Clearing up confusion about the Mac mini

I dunno anything... Is it possible to connect an Airport Extreme Card to the Mac Mini via an 'adaptor'/'bridge' - Either connected to the Mini or the ethernet of a Netger DG834G ADSL router, I saw a Belkin bridge that could but lost the URL. Any help PLEASE, as I can not take my Mini in as I live on an Island with NO Mac dealers. I will hardwire the netgear to the minimac so i can access all other periphs connected to an airport extreme iMac in another room (2xhd, 1x DL DVDRW (all Lacie) the Mini is just connected to a motu828 and Midiman Keyboard. Thanks for ANY help. Please email a URL? - turk00@spymac.com Peace.

Anybody know where I can get an extra power cord/brick for miniMac??? I lost mine during the move and all retailers seem to point me to a dead end or circular reference.

According to Apple this is not true. Opening the Mini WILL void your warranty. There is a very lively discussion about this here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13716128

Well I just installed 8A425 last night on my 1.25 GHz AlBook. Works great. It feels even more fluid and faster than Panther (I love how Apple's able to keep optimizing their OS!) And from checking System Profiler (which now actually shows even more information than before) ATI Mobility Radeon 9600: Chipset Model: ATY,RV350M10 Type: Display Bus: AGP VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x4e50 Revision ID: 0x0000 ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-117 Displays: Display: Type: Display Display Type: LCD Resolution: 1280 x 854 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported So, if this is true, then Core Image does work on this machine, even though this GPU isn't listed on the Apple Tiger page. Hope for the Mini maybe? I'm actually considering selling the PB and getting a Mini since I rarely use it as a portable anyway and the Mini is probably close to 9/10 of the computer the PB is, and I'd have some money left over too)

Topher, please keep your biased comments somewhat intelligent. If you have no idea what your talking about dont state anything at all. The Mac mini, (not minimac), doesnt come with 512, it comes with 256mb standard. It doesnt cost 400 dollars to upgrade the mac ram, it costs 2xx on the apple site but you can buy it anywhere for less than that.*If you're willing to install it yourself* Now, if you think they're overcharging for the Mac mini you are absolutely insane. I work in retail and know for a fact nothing will beat it for that price. Especially PC wise. For $499 in the PC world you get a worthless Celeron Processor with 256 mb of ram, an intel or sig graphics processor which sucks, and Windows XP. Dont forget you want to stay protected from virus's so stack up another 70 bucks for Norton Internet Security, and 30 more for Spy Sweeper, and then another 20 for ad aware. Lets see. How else do Mac user "pay such high prices". Can you find a good computer for the same price of a iMac? *time to guess* Wrong, you cant. Not if your looking for the convienience and great features of the iMac. Its 64-bit with the g5 processor in it and its all in that one unit. I dont think you'll find many 64-bit processors with a great LCD screen for under 1200. Without getting a waste of matter eMachine or Dell. The entire Apple line of computers beats out the PC's in almost all cases. The iMac is excellent, the Powerbooks, iBooks, Powermacs, and even eMacs, are all great machines. With Mac keeping their OS to themselves and building their own hardware, its a great thing. You dont have Bullsh*t companys making el Cheepo computers for 300 dollars and saying how excelent it is. If your poor, sucks for you, save up a couple hundred bucks more and buy a Mac. Unless of course you think Dell is awesome and would rather get one of those. Good luck with that though, seeing as Dells Blow, and blow hard.

I can't believe Mac fans WILLINGLY pay what Apple charges. I find it completely idiotic that Macheads will very easily pay $400+ for a 1 GB UPGRADE in ram for the minimac. You are being doubly screwed! The minimac COMES with 512 MB of RAM, so for you to "upgrade" a mere 512 more, youre paying over 400 dollars for it? That is totally insane. And that doesnt mean youre getting 1.5 GB of ram, youre essentially buying only 512, and paying out of the nose for it. The absolute most EXPENSIVE stick of 512 I can find [Corsair XMS DDR333(PC2700)] is not even $170, and is perfectly compatible. I feel sorry for Mac users sometimes. I'm honestly not trying to start a flamewar here. I am a PC user at home and a Mac user at work. The whole Mac/PC debate is pointless. I just can't understand why Mac users have put up with the prices for so long.

I assume this will work? $144 - Kingston 1GB PC2700 DDR Single Module Outpost #:3325732 Single module 1GB PC2700 (DDR333). CAS2.5, 184 Pin DIMM IBM/MAC desktop compatible.

I'm planning to put my macmini inside a sculpture. I'd rather not have the power button accessible. I know I can power down properly with my keyboard. Anyone know of a way I can power up the macmini remotely too?

Return the keyboard after you do the job.

Headless?? Argh.. Not so headless on the first boot. I just got the Mini, hoping to use it as a small UNIX server. Now it seems the welcome screen wont go away until I hook up a keyboard... and a USB Keyboard, I don't have. Frustrating... need to get a extra keyboard just for setting it up. Any way to get around this?