Mac mini All About Movies?

bikerguy99 writes "Robert X. Cringely, who had a good nose for the Mac mini from the very beginning, has published another bit of his thoughts on PBS. This time he speculates that Mac mini is all about movies - his thoughts on the subject are quite logical and provide intriguing insights into Apple's interest in producing a cheap headless Mac in the first place."

Comments

Apple need no R&D

[catwh0re]

All they need to do is just listen to the rumour mills and create the product that gets the most fan fare....

Apple employee: They seem to want the mini to act like a video iPod
Jobs: But that's just stupid, the drive it's so tiny!
Apple employee: They think that once the movies are compressed for downloading in AVC that they'll be both high quality and small file size..
Jobs: Excellent, I'm a genius. We'll release in Spring, now sue think secret for springing the idea early, we don't want anyone copying our genius today.

What?

[Capt'n Hector]

www.apple.com/trailers works fine... I don't know what he's talking about.

Re:PC competition for the Mini-MAC?

[typhoonius]

Oh my God, Slashdot is duping comments now? Taco, is that you?

Oh, and just buy the damn Mac mini already.

Hence the Apple Product Life Cycle :)

[mr_tenor]

The Apple Product Life Cycle, which a Mac developer friend told me about.

WOW! A Reposted Cringely Story on /.

[multiplexo]

What are the chances? Yessirree, there's nothing like reading reposts of Cringely's craptacular punditry! That's news I can use!

Re:PC competition for the Mini-MAC?

[93 Escort Wagon]

"When my wife asks for the "cute little MAC", what PC can I buy instead?"

You're not planning to stay married for very long, are you? I know when my wife asks for something specific, it's generally not a good idea to go against her wishes and arrogantly substitute some other item.

Re:PC competition for the Mini-MAC?

[BobPaul]

What is a 'real computer'?

Real computers use punch-cards, you insensitive clod!

Re:PC competition for the Mini-MAC?

[o_kenway]

And there was me thinking it was in size and weight...

Re:The Mac Mini is for ______

[ErikZ]

I was thinking of getting one, just to see what the AmigaOS is like.