11-17-2012, 02:33 PM
... she's got a 2002 model Quicksilver that I set up for her, it does everything she needs, BUT it's been giving her intermittent/consistent kernel panics (mostly when doing routine tasks, no apparent rhyme or reason). I've run DiskWarrior and Cocktail on it, as well as Apple Hardware Test, which says that everything is clean/OK.
I'm thinking at this point that, rather than trying to figure out what's wrong with it, just to replace (though if it's something simple, I might just fix it, since it otherwise works fine for what she uses it for). Any especially good deals on a Mini recently? Models to look for/avoid? (I could also maybe consider buying for myself, then giving her my old Mini... she doesn't care if she gets something used/refurbed, rather than new...)
I'm thinking at this point that, rather than trying to figure out what's wrong with it, just to replace (though if it's something simple, I might just fix it, since it otherwise works fine for what she uses it for). Any especially good deals on a Mini recently? Models to look for/avoid? (I could also maybe consider buying for myself, then giving her my old Mini... she doesn't care if she gets something used/refurbed, rather than new...)