Quote: Originally Posted by esXXI Because it's Apple's lowest end machine? You were obviously expecting a $500 machine to beat Apple's laptops which are double and triple the pr…

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman The Mac mini is basically a monitorless iBook. It sounds like an iMac is what you wanted. That's not a mini. The mini has sold well because i…

Quote: Originally Posted by elvis2000 1) Define "well". It is sold well below Apple's expectations and the warehouses are full of unsold inventory. 2) They didn't need to make…

I love OS X, but I have to agree that the mini is a joke. My 4 year old DA w/1.4 G4 upgrade is at least twice as fast in terms of feel. A $500 Dell w/512mb will run circles around …

Quote: Originally Posted by esXXI 1)Apple isn't forcing you to buy their 'crippled' hard-ware, if you're pinching pennies there's a nice cheap seller named Dell that's up your a…

Quote: Originally Posted by discotronic An industry leading 90 day warranty 90 days ? Is that even legal ? Or are you talking about phone support ?

Check out this link: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs

Your mistake, my friend, was buying anything other than the basic $499 model. Getting extras for the mini is a waste of money, because once you add up the cost of the extras, you m…

I think the Mac Mini is a fine computer but I think that the eMac is the best entry level buy at Apple right now (at least until the next Mini revision). It has a Core Image compat…

another case of 'i want my $500 dollar machine to run circles around my $1500+ powerbookitis.' the mini does just fine...the only thing that's bad about the mini is it's GPU. how…

*waits for mini to arrive* Specs: 1.25GHz 512MB ram 60GB 7200RPM drive DVD/CDRW It's possible to correct it's greatest shortcoming

Quote: Originally Posted by discotronic Check out this link: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs Man, those are some great deals. Got to get me …

Quote: Originally Posted by Scotttheking *waits for mini to arrive* Specs: 1.25GHz 512MB ram 60GB 7200RPM drive DVD/CDRW It's possible to correct it's greatest shortcoming …

Quote: Originally Posted by Anand Man, those are some great deals. Got to get me one of those Dimension 3000 machines. Wow, Macs are so over-priced. Not! I was only linki…

This coming from a mac mini owner, i think its a good machine. It's made for the person who isn't sure about the mac system, and wants to try it out, for a cheap price. I love the …

Quote: Originally Posted by Agent69 Apple doesn't offer the Mini with a 7200rpm drive. Or are you simply indicating that is what you are changing? EDIT: Also, I've heard that …

Quote: Originally Posted by iREZ another case of 'i want my $500 dollar machine to run circles around my $1500+ powerbookitis.' the mini does just fine...the only thing that's …

dude you bought a powerbook!!! not an ibook...your powerbook will even beat todays emac in most everyday tasks. "Who cares about the VRAM"???? the people who are running 20"+ LCD'…

also note that Tiger and the next versions of Mac OS X are gonna heavily rely on the GPU in your system. This isn't windows....this is OS X, let's see a windows PC with an integra…

I'm running the Mini on a 21" 1600x1200 LCD. It works fine. Expose may be laggy, but its expected, and it works. Portrait mode is a shame, but I'm not complaining about that, no…

Quote: Originally Posted by mhuie Who said circles? If I buy a NEW desktop computer 1 year later than I bought my Powerbook, c'mon, you don't expect the NEW computer to be FAST…

Quote: Originally Posted by iREZ also note that Tiger and the next versions of Mac OS X are gonna heavily rely on the GPU in your system. This isn't windows....this is OS X, le…

This thread is a joke. You can't honestly believe a mac mini was supposed to be a speed demon at a $500 price point.

Quote: Originally Posted by mhuie Im just saying that selling a new desktop with the performance of a computer 1+ years ago is just shameful. I havent done any graphics, media…

Quote: Originally Posted by RodUK Assuming the computer of 1+ years ago is the Powerbook in your signature, wouldn't it be more shameful if a consumer oriented Mini at $600 outp…