You offer a comparison system that's only 10% cheaper, and depending on the details might not even be as well-equipped as the mini. (svideo out? equivalent out-of-the box software bundle that includes being impervious [for now, at least] to viruses and spy-/ad-ware?)
Feel free to question or mock the zealotry that many of us Mac users exhibit now and then, but give Apple their due on this one: they have, for once, offered a system that is NOT insanely overpriced compared to the competition.
AC: While your point about the "hidden cost" of linux books is open to debate, it's moot here since this book's only Linux-focused chapter (bare metal recovery) has been made available for gratis:
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Let's not go overboard.
You offer a comparison system that's only 10% cheaper, and depending on the details might not even be as well-equipped as the mini. (svideo out? equivalent out-of-the box software bundle that includes being impervious [for now, at least] to viruses and spy-/ad-ware?)
Feel free to question or mock the zealotry that many of us Mac users exhibit now and then, but give Apple their due on this one: they have, for once, offered a system that is NOT insanely overpriced compared to the competition.
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While your point about the "hidden cost" of linux books is open to debate, it's moot here since this book's only Linux-focused chapter (bare metal recovery) has been made available for gratis:
http://www.backupcentral.com/bare-metal-recover