Did some upgrading at Christmas. My mother has been using a 2006 Mac Mini since 2006. I bought it new , used it for 2 moths then upgraded her to this old computer I wasn’t using anymore. Last Christmas I tried to do the Same with a Mini I bought in October. Unfortunately she didn’t like 10.8 so I brought the new Mini home with me. This I brought out a Macbook and a newer Mini that would still run 10.6.8. She’s 85 so hopefully 10.6.8 will still be usable enough long enough.
So I now have her old Mini. She said it had started locking up 3 or 4 times a day and took 10 minutes to restart. Not sure if that was correct as she was having some problems with her monitor which I replaced. When I got it home I cleaned it out, maxed the RAM and installed a larger hard drive with a new operating system.
Not sure what to do with it but I wanted to make sure it’s reliable. For a simple test I’ve had it playing 1080p video in a loop all day. Maybe I’ll try it at rendering some video. Not sure what else to try for a test.
So I now have her old Mini. She said it had started locking up 3 or 4 times a day and took 10 minutes to restart. Not sure if that was correct as she was having some problems with her monitor which I replaced. When I got it home I cleaned it out, maxed the RAM and installed a larger hard drive with a new operating system.
Not sure what to do with it but I wanted to make sure it’s reliable. For a simple test I’ve had it playing 1080p video in a loop all day. Maybe I’ll try it at rendering some video. Not sure what else to try for a test.
