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Story: Is the Mac mini good value?
Posted by: CB (Saturday 15 January 2005, 12:22 AM)
Where did these famous analysts find a "similar PC" from Dell or HP? All I can find at the Dell webpage is 10 kilos of ugly black plastic for roughly the same price as the Mac Mini Unless you are absolutely desperately strapped for cash, or you need something to warm your feet, there is just no comparison between the two.
For another comparison, I checked out the HP "Thin Clients" at www.dabs.com. Small, but bigger than the Mac Mini. For less money than the MacMini you get 733MHz processor, 128 KB RAM, no harddisk, nothing. For a decent processor, but still slower than the Mac Mini, no harddisk, no support for large screens, you pay hundred pound more than for the Mac Mini. Both the Citrix and Microsoft clients run fine on a Mac with a quarter of the speed of the Mac Mini, with support for 1920 x 1200 screens if that is what you need.
And when the article says "less susceptible to viruses", the reality is that not one single Macintosh has caught any of the nasties that attack Windows PCs.
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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
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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 -
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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