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Intel Flaunts Mac mini Knock-off

Posted by Zonk on from the when-you've-got-it dept.

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."

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  1. i is for innovation by oftheapes · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's good to see innovation coming from Intel.

    Now I remember why I buy AMD.

  2. Uh... by NardofDoom · · Score: 4, Funny
    Thus far, the concept PC is just a piece of plastic, literally, although its design showed a clock display and optical drive in front, with ports such as USB, optical audio and FireWire in the back.

    Way to go there, Intel. Suprisingly, it's about as functional as any XP machine once it's been let onto the Internet(s).

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  3. only if Intel says it's okay... by qwertphobia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me see if I have this right...

    Apple creates something beautiful again, and everybody says "Wow, it's perfect, but it's an Apple".

    Then within a few months {"Intel", "Dell", "Microsoft", "Compaq"} tells the rest of the world "it's alright, go ahead and start copying Apple".

    So everybody does, and tells {"Intel", "Dell", "Microsoft", "Compaq"} how great they are.

    again.

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  4. So, it's the... by 10Ghz · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Mini Me Too?

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  5. Re:it's an empty case by JoeWalsh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Corrected article follows:

    Intel Flaunts Empty Plastic Case

    In a stunning show of shamelessness in the face of a total lack of innovation, Intel today unveiled to a gaggle of gullible corporate lackeys and ass-kissing note-takers their newest product: an empty plastic box. An Intel spokesperson said they hope that some day, someone will build a computer to put in the box. At that point, they hope to load it down with the deeply flawed and customer-hostile Microsoft Windows operating system, thereby releasing misery from the confines of dens and offices and into family rooms worldwide.

  6. Not Mini Knockoff...That Was Intel's New Heatsink! by Zemplar · · Score: 4, Funny

    That was NOT Intels new "mini" computer, only the new heatsink required for the next generation of Intel processors.

  7. Re:it's an empty case by badasscat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Before going neon to match the trendy VW Bugs, did you notice that Apple went thin and silver/white to mimic the Sony Vaio? All good ideas have been done. What's next, a lava-lamp computer case?

    Not sure it qualifies as a "good idea" that's been done, but it has been done...

    (For extra fun, make sure you've got a mouth full of your favorite beverage before clicking that link.)

  8. Re:I'm going to switch by geoffspear · · Score: 3, Funny
    Translation:

    I'm too stupid to figure out how to use a Mac, therefore I don't think anyone else should switch.

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