Is this Mac Mini useful for anything?

[silvarios]

Wailer wrote:
Not great for a file server. No gigabit. Expensive PATA 2.5" drives. These older mac minis consume probably 30 watts idle vs 15 watts for the new HDMI mac minis.

Depends on the type of files your are serving. Most will be smaller than video and as you noted…

Wailer wrote:
However, you can stream almost anything over 100BT though. I stream 720p from a Pismo (with your old drive!) with no problem.

Older Macs can serve videos from iTunes to other clients just fine.


Nathan