Mac Mini--why I think it won't take off

Thinking about it, I don't think (at the current pricing) the Mac Mini will be that successful, in Australia at least... If it were at the AU$650 price as was rumoured, yes, it'd grab the market of home users upgrading from a sub-1GHz Wintel machine who don't have any real tie to the platform (not avid gamers, unable to keep their machines virus-free, etc.); it's what you'd expect to pay for an upgrade to a current Windows machine anyway. But with the actual retail price of AU$850... No, "I could by a P4 w/ Monitor and everything for that."

>>38

It's your fault for not understanding the agreement properly, then. You don't have the right to buy a limited license and then pretend it's unlimited; if you think you should, read Slashdot less often.

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>>26
I haven't used a Mac in years, but don't they turn on with a keyboard combination? So, who cares where the buttons are?

>>41
lol Hymn. Yeah, but that's exactly the kind of shit that commercial software rams down your throat. Fine, be a pussy and just accept that.

>>42
USB doesn't have that ability; that only worked with the old ADB keyboards.
>>43
OK, I only have one iTMS song and I couldn't care less if I couldn't play it outside my computer and iPod.

I've seen those Minis pics around and... there's one thing I've been questioning myself: what about cooling? I haven't seen that mac cooling system, how can it work when all the stuff is so close?

>>44
USB actually DOES have this ability. Someone was selling devices that could do this.  They were specifically for macs, however. I don't know if some PC's do or don't have this feature, but it's tagline was that 'any USB enabled Mac' would work. google it.

>>45
It's a combination of careful engineering and prayer...but mostly the second. They can and do get hot, but never obnoxiously so. the mini mac most assuredly has better ventilation than an ibook or Powerbook.

Actually, the Oz pricing isn't as bad as it looks. Taking Oz$1 = US$0.75 then the US price is Oz$670. Add the inevitable GST and that's Oz$737. Send it half way round the world and the Price is Oz$799. Just under 10% dearer than US retail.

>>46
All Apple USB keyboards* equipped with a power button can switch power on and off. Later Macs come with keyboards that lack the button but the old type of keyboard can still do the job on the new Macs.
*And all the 3rd part ones I've seen.

>>47 Meh. Apple's ODM factories in China are a bit closer to AU than the States..

Old thread is old

Man, /comp/ really sucked back in the day -- what's up with these helpful on-topic replies, huh?

the mac mini did take off. i saw it on mythbusters.

I was thinking of you...

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congrats to the anon who dug this old shit up. i would buy a Mini and a ps3 instead of a gaming pc anyday.