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Story: Is the Mac mini good value?
Posted by: Peter (Friday 14 January 2005, 2:31 AM)
I went over to HP's page to check this mythical Compaq Presario you were talking about. I couldn't manage to pull it off. The only way I could get $389 was to just have a CD-RW drive and no DVD. This is "comparable?"
But after this, you just start spouting numbers.
You configure the Presario with a $70 NVidia Geforce 5100.
Hello? Anybody home? Just a few paragraphs before, you mentioned that the Mac mini came with a graphics card. You didn't think that, in order to make the machines "comparable", you might want to put to a graphics card into the PC?! After all, that's 70% of your price difference right there.
Standard PC Columnist technique: Claim to be making comparisons but leave out things. On the software side, the Mac mini comes with Quicken. Did you include that? Nope. Why? Because if you added in Quicken and your $70 graphics card, it would have thrown off your whole argument that PCs are still cheaper.
Come on, guys!
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You fail to mention the price of the software that... Phil Richardson -
Does the Presario come with Hi-Definition edi... Anonymous -
Mac mini looks like an Apple's strategic... Lupa -
If you start adding the 'cost of the extras' then... Kenny Millar
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I think the public has been duped with PC pri... Ben
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And you have to add the point that Macs... NJ
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Trying going to Apple's site and look for the Nec... Anonymous
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Actually, this is probably targeted at PC users, w... Dan Crane II
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Don't forget to add in the price difference f... Anonymous
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Its way too cheap and I have no doubt as... Anonymous
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Did you add firewire and a software suite comparea... Tom Courson
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The MAJOR flaw in this comparison is the CPU. A 1... Anonymous
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Having owned an original g4-350mz from the f... Ferd Burfel
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I just wanted to say that the price/value comparis... Anonymous
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Do the PC's you price compare to the Mac Mini... Zato
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It is absurd to compare this to a pc. the only thi... Max
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Forget the comparative costs of add-ons, etc. The... Mac guru
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I have an original G-4 400 mhz. I'm considering u... Anonymous
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I went over to HP's page to check this mythical Co... Peter -
You fail to compare the bundled software of the Ma... Anonymous
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Software, Software, Software
Just as the success o... George Lien
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The Mac Mini has just open the way for saving... Anonymous
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Here in the UK, the Mac mini is priced at £33... Jeffrey Ting
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Hey, I've got twenty matches that I'll... Barbie
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>> Hey, I've got twenty matches tha... Ken
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I'm not sure how Apple is going to market the Mac... Robert Kortenoeven
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As is often the case, press people are way offline... poggi11
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Where did these famous analysts find a "similar PC... CB
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I have a 3.02HT P4 with a 256 graphics card, 1 gig... Anonymous
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What would really make it a selling point is... Sum Yung Gai
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Man your comparisons won't work- how many years ar... ean
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