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I do love my old mac but it's heading toward 6 years old still running Leopard~I checked with local mac store and they said it was considered "vintage" [late 2006 intel core-duo "vintage"] and not worth upgrading...and all I was interested in was a larger HD & more RAM hoping to upgrade to Snow Leopard which is the highest I can go on this unit anyhow. I've thought about tackling the job myself, I've got into PCs and successfully replaced power supply and RAM upgrades but that's fairly idiot-proof compared to cracking open one of these sardine cans.
So I'm considering replacing with a PC running a Linux distro dual booting with Win7~~actually might get my oldest son a newer PC and use his older one (currently running XP) and run Linux/XP on that eventually even dropping XP as it dies out.
Biggest issue is cost of course though a refurbished mini usually runs around $519~did I say I love my mini?--[never let me down in all these years, the OS crashed once because of crap software I tried to use, restart holding "C" and all good]. The other two computers can easily take care of whatever "software" needs to be run; mine only needs to access net, email, and word processing~yup that's it.
So should I just get a new mini and be done with it or move on to linux world? The mac has certainly spoiled me regarding computers; should I expect continued success and another 6 years of good service from a new one? I do like exploring and using new linux distros; could dual boot a new mini with linux though I guess?:
Specs on current refurbished mini:
Might not sound like "much" compared to a $600 desktop at the local computer store, but then it does run OS X...I dunno....
Just looking for some advice
So I'm considering replacing with a PC running a Linux distro dual booting with Win7~~actually might get my oldest son a newer PC and use his older one (currently running XP) and run Linux/XP on that eventually even dropping XP as it dies out.
Biggest issue is cost of course though a refurbished mini usually runs around $519~did I say I love my mini?--[never let me down in all these years, the OS crashed once because of crap software I tried to use, restart holding "C" and all good]. The other two computers can easily take care of whatever "software" needs to be run; mine only needs to access net, email, and word processing~yup that's it.
So should I just get a new mini and be done with it or move on to linux world? The mac has certainly spoiled me regarding computers; should I expect continued success and another 6 years of good service from a new one? I do like exploring and using new linux distros; could dual boot a new mini with linux though I guess?:
Specs on current refurbished mini:
Refurbished Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
2GB memory

500GB hard drive

Thunderbolt port with support for up to 2560-by-1600 resolution
HDMI port with support for up to 1920-by-1200 resolution
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Refurbished Mac Computers - Refurbished Notebooks & Desktop Computers - Apple Store (U.S.)
Might not sound like "much" compared to a $600 desktop at the local computer store, but then it does run OS X...I dunno....
Just looking for some advice