Hello everyone! I was looking at the cheap price of the Mac Mini... $600, that's all I've saved since I started working... :-P Anyways, I mainly just want it to become more familiar with it (I've got 3 Macs, but the best one is 80MHz with 40MB RAM, so...) and learn to program it, specially port the game I'm making to it... So, what are the differences between PC and Mac? Should I buy the Mac Mini now or wait another year and get something better? Thanks! ;-) -- Leo

hey Leo, Here's a few differences between Mac's and PC's: Macs are better for space-saving, they don't take up alot of space in a room (unlike PC's which have a million cables coming out of them) There is more choice software/hardware-wise when it comes to PC's, they're easy to upgrade and you don't need to send them to a special technician if you get a problem with it (unlike an iMac which needs a specialist to repair it) Macs look cooler, but don't be fooled.. you could build a PC for next to nothing thesedays, you could buy a motherboard, PSU, HDD, CD Drive, Floppy Drive, CD Drive and whack them in a sexy PC case. It's cheaper to build a PC yourself (about £150, maybe even less). Macs are great for media editing; editing videos/graphics, i use iMac's for using director, after effects, photoshop 5.5/CS2 and i reckon they're the best for this kind of work. With a PC, you can always upgrade it yourself.. just find the guide you need online, buy the part(s) you need, badda-bing badda-boom... piece of cake. With a mac you'll more than likely have to send it off to a mac specialist, which will cost something 99% of the time. Macs don't feel as 'cluttered' as PC's, they feel sleeker, more compact, cleaner.. and they've been designed well. The only sucky thing about the Mac Mini is the fact that you've gotta get ur hands on a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, any external drives or bits n bobs you need, and it's gonna cost you that little bit extra since all u'd be getting is the mac mini itself and nothing else with it. Like i said though, there is more support for PC's than there are for iMac's thesedays, so be wise when you're deciding what to buy! Let's put it this way, my iMac's lasted longer than my 2 PC's and my laptop... but i know that i can always fix the PC's myself... once my iMac dies, i'm screwed unless i've got cash to fix it. hope that helps, Greg.

Damn... I didn't know that! I don't get any more than $55 (£43) per month at that crappy restaurant I work at, so... no, I think I'll not get one... I'll wait until PearPC becomes better. :-P Thanks! ;-) -- Leo