[MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini!

[MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini!

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2011-11-26, 19:18 (This post was last modified: 2011-11-26, 19:22 by hyerstay.)

I currently have a pair of ATV2 units, and was streaming from a NAS with 2TB of storage. However, Irene killed my stereo and my NAS. One ATV2 was underwater and survived, and my drives survived, but the data was unrecoverable. So all the time I spent ripping all my DVDs was wasted, and I will have to do it again.

I've been in the market for a new Mac for a while, and since I have to re-rip everything, that influenced my decision on a Mini. I was considering the top consumer model with the nice graphics card and support for more frame rates, but I decided that the server model was the best value. I paid the extra $100 and got the 2.0 Quad Core with 2 x 750GB drives. For me, the extra storage was cheaper to add on the server model, and I wouldn't have to pay for a drive kit for two drives, which I would have had to do if I got the single drive consumer model and added a second drive later. The quad core will make a difference for Handbrake, and I've got a lot of re-ripping to go.

I thought a lot about the frame rate options for blu-ray rips, but I don't think my TV does 24p anyway, so I could live with the internal graphics. However, I found a solution should I ever want support for ALL possible video frame rates, and this would work for any Thunderbolt Mac.

$299 - Blackmagic Intensity Extreme:

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/

$995 - Blackmagic UltraStudio 3D:

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/product...astudio3d/

I could add either of those units in the future and support every frame rate, plus a bunch of editing related stuff if I ever need it for the video stuff I am doing with my GoPro (mostly sailboat racing video). The UltraStudio even has a breakout box for audio in and out with XLR, so I could hook up my studio monitors with a nice connection.

There will be other solutions in the future with PCIe Thunderbolt enclosures coming from Sonnet and others, so you could throw in any video card:

http://sonnettech.com/product/thunderbolt/index.html

I'm very happy with my Mac Mini Server, and I will probably use it as the AFP server my my AppleTVs with a four bay RAID that I am putting 4x2TB drives in. I almost bought a Promise Pegasus RAID, but I found some good-priced drives to match my existing 2TB drives. The Thai flooding HD prices are really making those Promise Pegasus RAIDS look like really good values.

Cheers,

jason

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[MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini! - by Korey - 2011-07-20, 15:55

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Summing it up - by user888 - 2011-07-26, 08:37

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Blocking artifacts with HW decoding on HD3000 - by morberg - 2011-08-05, 08:39

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Summary ? - by shaulch - 2011-08-26, 11:43

[No subject] - by Ned Scott - 2011-08-26, 14:18

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I bought my Mac Mini 2011 Base model - by cakeove - 2011-08-28, 22:18

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I think it does.... - by ashand - 2011-09-04, 13:37

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[No subject] - by Ned Scott - 2011-09-04, 22:49

24hrz, 30 hrz, 60 hrz (NTSC) - by santosmarco - 2011-09-04, 22:51

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I'm coming home... - by ix400 - 2011-10-03, 18:54

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Little problems... - by ix400 - 2011-10-07, 20:43

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[No subject] - by schwarzmuller - 2012-02-03, 22:11

what kind of issues are you talking about? - by prophetizer - 2012-02-03, 23:29

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RE: - by davilla - 2012-04-17, 01:22

[No subject] - by activate - 2012-02-09, 10:16

RE: [MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini! - by gizmotoy - 2012-03-19, 03:21

RE: [MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini! - by MrOCM - 2012-05-10, 15:52

RE: [MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini! - by SushiMo - 2012-04-17, 00:17

RE: [MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini! - by henrikyo - 2012-05-01, 18:49

RE: [MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini! - by ix400 - 2012-05-01, 19:01

RE: [MAC] New Thunderbolt Mac Mini! - by Torroa - 2012-05-11, 21:39