2006
07.28
07.28
Okay… I just got one of those little Mac mini’s… the ones with the Intel chip inside…
It isn’t a replacement for my PowerBook. My primary personal computer has been an Apple laptop of some sort for over 10 years now and I’m not about to change…
I bought it for 2+ things…
- to run Windows at home (my poor little Thinkpad at work has finally run out of steam and is being replaced by a Dell desktop thing (actually, it has the same Intel chip as my mini (a Core Duo) — except it might be faster… and it has 2 monitors) so I won’t have that to bring home when I need to do work at home…))
- To play with the whole multi-media entertainment center idea… if I can get it to work with my tv…
- My mother is getting one to finally replace her 12 year old PowerMac 6100 so I thought it might be good to get basically the same thing in case she needs help. (And I already have too many laptops as it is so no MacBook — at least not until they get all the kinks out.)
So… first step is to set up Mac OS X on it the way I think is appropriate…
- There were 13 updates to the Apple software/OS… took a while (tonight) to download and install.
- Any bundled software will need to be updated (It came with Quicken 2006 — wish I hadn’t bought that a few months ago)
- Any software I want to copy over
- Assorted other stuff..
And then for work stuff…
- Need to get a copy of Windows XP Pro (I bought Parallels – the software that lets you run Windows inside of OS X and I also plan on trying BootCamp (which basically turns an Intel Mac into a Windows box))
- Need to install software I need for work related stuff on it (Visual Studio and Co. mainly… anything else I can Remote Desktop into work and access for the littel I need it.)
That’s it so far… I don’t think I need to document the steps so far…
And I really need to get a printer… hmm…
