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I'm a PC guy, always have been. I hate Windoze.
The MAC is now very attractive to me, but I have issues.
I need to run Windoze XP for my work, as I need to see client websites, and how they display, in XP.
I also always build my own PCs, upgrade hardware, etc.
Questions:
1) I understand that the mini comes with OS-X and will allow me to run Windoze XP (with added software). True?
2) Can I upgrade memory, drives etc myself?
3) Is the 512 memory sufficient on the mini?
--BK
mini Mac OS X (10.4)
mini Mac OS X (10.4)

Hi,
1) You've got 2 options for running Windows XP on an Intel Mac Mini. First is the Boot camp software from Apple (currently in Beta) that allows you to dual boot the mini and use either OSX or XP. For more info check out the discussion group (http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1165)
The other option is to use Parallels (http://www.parallels.com/) to run a virtual Windows XP machine from within OSX. This has the advantage of not having to reboot the mini to switch between each OS.
2) You can upgrade the memory, hard drive, optical drive and even the CPU yourself but doing so will void your warranty. The memory and hard drive are standard laptop sizes, and so is the optical drive but I believe that only certain optical drives are supported by OSX. Upgrading the CPU is not for the faint hearted but doing a Google search should find some pages about what is possible and what to expect from doing this.
3) The mini will run with 512MB of memory but opening more than 1 application, running apps under Rosetta (non-intel compiled apps) or running Parallels (see point 1) will cause some speed issues. Running Windows XP on a 512MB mini from Boot camp and you will get the same performance as a normal PC with 512MB memory.
The best option is to go for 2GB of memory and everything will run very sweet, but 1GB is also fine as long as you don't try to open every app at once :-D
Mac Mini 1.6 Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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