Global Reset

I bought into the craze! I ordered my Mac Mini! I’m soooo crazy!

I got the 1.42Ghz model, with 80GB hard drive and Superdrive. That includes OSX 10.4 Tiger, of course. Ended up buying it from MacMall only because they don’t charge tax (>$60 at Apple!) and they have reasonable shipping with 2-day air only about $20. I skipped the RAM upgrade after I saw that NewEgg has a sufficient 1GB upgrade for only $89.99.

My plan right now is to actually use this as a full-blown desktop replacement. I’ll give it a shot for a few months, see how I like it. If it doesn’t live up to expectations, it gets moved down to the home entertainment center and becomes a MythTV front-end. Much the same way Erik is using his. Though, it seems he intended his to be a HTPC, he’s been moving more and more of his desktop activities to it… In just the opposite path I’ve outlined. We’ll probably both end up at the same spot, somewhere in the middle. Never giving up our beloved/familiar winxp, but relying on our mac mini for our quirkier computing needs.