In before "the mini is so expensive compared to equivalent PCs..." (it happens from time to time.)
Here is the only equivalent PC I've been able to find: http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/desktop/thinkcentre/tiny-form-factor/
Everything else is far larger and uses far more electricity. (In fact, even this particular machine needs an outboard power supply.)
There's this: http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/optiplex-7010/pd -- but it's far larger and uses a lot more electricity than either the Lenovo Tiny or the Mac mini. (Although it seems to be using all desktop parts)
HP has one too, but it's not that great either: http://shopping1.hp.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/WW-USSMBPublicStore-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewStandardCatalog-Browse?CatalogCategoryID=TDAQ7hab63cAAAE7IeweMhoS -- this one is using laptop parts again, but at a base cost higher than the mini.
(I mean they're all reasonably nice computers, but you spend a lot of money to get something with the computing power the mini has, and you're not getting quite as nice an overall package anyway.)
Here is the only equivalent PC I've been able to find: http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/desktop/thinkcentre/tiny-form-factor/
Everything else is far larger and uses far more electricity. (In fact, even this particular machine needs an outboard power supply.)
There's this: http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/optiplex-7010/pd -- but it's far larger and uses a lot more electricity than either the Lenovo Tiny or the Mac mini. (Although it seems to be using all desktop parts)
HP has one too, but it's not that great either: http://shopping1.hp.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/WW-USSMBPublicStore-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewStandardCatalog-Browse?CatalogCategoryID=TDAQ7hab63cAAAE7IeweMhoS -- this one is using laptop parts again, but at a base cost higher than the mini.
(I mean they're all reasonably nice computers, but you spend a lot of money to get something with the computing power the mini has, and you're not getting quite as nice an overall package anyway.)