The Shrine

<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.apple.com/macmini/">http://w ... acmini/</a>

Whoa...</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Yeah, upgrading the 80GB model with more RAM and wireless put it at $900. My desktop is over five years old, so I was tempted.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>SO PRETTY.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.apple.com/imac/">http://www. ... m/imac/</a>

While we're drooling, what I really want is a 20" one of these:</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>So they got rid of the desk lamp look and just packed it all into the monitor, eh?</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Gorgeous, and actually *cheap* for once!</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>That's a great idea. Looks like hiring Jobs back was a good thing for Apple :-)</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>If only it were a PC...</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I don't mean to pick on you, but many people have the impression that Apple hardware is expensive, yet their computers are the same price as comparable PCs at, say, Dell. Apple just has a smaller range of options.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Which would rather kill half the point.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>The only reason I don't get an Apple is compatibility and customizability (being able to interchange parts at will without having to pay an arm and a leg). I've always conceded they're better systems.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Well, cost/value as well</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Why? My computer at home has really crapped out on me, and this thing does everything I will use on a home computer. I'm not into PC Gaming at all, so I don't need the latest greatest video card etc. 512 Megs of RAM should do me just fine, and I'll upgrade it to 80GB storage.

Now I've got to see if they ship for free to Canuckistan.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I used to think along those lines, then I realized that I don't customize my computer. At home, I'm hardly even a power user anymore.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I guess I'm just reacting to seeing an Apple computer under $1000. I really don't know shit about hardware prices - I haven't bought a computer since 1998.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>The $900 model looks like it would be the one worth purchasing, but for maybe $300-500 more you could simply get a laptop and now have the option to take it with you places.

A laptop folded up could work just like this thing, most laptops have enough connections in them to add an external monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc... This minimac uses a G4 (not G5) so it isnt the most powerful Mac out, which means it probably is just as fast as a laptop mobile processor.

I've had my 'computer' since senior year of HS 6 years ago and i've since swapped out almost every part, so upgradability is a factor for me for a home computer. I've prevented myself from shelling out a ton of money while still being able to play the newer games as they come out (like HL2). I will only buy a non-upgradable computer if its a laptop since it obviously has the advantage of going mobile to Panera Breads, the couch, and other places.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Errr... urge to purchase Macintosh rising... must not give in... must not... must...... find... 500$... to... purchase...</div>

<div style='font: 10pt ; text-align: left; '>I agree, I've always considered them to be better designed, better engineered, and more fun systems to use. But they just don't have the software support that PCs do.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Give in, give in! You know you want to.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>The boy's getting married, he needs every penny he can spare :-)</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Phhwwfffft, he can always Elope.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Not if he's in a situation I was in. If I tried to elope my family would have found me and showed up wherever that might have been and turned it into a 2000 person event...then killed me :-)</div>

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Nice for non-nerds. Cheap, easy to settup, and looks nice. But if you're technically savvy, I see the cool factor, but I don't see why it's THAT big a deal.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Exactly... mabye I'll buy it when it drops below $200. :)</div>