DIY Mac mini Overclocking

mirko writes "So, you wanted a 1,42GHz Mac mini but either because of some distribution woes or because of your tight budget you could just get a 1,25GHz ? Don't worry : Leo Bodnar just found out how to overclock your machine. Of course, you'll have to open it prior to anything else but you already know how to do this."

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Mac Mini DVD Playback/Video Editing

[CoccaNut]

The school district that I work for has been looking for a sub $500 video editing and DVD playback solution (budgets are REALLY tight these days). How does the Mac Mini stack up (with and without overclocking it)?

Re:Mac Mini DVD Playback/Video Editing

[the_2nd_coming]

for a school district? it will do fine. I make home movies on my 1 GHz Powermac (upgraded from a Circa 2000 400 MHz Mac)

just need 512 MBs of Ram and your good to go for the kiddies to play with it.

Re:Mac Mini DVD Playback/Video Editing

[William_Lee]

IMO it doesn't. A Mac Mini with the necessary amount of RAM to actually function is going to run you around $600 for the slower model with the smaller hard drive. I'm assuming you also need keyboards and mice, and you should really upgrade to the superdrive and faster processor if you're planning on editing and burning dvds. All that will put you over $800 for the mini.

If you're constrained by budget, you can get much more PC horsepower and capabilities building homebrew Athlon 64 systems. If you're creative and can get good pricing, sub $500 is doable on an x86 based system that is going to be much more powerful for editing.

I am toying with getting a mini to play with OS X, but it is a tough sell once you price in everything else you actually need with it and look at what you're actually getting specwise.

Mac Mini sound with ALSA

[lspd]

Has anyone managed to get the sound on a Mac Mini working under Linux?