64gb M2 boot time is comparable to a current intel i7 box, I mostly use it for classic apps. And for browsing I use 10.4.1i safari or TenFourFox. For a long time this was my apache php postgresql web server. (ssd made a 1600% improvement on that) yearly open and removal of dust mandatory.
Wow. Very high quality video review. My first time watching you. Keep up the great work. I still have my old mac mini pro with out dvd. Its i7. Still use it here and there. Was worth it. However, not sure if i can say the samething for my mac g4 laptop. Can't even do youtube watching anymore. ;( maybe do another video for alternative os for older macs. Maybe a walkthrough or recommendations. !
Thats cool! I grew up using my moms PowerBook G4 17 inch.
You should attribute the display issues to the display, not the source. HDMI is a standard that many cheap monitors do not fully support even today. Umm, the 2005 mini DOES in fact have wifi but it's the slower 802.11 a/b.