What would consider entry level? I use a Mac mini from 2012 (i7 with 8GB) every ...

geggam · on Dec 30, 2015

http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MGEM2LL/A...

Dont add any extras... its simply not usable on the net

Hardware

    1.4GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz)
    4GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
    500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
    Intel HD Graphics 5000
    User's Guide (English)
    Accessory Kit

dman · on Dec 30, 2015

Maybe you have a faulty unit or are driving a very high resolution display. Otherwise at first glance that seems powerful enough to browse the net.

hyperpape · on Dec 30, 2015

"The net" is a very varied place these days. It would be helpful to mention how many tabs you're using, the sites you're visiting, etc.

My work computer is a 3GHz i7 Mac Mini bought in early 2015, with 16GB ram, and I still have times when news sites freeze and won't scroll because someone has done something stupid when coding the site.

But my system uptime is 89 days and I get to the point where chrome shows a red bar because it hasn't been updated recently. There are a lot of irritating little bugs, but the only things that seem unstable are individual tabs and MyEclipse.

GFK_of_xmaspast · on Jan 1, 2016

The memory's a little low but yeah that's an otherwise fine machine.

TingPing · on Dec 30, 2015

Own one, can confirm that OSX is unusable on a 5400rpm drive. Replacing it with any SSD makes it decent.

condescendence · on Dec 30, 2015

Not usable on the net?? Shit this was close spec'd to my compiling machine a few years ago.

nextos · on Dec 30, 2015

I think the issue is usually really poor quality HD supplied by Apple on low end machines.

copperx · on Dec 30, 2015

It's slow, but not poor quality.