Bill, For $1300 you could have most of the Macbook features and a better keyboard, a mouse, and a much larger monitor. And then, when you decided to upgrade, you could get the then current Mini for $599 (hopefully by then $499) - not another $1300 - and keep your good keyboard, mouse and monitor. I'm not saying the MacBook is bad. It is certainly not. Some people "need" a portable (I use a 17" PowerBook for both travel and desktop use). Some people need an XServe. But the Mini fills a unique niche that portables don't; for one example, as a headless server. And lets not forget the ability to have a spare Mini or two. Judy Perry (signer # 963) offered some other compelling reasons I had not considered. Thank you, Judy. Of course a more contemporary Mini is desirable. I believe we'll get one - or there will be no Mini at all. If Apple thinks there is interest in the Mini they will release better models, if they think there is no interest in this particular form-factor they will drop it. I see many benefits to the Mini form-factor. So, I think it worth a small bit of time to vote. Apparently others agree; in a little over a day the petition has been signed over a thousand times. I am especially gratified to see so many luminaries from this list on the petition. Bill, please bear in mind, the petition allows for upgrade suggestions as well as an overall vote on the Minis fate. Check it out:
www.petitiononline.com/macminsa/petition.html Be counted. Only 8993 votes to go... Paul Looney ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution