It might be time for an upgrade. How are you able to navigate the rest of the web?
Give him a break, up until last week he was pulling on to the information superhighway with a Smith-Corona typewriter!
I'm just now breaking this baby in. I found a rubbermaid container just a little bigger than the mini I use as a positive pressure chamber. I put the mini in the container, cut a hole in the lid of the container, mounted two computer CPU fans blowing downward to the underside of the lid, and a rectangle 4 inch by 8 inch automotive air filter on top of the lid. I cut a 1 inch diameter hole on the side, through which all the cables run. So air is pulled through the filter, and blown down on top of the mini. The only escape hole is on the side where I have a little bit of string that waves around and shows me air is blowing out. Mini has stayed 99.999% dust and hair free for over a decade :)
Impressive engineering but odd.
I spent most all of the DOS and Windows 3.x days hand building my own PCs and can't tell you how many times I'd open a computer case and it's like someone emptied a vacuum bag in there. So back in 2011 I decided A) I'd get a mac instead of a dell Windows machine; and B) I'd make a dustproof case for it since it was so small, any dust buildup at all would be too much.
The mini and the case I made for it have been working like champs flawlessly. There are some apps, however, that have started to complain since my OS is out of date and can't be updated any further. I know I'll need to update, but every year I put it off means when I do get a new one, it'll be that much better. Maybe in I can pencil it in for 2026.
(post is archived)