my computer's setup basically just has a dsl modem plugged into a usb port, do i need to have a router? i don't know much about networking but i heard it's supposed to be safer to …

If you have a USB DSL modem, you can't (practically) use a router. Routers are ethernet devices. Since you can't put a router between you and the Internet, you should get AND FAI…

Which has the better design and is cooler?

The Cube was "cooler" but it was priced to fail. The Mac mini is designed to succeed where the cube failed... I see good things with the Mac mini.

people saw the cube and were like OH SH!T, is that a computer?! THIS Mac mini is the size of the Cube's bottom acrylic base. Two marginal words: BLING BLING!

The cube was a thing of beauty. The mini is the bastard love-child of the Cube and G5. It should have been white like all consumer macs. Guess they think it appeals to switchers m…

Cheap enough for Walmart

I realized when I frist time saw the Mac mini that it is the frist mac that didn't start with power, i, or e.(tell me if I am wrong)

I say the G4 Cube. Back in 2000, who could build this kind of computer and bring it to the world?

I think the Mac mini is designed for efficiency where as the the cube is designed to be more aesthetic.

Yeah, the Cube had more of an affect, and I still believe it is the most beautiful thing Apple has ever designed. The Mac Mini is cool, but it is no Cube. Different machine for a…

Quote: Originally posted by Lateralus: Yeah, the Cube had more of an affect, and I still believe it is the most beautiful thing Apple has ever designed. Agreed, b…

you can see the power brick in the quicktime VR thing linked from the Mini site

Quote: Originally posted by Turnpike: you can see the power brick in the quicktime VR thing linked from the Mini site

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: Everyone knows that brick would sit on the floor.

The Kewbe is the nicest computer ever sold IMO. But it's frickin' huge compared to the Mac mini. See here: Note the mini *inside* the empty space beneath the Cube. P.S. I thou…

Mini: So small it's hard to concieve there is a computer in there. And at it's price point, I'm racking my brains trying to figure out what I could buy one for

Quote: Originally posted by Eug Wanker: The Kewbe is the nicest computer ever sold IMO. But it's frickin' huge compared to the Mac mini. See here: Note the mini *insi…

DO NOT EAT IPOD SHUFFLE!!

Quote: Originally posted by cjrivera: Where the heck did you get a new mini already? Answer the man's question. I voted for the mini because: 1) RDF is strong …

I think for its time and the fact that it used desktop parts the cube is cooler.

Quote: Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO: I think for its time and the fact that it used desktop parts the cube is cooler. I think you're right. The q…

Quote: Originally posted by DeathMan: I think you're right. The question is messed up, cause cooler doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as better designed. The cube …

Better designed? In coming closer to matching the needs of the target audience, the Mac mini, hands down. The Cube was an overpriced bauble that really only appealed almost exclus…

Quote: Originally posted by CRASH HARDDRIVE: (I'm amazed, many people actually put the monitor on as high or higher a level as the CPU for the outward representation of …