Other uses for this Mac Mini would be limited to applications that do not require large amounts of RAM, as it is max'd out at 2GB. For this purpose this Mac Mini is perfectly adequate. The movies are streamed from an external firewire hard drive attached to the Mac Mini to the Roku Plex channel. mp4 movies that organizes (manually) your movies much the way iTunes organizes music files. Plex is an app and a Roku channel that allows you to manage and play your. I bought this 7 year old Mac Mini for only one purpose: to act as a Plex Media server. This Mac Mini is Great For Limited Use-Email, Web Surfing, iTunes, MS Word

So, the Mac mini has been a great solution to a 'not so typical' need. Next, the bluetooth keyboard & mouse work well, for most of the same reasons that the mini works.įinally, when we are not traveling we can simply unplug the little desktop and take it into the house and have a nice desktop for the kids. I have found that the integrated Airport wireless is great for getting connected when we are in campgrounds with available WiFi. The 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor works well for the small footprint that the desktop takes up. I use Front Row with the free media center plugin, 'Sapphire'.

The mini plugs into a 21' wall mounted LCD, therefore, a smaller attached LCD, on a laptop is less than useful.Īlso, the Mac mini remote makes it nice to control the OSX 'Front Row' application. I have found that laptop PCs & Macbooks, because of their integrated screens, are not as easy, as the mini, to use as a media center/workstation in an RV. It fits easily on the smaller depth shelves that are necessary in the confined quarters of a camper. Make a nifty house in minutes out of an Annie’s or Kraft-type boxĬreative - make your house into anything you can imagineįair warning, dried cheese packet - Mac&Cheese House may be the new best part of macaroni & cheese from a box.The size of the Mac mini makes it useful for traveling and camping in an RV or camper. And there are so many different things you can do with your house! See my post on coloring brown paper. They go together inside-out so there’s a beautiful plain brown surface you can decorate or leave natural. And really, these boxes do make just the best little houses!

My favorite little trick in this design is the built-in tape flaps that make the house so easy to put together. So I started playing around, and the Mac & Cheese House was born. For years I had been tossing these boxes into the recycle bin, always thinking there must be some fun use for them. This was the discovery that launched Right Now Crafts! It’s an easy way to turn an empty Annie’s-type mac and cheese box into an awesome little house.

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