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Mac Mini and iPod Hi-Fi Over-Hyped?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the isn't-everything-nowadays dept.

RX8 writes "Analyst Michael Greeson takes a look at Apple's new products, the Mac Mini (Intel based) and iPod Hi-Fi and explains why they were over-hyped and how that can damage Apple. Michael explains that when you are 'an industry innovator - when your products fall short of being truly original, your own success becomes your worst enemy.'" Update: 03/04 00:07 GMT by Z : As many posters have pointed out, the article here has little to do with the synopsis. This article is mostly about the design for the mac mini and its remote, which is a fairly interesting topic. Mea culpa, folks.

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  1. Surprised? by devphaeton · · Score: 0, Troll

    If it weren't hyped and pumped up with 3-word soundbytes prime for spoonfeeding... ...would it still be Apple?

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  2. Jobs reality distortion field by P3NIS_CLEAVER · · Score: 1, Troll

    Is the Jobs reality distortion field hype, or does he realy change reality?

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  3. Re:Amateur Hour by kesuki · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you think zonk is bad, Just think different for a minute, and remember when apple bashed many 'shuttle PCs' for using Intel Integrated graphic, when the mac mini g4 used a full video card slot... and now the Mac mini intel has Intel Extreme Integrated Graphics... intel's graphic controllers onboard are a complete joke for gaming, and nothing has changed about that since apple first bashed them...

    16.2 fps in doom 3 @ 640x480, nice. the Intel GMA950 is about equivalent to a voodoo 5500 in my estimation. 6 year old graphic performance, and the mac mini has no graphic card slot. the mac mini is only going to be useful for CPU intensive tasks, like video editing, or for PVR usage, portable diagnostic/file backup computer (when a firewire/usb 2.0 ide/sata enclosure is added).

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