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Looking for a "small" desktop the primary function is photo editing.

I've found the Mac mini, honestly I loathe Apple and some of the photo people have given up on Apple and gone back to PC's

My thing is I'm looking for something that doesn't eat up a lot of space.

Any suggestions?

You're welcome.

Are you averse to building your own? It's not terribly tricky, and you can get whatever size case you want. Check tiger direct or newegg.

calamari kid wrote:Are you averse to building your own? It's not terribly tricky, and you can get whatever size case you want. Check tiger direct or newegg.

What he said. You don't even have to build yourself. Any proper computer store, the kind that caters to small businesses and the like, should assemble you something workable in whatever size and shape you desire, at a very reasonable price. Over here, most doctors use PCs, and they tend to favor the small boxes, see them all the time, it's not a rare thing (if that's what someone will try to tell you), and most of the desktop boxes of the old design are mostly empty space these days. I've seen HP branded mini boxes like that.
And if a small box with separate screen and all is still too big...HP and Acer make iMac style PCs, all built into the screen housing and all that.

If you're looking into building your own and want some small form factor type stuff I've had good luck with Shuttle for their case/motherboard/power supply packages.

Something along these lines:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6856101124

/RM

Shuttle does pre-built too. We've got them in some of the offices we support. http://us.shuttle.com/Home.aspx

I love my Mac as hardware, just don't EVER use the iPhoto cause it does not allow to do any more than they want you to do. For me Adobe all the way, Wifey on the other hand has embraced all Mac software since it's so simple to use. It was hard to convince her to try an iPhone, now it's her best friend...

thanks for the info, I like the shuttle stuff. May take a stab at the DIY kits.....

i've had shuttle sff's for years. i love them. the only problem i've had with them is that the internal cable routing is fiddly and getting at anything internal requires that you take out the drive cage. but they're tiny, and unless you're dogging the proc, they're quiet. They have heat controlled fans, and you can dink with the bios to under (or over) clock it.

they build quality and fit are very high, which makes it less frustrating than some of the other sff manufacturers, who can't seem to make tolerances any better than a tenth of an inch or so, which makes putting it together an unhappy experience. one tip - do put it together on a very flat surface, to keep the case from racking.

+1 on Adobe, or in the case you have some moral issue with pirating it check out GIMP (freeware).

/RM