PC Competition for the Mac mini?

Omega1045 asks: "When Apple announced their Mac mini last week for US$499, it caught my eye. Wanting to buy/build a small PC for my already cramped breakfast bar, I started pricing out similar PC hardware. The results startled me. It was very difficult to price a PC as small (6.5" x 6.5" x 2") as the Mac mini with comparable equipment cheaper than the Mac mini. Indeed, most of the configurations I found were more than the humble $499 of the Mac, often much more. To match price I often had to configure with a much bigger shuttle-style case. What computers are currently on the market to compete with this? When my wife asks for the 'cute little Mac', what PC can I buy instead that will take up as little space and do as much for the same price (or less)?" How long do you think it will take PC manufacturers to answer Apple's latest entry into the market?

Comments

The couch

[hab136]

what PC can I buy instead that will take up as little space and do as much for the same price (or less)?

My wife asked me for one thing, how can I give her something else entirely and act all pompous like I went out of my way for her? I like sleeping on the couch.

Get the mac

[nickinho]

I really don't think its hygeinic to have windows in the kitchen, all those viruses and worms

;-)

Re:the answer is no

[andreMA]

...do you really want to be nagged every time she cant use expose or a lickable UI?

Besides, she inquired about the Mini. Getting that rather than something you consider equivalent would increase the odds of her doing an expose of her own and licking your UI.

Re:Think different.

[martinX]

Get her the damn Mac min! Then when you ask for sex or a blow-job you'll be more likely to get one.

"She wanted a Mac mini and I told her I could build her a better PC myself. Now when I ask for sex, she hands me the baby oil and tells me to do it myself. My name is Wayne Kerr and I wish I was a Switcher."