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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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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)
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On 2024-06-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On 2024-06-16 20:28, RonB wrote:
>> On 2024-06-16, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On 2024-06-16 18:14, Hunter wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:56:02 -0400
>>>> Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> 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.

-- 
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entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." 
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