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Intel Preps Mac mini Look-Alike

Posted by samzenpus on from the small-computing dept.

boarder8925 writes "From Wired: 'A new Wintel prototype that openly apes Apple Computer's popular Mac mini is due out this week, giving Intel a showcase to prove its chips are a match for anyone when it comes to tiny PC designs. Working prototypes of the Mac mini look-alike running Microsoft Windows and based on Intel's Pentium M CPU have already been built by Taiwan PC maker AOpen at Intel's request, according to two sources in Taiwan's PC manufacturing industry who have seen them.' This isn't the non-working box Slashdot covered earlier."

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  1. It won't be a Mac mini lookalike... by Mikito · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...until the mouse has only one button.

    I kid, I kid. I own a Mac myself.

    --
    Anakin Simpson: If you're not with me, then you're my enemy--ooh, donuts!
    1. Re:It won't be a Mac mini lookalike... by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny
      It won't be a Mac mini lookalike until it runs OSX. Guess that's where all the rumours of Apple working on Intel are coming from.

      After all, if it's running Windows:

      This isn't the non-working box Slashdot covered earlier."
      ... give it a few days, it WILL be non-working.
  2. Re:market by Ingolfke · · Score: 4, Funny

    P.S. I am not the guy whose account I am posting this under. I just live in his house.

    I am not the guy whose account I am posting this under. I just 0wnz h1s l1nux b0x3n.

  3. Silver + beige = $$ by peekitty · · Score: 5, Funny

    Very lovely. It makes me wonder why Apple didn't think of slapping a big beige power button in the middle of the Mini.