My brother is a full-time eBay seller, and is planning to buy a Mac mini to replace his PC. He should be able to do most of his work, but his auction scheduling software (Auctiva) is PC-only. I'm trying to find out if there is an equivalent Mac program to handle this, or if there is a web-based service. He's written software to handle most of the auction creation, checkout & management himself, so he's not looking for a comprehensive solution. Any suggestions? Thanks.
posted on January 22, 2005 08:20:45 PM new
Most all of the ONLINE auction services work just fine with a Mac;
Vendio
Marketworks
eBays SMPRO
Sparedollar
and many others.
If you want an OFFLINE program, I can't help. I know there are a few of them in existence, but I've never heard of one that really gets people excited.
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posted on January 22, 2005 08:42:10 PM new
Auction Listing Creator, from Cycline3 software is very nice. I'm not sure how it would work for lots of listings, but it makes very nice looking auctions. Wise choice on buying the mini. Mine came yesterday, I'm setting it up as a file server for my other machines. He's going to like it.
http://www.cycline3.com
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posted on January 23, 2005 01:11:55 AM new
The new Mac mini is cheap and full featured - but I plan to get one after Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) is released around mid year and save the approx. $130 to upgrade. Apple will probably do a bump in processor speed and features in a few months too depending on sales. The base configuration is easy to upgrade from 256MB to 1GB which I'll do myself, and I'll save $$$ too. Apple is charging way too much of a premium for most user to afford the 1GB Build-to-order (BTO) model.
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posted on January 23, 2005 04:21:08 AM new
I put in my own ram, it was easy. Waiting for Tiger is smart, it'll be like getting the mini for 370 bucks. I didn't wait because mine's going to run Linux.
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posted on January 23, 2005 05:56:15 AM new
"mine's going to run Linux."
I like Mac, I really do. I'm planning on getting a Mini too, and waiting for Tiger is probably what'll happen.
I love Linux too. I've tried Yellow Dog on my iMac, and I like it, but it's darn near identical to working with a PC version of Linux (Which I use constantly). I'm using my Linux PC Right now.
But... Linux on the Mini-Mac? Couldn't you have bought a far cheaper PC for that? Greated Mini-Macs are cheap for Macs, but there are still plenty of PC for less than that.
Either way, let us know the ups and downs of this. I still haven't heard any non-media-bias reviews of the Mini-Mac.
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posted on January 23, 2005 07:55:23 AM new
I specced out a mini for my brother, a 1.25 GHz model with a SuperDrive, 512MB RAM and Airport Extreme. At educational prices, it comes to $707. I went to Dell for comparison, and the price of a roughly equivalent (although much larger machine), the Dimension, came to $600, but I added $80 for XP Pro and $70 for the Antivirus subscription, and another $30 for a Wireless-G PCI card (if there's room for it). In other words, the mini is very competitive price wise, and is much more portable than any desktop computer Dell sells.
