Seems ideal for more visually/artistically oriented work, such as video(though maybe a bit slow, now at least) & photo editing, music creation, etc. Load up the "keyboard" with labelled macros/shortcuts & maybe adjustment sliders, notes, and just normal often used things like music controls.
I bought the most basic version of this machine in 2008. I still have it and it works, but it looks like the graphics card is going bad as lines through the display are constant. Back then when you bought a machine like this you got leather-like bound manuals and some nice presentation- not like the Costco computers of today where you get a box with some foam and a two page quick start guide.
Good video. Why aren't you running OS X 10.6.8 on your Mac Mini, it has BootCamp built in? I ran Windows XP on my former 2006 Mac Book Pro. Apple still has Boot Camp - Windows XP Drivers Update 2.1 on it's website.
Just wanted to say a big thanks for this video! I bought a Mid-2007 Mac Mini 2,1 to run some old film scanning hardware and Tiger should have worked but wasn't. I decided to look into this as an option and your video allowed me to install Bootcamp 1.4 Beta, and now it's all running great! Thanks so much :)
People are too quick to recap everything. Only recap obviously bulging and leaking caps. These looked fine. Wasted effort. You probably just had a cracked solder joint. This machine has no hard drive and should be silent. The sound was clearly coming from the floppy drive which should have been looked at first. Running it without the anode connected was a seriously bad move that might have wrecked the fly back transformer. The fact that the screen was completely black indicates an issue with the CRT yoke connector. Did you even check it?
Capacitors don't last forever, no wasted effort in replacing them. You are correct however, the issue was a cracked solder joint. That sound was the floppy drive, as I mentioned twice within the first 90 seconds of the video. Running it without the anode connected did not damage anything, although it probably wasn't a good idea. The fact that the screen was completely black indicates nothing in particular. It works fine now with the cracked solder joint fixed. Thanks for your concern.
@@matthewscomputers sorry I didn’t mean to berate you I’m just tired of people immediately recapping entire boards just to be surprised that it doesn’t fix it. Yes, some caps should be replaced, but not all. It depends on the construction and the quality. The caps in these machines are high quality. It’s the cheap surface mount electrolytics from the 90s that are usually the issue.
I have the version that came out before that one. How did you come across this version? I'd rather have the one you found instead of its predecessor I have since the eink part seems perfect for me and I have plenty wacom. The halo keyboard of the one I have is great but really limited
I have one of these I upgraded the cpu and ram plus hard drive etc still have it. I also upgraded the cd/dvd drive i think got it June 2006 then they brought out newer model in the August of the same year. But mine was just as fast I also upgraded the firmware. It worked great but today it’s not much use.
My high school had the computer lab filled with these. You would just press Command+Shift+Enter (or something like that) and that was how you switched between Mac and Win.
If i recall power off didn’t work. Later there was a way to pass via poweroff It was had to be with physical poweroff Your pc is ready to be powered off
