Upgrading Mac question

[Guest8792]

Since I don't know 2 shits about hardware and stuff, how much do you think it'll put me in the whole to upgrade my aging Mac Mini?

The main things I want to upgrade are:
- Hard drive [possibly to 120 gb]
- Processor [2.8 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo]
- Graphics card [Some ATI Radeon or whatever]
- Ram [3GB]

I don't know if this matters, but I currently have:
- Hard drive (80 gb)
- Processor (1.8 Intel Core Duo)
- Graphics card (Lol wut?)
- Ram (1 GB)

Well... I'm just basically asking would it be cheaper to get my Mac upgraded or would it be cheaper to do a trade in?

[Lasergates]

If you are worried about cost why did you buy a mac in the first place?

[Guest8792]

At 11/7/09 12:21 AM, Lasergates wrote: If you are worried about cost why did you buy a mac in the first place?

I don't know for sure, but I think I just got pwn'd :(

[RiuTenshin]

At 11/7/09 12:22 AM, Guest8792 wrote:

At 11/7/09 12:21 AM, Lasergates wrote: If you are worried about cost why did you buy a mac in the first place?

I don't know for sure, but I think I just got pwn'd :(

PC Upgrades > Mac Upgrades.
In performance and price.

[MercatorMap]

At 11/7/09 01:07 AM, RiuTenshin wrote:

At 11/7/09 12:22 AM, Guest8792 wrote:

At 11/7/09 12:21 AM, Lasergates wrote: If you are worried about cost why did you buy a mac in the first place?

I don't know for sure, but I think I just got pwn'd :(

PC Upgrades > Mac Upgrades.
In performance and price.

If you think that upgrading a PC will always be more expensive than upgrading a mac, then you are a silly person.

[Samen]

Is it even possible to upgrade a Mac Mini? Those things are like cube shaped laptops.

[Leidolfr]

At 11/7/09 12:18 AM, Guest8792 wrote: upgrade my aging Mac Mini?

steps:

1 - Smash it with your cock
2 - Throw it in the trash
3 - Light trash on fire
4 - take burnt trash remains and throw them in the ocean
5 - buy a PC, G, word....

[liaaaam]

It would be difficult to upgrade your Mac since it's quite an old computer, and you'd benefit a lot from buying a new one. I'm not a mac fan so I don't know how much that's gonna cost (I just know they're way expensive/over priced).

Maybe you should consider Windows 7, my friend (a Mac/PC user in that order) recently installed it on her PC and says it does everything Macs did better than Windows but without any of the annoying Mac traits. I also love Windows 7, it's very sleek.. my point being though that you can get the PC you described for 1/3rd of the price you'd pay for a mac of that spec.

Either way I suggest selling your Mac (or giving it away, or using it as an alternate computer in a different room, etc) and purchasing a new computer.

[robin1232]

At 11/7/09 12:18 AM, Guest8792 wrote: - Processor [2.8 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo]
- Graphics card [Some ATI Radeon or whatever]

not sure if you can upgrade your graphics card, but Im pretty sure you cant upgrade the processor, just buy a new mac

[Polonium]

[...] just buy a new mac

worst advice ever given