Mac mini

[ElDiabloConCaca]

iWork definitely, and the new iLife as well... simply for iPhoto 5!

The new Mac mini is a great answer to Microsoft's Media Center... this thing does it all, and then some.

[RGrphc2]

I think this is going to prove to be an extremely useful and popular machine. While it would be fun to set it up with BlueTooth keyboard and mouse and hook it directly to the TV and stereo as an effective DVD player, games machine, photo browser, iTunes jukebox, watching DivX movies or hooking it up to an iSight and using it for video conferencing. The specs are just right for all of these tasks.

keep in mind most LCD HDTVs can double as Computer monitors

[delsoljb32]

man, i didnt even think of that!!! the Mac Media Center!!! Now I want one just for that!!! (course I'd have to get a LCD HDTV too! )

[paulie-mafia]

Well, you've sure gotta hand it to Apple! I have a 2 month old G5 sitting here, macked up with RAM and a bunch of extras and yet I still want one!

What with Firefox eating into IE's market share, large organisations switching to open source, Longhorn a good 18 months away (and even then a few years behind OSX in terms of sophistication) and now this, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to buy a Windows PC.

That is unless you enjoy looking at a blue screen while you bang your head against that crappy beige tower unit.....

The day of the Apple is nigh, down with Wintel, long live the Mac!

[fryke]

Ah. Mac mini. I'll get one. Hopefully, a user can rip out its guts and replace the meager HD with a 200 or 300 GB one... I'll take the slower one, too, since VLC doesn't need _that_ much horsepower.

[sur]

i think this is a really nice idea.. however: why only two usb ports? i got my keyboard, got my mouse which need to be plugged in and.. here we go, i need a usb hub if i want to access the photos on my camera using both keyboard and mouse.

second: why no microphone port? this is what really spoils the mac mini for me. i enjoy internet telephony over skype and this thing, as nice as it otherwise is, does not have a microphone port? why leave out that? because they want me to buy an isight? because i could use the microphone over usb... oh wait, there are only two usb ports.

nice idea apple, but why no microphone port? why not another usb port?

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Mouse can plug into the keyboard -- in fact, that's what Apple recommends. So you'd be left with one free USB port -- for your camera, USB microphone, etc.

My G4 only has two USB ports, and has a keyboard/mouse plugged into one port and a hub into the other, for a total of 5 USB ports (plus one extra on the keyboard).

[Zammy-Sam]

sur, who cares about usb keyboard or mouse or microphone over jack when there are wonderful bluetooth devices? Imagine you have your bluetooth headset and use skype running on your Mac mini, dial your friends number over your bluetooth keyboard and mouse and all from the couch... That's what Apple is going for.
Fryke, I was wondering if they are using 2.5'' disks such as for laptops or regular 3.5''. The compact case proposes 2.5'' and so the limited capacity on max 80gb.