Path: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Saved my mom's 2012 Mac Mini from the dump with Linux Mint 21.3 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 21:04:28 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <20240616171407.47679d9f@big-rig> <1fZbO.24869$Cqra.8618@fx10.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:04:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="89ddb3d2384102a7ee94602178a9a466"; logging-data="974773"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX191FoMzXVGYg8ItbyOKox3H" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NTfFYVaxLftRBXQyntfd1vmIdvQ= Bytes: 3508 On 2024-06-17, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > On 2024-06-16 20:28, RonB wrote: >> On 2024-06-16, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>> On 2024-06-16 18:14, Hunter wrote: >>>> On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:56:02 -0400 >>>> Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>> >>>>> Just finished installing it. It took an enormous amount of time as a >>>>> result of the slow HD on the machine and the fact that USB ports on >>>>> this thing don't support anything faster than USB 2.0. Still, it's >>>>> done. It's a usable computer again. >>>> >>>> Great. Linux breathes life into old machines, but for extremely >>>> low spec ones I prefer to have something like AntiX (mainly because >>>> of the low memory footprint). >>> >>> It's not going to be a daily machine, so I don't really mind if it's a >>> little slower than it can be. It's clearly not very fast by today's >>> standards, but it does the job as it is. >> >> Used SSDs are so inexpensive now that I can't imagine using hard drives for >> anything but backup — even on old machines. > > I don't have the screwdrivers needed to open up the Mac Mini anyway. > Besides, I doubt the machine is worth the few dollars I'd pay to put an > SSD in there anyway. It works as a backup machine. In fact, I'm using it > right now as I wait for my laptop to return from Geek Squad (no idea > when that will be). So it's your mom's Mac Mini that has found a use? (I hadn't been following the thread that close. Sorry.) I'm happy to see it up and running. I sometimes skim the posts too much. Replacing the main hard drive and adding memory is not hard on the Mac Mini. Installing a second SSD requires removing the whole motherboard — still not too bad. But you're right, I believe you need a small "star" screwdriver set. I hadn't booted up my Mac Mini in a while. So you reminded me... it needed a few updates for Monterey. Off again now. With an SSD and 16 GBs of RAM it's not that slow (either with Linux Mint or with Montery). Dual core, but with 4 threads (I think yours is also the 2012 version). Sorry for rambling. I'm happy to see the old computer is back up and running. -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine