Thinking of switching from Mac mini to a normal tower

[ZeroDay]

Hi guys,

I'd just like your advice on something. I'm thinking of selling my Mac mini and buying a normal tower and just dual booting Windows and Linux, I'll probably spend most my time on Linux. But here's the specs of my Mac mini and the tower I'm considering buying:

Mac mini:
CPU: Intel core i5 Ivy Bridge 2.5 GHz (3210M) processor with turbo boost upto 3.1ghz and 3mb cache
RAM: 16gb ddr3 1600mhz
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Hard drive: 500gb 5400.
Connectivity includes a Firewire "800" port, four USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, Thunderbolt, combined "audio line in (digital/analog)" and combined "audio line out/headphone (digital/analog)" minijacks, a 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet port, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and an SDXC card slot.

The Tower I'm considering buying:

Processor

• Intel Core i7-4770 3.4ghz Haswell CPU
• Max Turbo Frequency: 3.9Ghz
• Cache: 8MB

Memory

• 16GB DDR3 1333Mhz RAM
• Supports up to 16GB
• 2 x DIMM sockets (used)

Hard Drive

• 2TB SATA HDD

Optical Drive

• DVDRW

Software

• Operating System: Windows© 7 Premium 64 Bit

Chipset

• Intel H81

Display

• N/A

Graphics

• On-board integrated Intel HD 4600 graphics

Audio

• High Definition Audio, 5.1 channel

Input Devices

• USB Durable Keyboard and Optical mouse

Networking

• Realtek 10/100/1000 LAN

Power Supply

• 250 watts

Dimensions

• Height: 360mm
• Width: 375mm
• Depth: 180mm

Interfaces

• 2 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
• 1 x D-Sub VGA Port
• 1 x DVI-D Port
• 4 x USB 2.0 Port
• 2 x USB 3.0 Port
• 1 x RJ-45 Port
• 3 x Audio Jacks

Expansion

• 1 x PCI-e x 16 Slot
• 2 x PCI-e x 1 Slots

Link to tower: http://www.ebuyer.com/570065-zoostorm-haswell-desktop-pc-7873-0495

Thanks in advance for any help and advice.

 

[Ink]

Have you considering dual-booting OS X with Linux and (maybe) using Windows in a VM?

Not sure if this works, but http://lifehacker.com/5934942/how-t...-and-take-back-your-powerhouse-apple-hardware

PS: How much will you get for a used Mac Mini?

 

[ZeroDay]

Have you considering dual-booting OS X with Linux and (maybe) using Windows in a VM?

Not sure if this works, but http://lifehacker.com/5934942/how-t...-and-take-back-your-powerhouse-apple-hardware

PS: How much will you get for a used Mac Mini?

I already tripple boot my Mac mini with OS X, Linux mint and Arch Linux. I have windows installed in virtualbox in Linux mint. I've been offered £450 for my Mac mini. Thanks for the reply

 

[ZeroDay]

Decided to stay with my Mac.