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"To be fair, I think you need to say that anyone who cared about the look of the cases had no where else to go except a few boutique PC makers."
Although if we're going to say that, we have to also say, to be fair, that Apple IS a boutique PC maker.
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But yes, it is possible to make very small PCs. The Mac Mini, though, is one more step in Apple's digital hub idea. While it is a computer, that's not what sells it.
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You know, I really think the institutional usage of the Mac Mini could be big if it were to catch on.
It fits in a drawer, can easily be hooked up to a projector cable, and doesn't need to be particularly looked after in terms of security against spyware/viruses.
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Yep, sure does, and it fits just in the size requirements.
Of course, even without the operating system, at the minimal specs to compare to the Mac Mini, its $837 off the shelf.
Buying those parts independently (the processor, the RAM, the hard drive, the DVD/CD-RW drive) might be able to bring your cost down to around, what, $600 ($130 for all those)?
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Not to mention support for windows, that I don't want to do. No offense but I'm going to start recommending macs so I don't have to do support anymore.
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Makes a certain amount of sense, particularly as most of the people you're recommending for'll at least have a monitor already if not a usb mouse and keyboard (and those can be had for < $30).
edit: also, your typical consumr is unlikely to find a decent quality premade system for under $350, and often more like $400. The Mac Mini just isn't that much more.
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Methinks I'll be sticking with my dual G5. Still, I'll be curious to see how it pans out, since plenty of people who follow what Apple's up to (myself included) were sure Apple would never, ever do this.
Edit: Oh yeah. Steve, where are those 3GHz G5s? Right, thanks.
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I would be interested in getting one, and if I werent planning on getting a psp in about a month and a half I probably would be saving a little more to get one. (I just bought a nice Dell 2001fp so, I don't have much spending money at the moment.)
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