Thanks, Bob. I forgot about the mini. I bought my Mom and Dad a mac mini.
It seemed every year to 18 months my Mom would destroy a PC and get a new one. That meant a number of keyboards and monitors taking up space.
Wulkowicz really points out the beauty of this economical unit; you can recycle part of yor PC scrap pile (we all have them)
mac mini , is a concept where if you have the monitor and keyboard and mouse, the mini is just the processor and ports. It is in every other way a full-blown mac, no two ways about it, it has the Intel duo-core processor (for running Windows OR the Mac OS, even simultaneously), it has the superdrive (burns CDs and DVDs), you can fill it up with RAM like Wulkowicz did and it's
smaller than an average textbook. It stows up on the shelf like a book, out of the way, even out of sight all together with just your keyboard and mouse USB'd to it.
For my Mom's I added Photoshop Elements. That's all. When I go visit I schlepp the external harddrive, I plug in and I've got an image library, all my video, Photoshop, and the internet--- all the things I need to stay in touch with you guys. $550. I couldn't resist. I make silly videos with the rellys, shoot them, edit them, burn them to DVD in one session, great fun.
It is so worth it, in my opinion. Frees up money to get the laptop you want
and you know
which laptop
you
want.....