Intel Flaunts Mac mini Knock-off

Rollie Hawk writes "Remember how the Mac mini was designed by Apple to steal PC customers? Now Intel wants to steal them back. Adopting a shockingly similar lunch box shape and light-weight design, Intel's upcoming Mini PC features all the sleekness and portability (physical, that is) of the Mac mini with none of the Mac benefits. Well, at least it will probably have a faster processor. Now if only someone would make a Cobalt Qube knock-off for me."

Comments

Re:What Benifit?

[Skye16]

Wow, flamebait already? How dare you make a point about an extremely biased opinion in the /. news! Burn, demon, burn!

I've yet to see anything good about a Mac. What Mac fans consider good, I consider "limiting". Mac users want a tool; I want a toy. If I wanted a tool, I'd buy a shovel.

[ P.S. It's "benefit" :) ]

Re:it's an empty case

[gtall]

Mac minis cost something like $500, what's your fucking problem?

Money?

[drix]

Wait, how is costing half as much not a "benefit"? Apple is never going to dominate until they can either a) eliminate the "Apple tax" or b) convince people who can already work a computer reasonably well that it's worth paying twice the price for prettier fonts & icons. And I'm betting on a).