[bentley]

Hi,
After owning a powerbook titanium I have decided to upgrade to mac mini.
Now the big question, I used my old mac for maya ple 7, and I was wondering whether I should wait until the intel mac mini's come out and run maya under rosetta or wait until the intel mac minis come out and buy a second hand mac mini.
Thanks Bentley

[GladToBeHere]

Not the most helpful response, probably, but I made the same upgrade. The mini is cool for what I ask it to do (very, very basic stuff), but I find it is a tad too basic sometimes. I haven't maxed out the RAM, but it's still a very basic machine. Not sure about Maya specifically. I think about this issue more about timeframe because of Steve's announcement that the all-Intel transition will be complete this year.

For me, I'd wait a bit. The single core Intel chips may not be as good as the duos, but they will likely smoke the G4s... Also, the graphics cards seem to be more pumped up on the newer Intels.

[Chinney]

Something better should be around soon in the Mini - Intel or not. I'd wait.

[Wyatt]

Originally Posted by Chinney Something better should be around soon in the Mini - Intel or not. I'd wait.

I agree. I think the mini will get upgraded at the same time the iBook gets replaced by a Mac Book model. However, I'll lean on the old "buy it now if you need it, wait if you don't" mantra. If you need something now for basic computing, the mini is a very capable machine. If you are willing to wait for a few months (2-3), you might find a great update available. Also, if you're not impressed with the updated model, I'd expect Apple to leave the PPC version available after the Intel version is released, kind of like they did with the PowerBook/Mac Book Pro.

[bentley]

Thanks for the help everyone,
I think ill just wait for a few months and then see what happens.
I will just have to use my pc until then.
Bentley:smokey: