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."

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.