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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. Re:Jeebus by dhbiker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    These days a computer is so much more than a tool

    Granted there a plenty of people like you (and me, incidentally) that still use them as tools - a means to getting a job done, but there are also plenty of people that simply want a media box that plays dvd's, their mp3 collection etc. Now for these people aesthetic is important, expandability and features are not at all important - an mp3 will always be an mp3 if the box plays it ok that is all that matters

  2. Re:Not "Upcoming"! by nine-times · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Then, the article clearly goes on to say that this is a empty plastic shell, designed merely to inspire Intel's partners, not an example of any upcoming Intel product. I guess that doesn't sound as exciting and inflamatory, though.

    Wow. Intel's pretty brilliant there. In order to inspire their partners to build something like the Mac Mini, they built.... an.... empty..... case...

    huh? I think we've known for some time that we can make small empty cases.