I think Apple has hit the nail firmly on the head with this product and they will sell all they can make.
No, there's no monitor, mouse or keyboard [but am I the only guy who remembers when macs only came as a 'CPU' with a mouse only - circa early 90's?] but for someone considering switching from a PC, and I know a few of them...it's perfect. Unlike a cheap Dell which I think is the natural competitor for this machine, it has a full software load which makes it easy to switch. Give 'em the software they don't have and leave off the peripherals which they probably already own. Smart thinking. I showed pictures of the Mac mini in my office and two of my coworkers [PC users both] immediately phoned the local Apple vendor to ask about delivery dates.
I paid $1600.00 just over a year ago for a g4 iMac, and a Mac mini is 2X the computer in terms of processor and DVD drive speed for half the money.
I want one.
My opinion anyway.
On Jan 13, 2005, at 1:02 PM, Lavode wrote:
The last 8600 was introduced in 1997, still doesn't
run OS X and still only has 3 PCI slots all based on a 604e processor.
Isn't that comparable to a (PC 486? Or being generous an early Pentium I?).
Just had to chime in on this one. The 604e was the rough equiv to a PII, doubling its clock speed. So if you had a PowerMac 7300/200, that was roughly equivalent to a PII 400. (Ah the days of the MHz Myth) The 68040 was the equiv to the 486, and the 601 was the rough equiv to a Pentium I (minus the math problems).
YMMV, -Lavode
Garry Hamblin Saskatoon, SK G4 iMac on Panther 'How sweet it is'
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