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Mac mini All About Movies?

Posted by michael on from the could-be dept.

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."

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  1. Apple need no R&D by catwh0re · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.