Thread: My Mac-mini is dead again !!!

the motherboard was changed less than 6 months ago, this is the second time in less than 2 years

I am sure we can blame it on everybody else except apple

Apple, shit Chinese crap at European premium

I should have known better,

no moving parts on a motherboard, they dont normally die for no reason, maybe u have a bad power supply ... the new mac-minis look good....

Are you holding it in your left hand?

Not worth it now.

Better get a laptop PC. For a little more than a mini you get a Corei with blueray, etc etc and Windows 7. You can take it with you and when in the house you can plug in to a nice big screen.
Acer coming out with some nice Corei. Doesn't make sense to buy Apple at the moment. Especially now with Windows 7.

You have a small caliber rifle? Draw a big target on that shit.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

I am sure we can blame it on everybody else except apple

It's a pooves must-to-have item so I wont blame you.
Must learn not to bring it with you into the sauna though.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

Are you holding it in your left hand?

good question

Originally Posted by mc2

they dont normally die for no reason

right, does the iPhone 4 has any moving part ?

Originally Posted by mc2

maybe u have a bad power supply

it was UPS,

Originally Posted by chupacabra

Not worth it now

at the time it was the most elegant solution, but since DELL has come out with those mini and they look gorgeous

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by mc2

they dont normally die for no reason

right, does the iPhone 4 has any moving part ?

The speaker drivers on the iPhone 4 has moving parts.


I have had DELL and a Macbook, Dell is good value for money but the fan noise on my model (not a dell netbook tho) is driving me crazy One good thing about apple computers is that when the cpu is not under stress they are virtually silent.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by mc2

they dont normally die for no reason

right, does the iPhone 4 has any moving part ?

Originally Posted by mc2

maybe u have a bad power supply

it was UPS,

That just means battery backup. Did you have a surge protector?

UPS usually has surge protection built in, still, it could have been a fault with the power adapter...

His UPS most likely had surge protection.

You may be a victim of a "brownout". Or just shit Apple products.

Don't know about Dell, but had a great experience with an Acer Travelmate. 3+ years old and working like Day 1.

Originally Posted by mc2

UPS usually has surge protection built in, still, it could have been a fault with the power adapter...

I will take it to the apple shop again tomorrow, the gay staff was quite helpful last time

Go ahead if you want to take it in. But,

Keep in mind they maybe switching the hard drive and putting it in a refurbished unit, or giving you refurbished motherboards.

Also, DON'T let them convince you to buy a new one. A Mac Mini is not a smart buy considering the PC options nowadays.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by mc2

UPS usually has surge protection built in, still, it could have been a fault with the power adapter...

I will take it to the apple shop again tomorrow, the gay staff was quite helpful last time

Now I understand why you keep buying shit apple products, you just lurve going back to the service centre...

Originally Posted by chupacabra

A Mac Mini is not a smart buy considering the PC options nowadays.

i agree,
apple made a mistake by not including an i3 or i5 in the mini, instead choosing to use a core2duo... its going to turn a lot of people off

Originally Posted by chupacabra

Keep in mind they maybe switching the hard drive and putting it in a refurbished unit, or giving you refurbished motherboards.

I suspect that's what they did last time, it has been Apple official policy for quite a long time, that is to repair something with parts from other broken computers that have been fixed. So instead of fixing the issue, they replace it with a "fixed" MB so the components that carry the problem are still there, but they don't take the responsibility for it if it fails again

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• Intel® Core i5-430M® Processor (2.26GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 3MB L3 Cache)
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Half the price of a Macbook Pro. Go figure.

^ great specs and price

i notice its also got a numeric keypad -
the 15 or 17 inch macbook pros dont have this.

I hate ACER, overpriced IMO, they are the apple of the PC world

Originally Posted by chupacabra

Acer® Aspire AS5740G-6979 Notebook PC - Prices begin at $749.99

• 6-Cell Li-Ion Battery (4400 mAh), up to Four Hours Battery Life(1)

Half the price of a Macbook Pro. Go figure.

An Apple or a Sony will give you 6 to 7 hours REAL working time

Originally Posted by Butterfly

I hate ACER, overpriced IMO, they are the apple of the PC world

I thought you said Sony were the Apple of the PC world...?

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Butterfly

I hate ACER, overpriced IMO, they are the apple of the PC world

I thought you said Sony were the Apple of the PC world...?

Vaios do look pretty but they are overpriced.