I would like to keep it, and pass it along to my son now. I am looking at the new iMac 24 inch all-in-one computers. It looks to be a slick machine, a pinch faster than my mini with much better graphics and to me, even better, a much larger viewing area. My tired eyes could use it. The beauty of the iMac 24 is that it too can be mounted on a VESA arm (with a mounting kit). It will fit perfectly into my small office space right where I have the monitor for my mini now.
The iMac has built in web cam, core 2 duo processors, can hold up to 4GB of ram... I am ordering the base version and will purchase my own RAM (4 GB on newegg.com) and I might also purchase a 700+ GB hard drive. Not sure yet. Maybe just get a 500, or maybe leave it be and use my current external drive with it.
It should be a computer I can use for a few more years.
My current computer's specs:
Mac mini
2.33 core 2 duo
160 GB SATA (2.5") Internal
500 GB Firewire (3.5") External
2 GB RAM
64 MB VRAM (Shared) Intel Video
21.5 inch Dell flatscreen monitor w/hubs
The iMac would top it out a little, mostly in video processing because it has a card that supports more graphic operations with 256 MB of dedicated VRAM. It also has a standard sized hard drive with SATA 2 I believe, whereas the Mini really functions at SATA 1 speed.
But a 24" monitor will be very very nice indeed. :)
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