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."

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PC competition for the Mini-MAC?

[Anonymous Coward]

When MAC announced their "Mini", it caught my eye. Wanting to buy/build a small computer for my already cramped breakfast bar, I started pricing out similar hardware. The results startled me. Most of the configurations I found were more than the humble US$499 of the "Mini", often much more. To match price I had to configure with a much bigger shuttle-style case.

My question is this. What real 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?

Re:PC competition for the Mini-MAC?

[Leo McGarry]

AMD *invented* it, and AMD64 just happens to be the name I and a few others such as Linus like to use. It has nothing to do with brand loyalty.

Um. You see the irony, right? "[Brand] invented [Brand], so [Brand] and I call [Brand] [Brand]."

Way to prove the point.

the price/performance value is truly wonderful.

You have a very curious definition of "price/performance value." You seem to think that something you get for free that desperately, desperately sucks is better than something wonderful sold for a reasonable price. I think there's a "division by zero" error in your arithmetic somewhere.

If they ported OSX to blah-blah-dickety-blah

Hey, we're back to this again. Another Mac-related story, another "why don't they port it to my favorite irrelevancy" whine.

this is the stupidest post ever.

[smashtheqube]

how the hell did this get /.ed?? -smash my blog