

Apple Mac mini gets a thorough redesign








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By piroroadkill on 6/15/2010 4:48:36 AM , Rating: 5
That isn't the point. The point is that an i5 can potentially run at a lower idle power, and that when you're paying a lot of money for a newer product, you expect that product to actually be better. a 2.4 C2D is not better.

By hughlle on 6/15/10, Rating: -1
By Brandon Hill (blog) on 6/15/2010 5:03:01 AM , Rating: 5
Well, considering they raised the price by $100, they should have given folks a lot more than a C2D.





Finished the sentence off for you, friend.

I want one.
Don't want to spend that much though.

So don't have one.

Of course all companys sell their products for as much
as they think they can get.

Windows could certainly be sold cheaper.

By Bateluer on 6/15/2010 5:41:39 AM , Rating: 5
My point exactly. The Mac Mini has an extremely suave and sexy design, but saddling it with a C2D is just plain insulting. An i5 would give more performance per watt.









An i5 would give more performance per watt.
While doing what exactly ? ;)..





By MonkeyPaw on 6/15/2010 7:41:21 AM , Rating: 5

Remember when the Macmini was affordable? This product has completely lost it's niche. I remember buying the original for, what, $399? It is now a $699 piece of hardware. I don't care how thin it is or how cool it looks, it's just too expensive. In a world where most companies update the specs of hardware and keep the price the same, Apple goes and jacks the price up some more. So much for an entry level Mac.

By Spivonious on 6/15/2010 10:11:18 AM , Rating: 4
But it's white! But it's got half-eaten fruit on it!

By Dennis Travis on 6/15/2010 12:54:50 PM , Rating: 2
Just a note. The first G4 low end Mini was $499 and not $399. I wish they would have kept a lower cost version in the lineup.

By nafhan on 6/15/2010 8:13:45 AM , Rating: 2
The reason for sticking with Core 2 might also have something to do with the graphics chip/chipset they are using. Maybe they want to stick with the Nvidia chipset for some reason.
Anyway, plastic body instead of aluminum and drop the price to $500 would be much better IMO. If you buy this, you're buying it because it's pretty or so you can tell your friends you have a Mac. I just bought a $400 laptop that had similar specs.

By KillerNoodle on 6/15/2010 9:18:41 AM , Rating: 3
Are you sure that the price increase is not due to the increased manufacturing costs at Foxconn?




By brshoemak on 6/15/2010 8:23:48 AM , Rating: 2
so maybe they're trying to keep costs down for the end user

Whaa? Sorry, I must have misread the title of the article, I could have sworn it said "Apple" in there. My mistake.




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