Not to mention little to no need to mod the case
it's current enclosure is perfect for being in-dash,
for going in the entertainment center, and hell
for even going in my bookbag.
I am certain I can get snort working on this thing, so I will need it for my work(network consultant), my hobbying, my media center, and my car. I am basically going to end up buying like 4-5 of these things over the next year probably. And then of course once my brother-in-law sees how my Mini + elgato +Myth outperforms his $1100 HP Media Center, but looks better on my entertainment center, he is going to end up doing the same thing.
Don't even get me started on the shuffle...
A starter ipod/datakey???? Are you friggin kidding me? Awesome.
I have read a lot of postings since tuesday afternoon about this new machine, and while most people love a cheaper more affordable Mac, a lot of people are deriding it as still much more expensive than the competition for what you get.
I hate to break this to you but you guys are wrong wrong wrong.
You can't really compare the Mac Mini to the Dell Dimension on features and say that the Mini comes up soooooooo short. The Dimension is a tower, the mini is btx or subbtx sized. For those of you that haven't priced them, a Shuttle PC carries a huge price premium over a similarly configured PC in a regular sized case, a mini-ITX based machine even more so.
I spent the better part of a month pricing out different solutions (buy it, build it, etc.) that would allow me to put a pc in my Jeep(in the glove compartment, in the CD changer slot, in the dash, etc.), and I can tell you that for what the Mini provides...for ALL that the Mini provides(including form factor, a noiselessness)...I think it may be the cheapest thing on the market.
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Not to mention little to no need to mod the case
it's current enclosure is perfect for being in-dash,
for going in the entertainment center, and hell
for even going in my bookbag.
I am certain I can get snort working on this thing,
so I will need it for my work(network consultant),
my hobbying, my media center, and my car.
I am basically going to end up buying like 4-5
of these things over the next year probably.
And then of course once my brother-in-law sees
how my Mini + elgato +Myth outperforms
his $1100 HP Media Center, but looks
better on my entertainment center,
he is going to end up doing the same thing.
Don't even get me started on the shuffle...
A starter ipod/datakey????
Are you friggin kidding me? Awesome.
I have read a lot of postings since tuesday afternoon about this new machine, and while most people love a cheaper more affordable Mac, a lot of people are deriding it as still much more expensive than the competition for what you get. I hate to break this to you but you guys are wrong wrong wrong. You can't really compare the Mac Mini to the Dell Dimension on features and say that the Mini comes up soooooooo short. The Dimension is a tower, the mini is btx or subbtx sized. For those of you that haven't priced them, a Shuttle PC carries a huge price premium over a similarly configured PC in a regular sized case, a mini-ITX based machine even more so. I spent the better part of a month pricing out different solutions (buy it, build it, etc.) that would allow me to put a pc in my Jeep(in the glove compartment, in the CD changer slot, in the dash, etc.), and I can tell you that for what the Mini provides...for ALL that the Mini provides(including form factor, a noiselessness)...I think it may be the cheapest thing on the market.