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."

>>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.