Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.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: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 01:09:49 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 65 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: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 03:09:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d2690fe6f8d085c1368101b544fdc415"; logging-data="1068923"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19zY1kLNxY76qAPJb0tW20+" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:elG6neTBUtetnwHNIa31zCbQnbM= Bytes: 4430 On 2024-06-17, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > On 2024-06-17 5:04 p.m., RonB wrote: >> 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. > > I'm sure it would be lots faster with an SSD but I can't think of a good > reason to buy an SSD for it. I should be getting my laptop back this > week so that slow Mac Mini (and this laptop my wife uses) are enough to > keep me going. If I need a gaming fix, I just go on over to the Xbox > Series S and turn on Fallout 4. There's no real reason for me putting in all the SSDs in all the old computers I've bought either. I guess it's just a hobby. I do occasionally give away some of these computers... so there's that, I guess. At any rate I'm happy the Mac Mini has been made useful and has a new "life" with Linux Mint. -- [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