http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/btw site isnt down! just running V.V.V. slow! i saw the ipod shuffle on there! its on the far right on the panel of ipods, looks quite cool, value for money!!!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
"Hmmm. People seem to keep buying ipods for 500 bucks, but then buy pcs for 500 bucks.... hmmm.. something about that number...."]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
HAHAHAHAHAHAAH

ohhh man, but there is more still:

" Go ahead, just try to play Halo on a budget PC. Most say they’re good for 2D games only. That’s because an “integrated Intel graphics” chip steals power from the CPU and siphons off memory from system-level RAM. You’d have to buy an extra card to get the graphics performance of Mac mini, and some cheaper PCs don’t even have an open slot to let you add one."

hehehehehe, the BS meter just went off the dial.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/I think this will replace my Dell PC.

Interesting about the no audio in. I expect we will see a white plastic USB or Firewire headset soon.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
I was hoping this would be $399 instead. :-]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
It's great that it's small and cute, but the 3240324 USB devices to use my Bluetooth mouse/kbd and to get on my wireless network kinda ruin things.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/If this will work with a KVM, I won't even need to make that much room for it on my desk!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
You would get a mac Mini and use it with your old VGA monitor. Note the Apple page doesn't even mention Apple LCD options.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
Because poor graduate students like me can use the DVI-to-video adaptor and plug it into an HDTV and have instant home entertainment system.

This thing has "convergence" written all over it...and convergence is good for people who don't have megabucks to spend on gadgets.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
#16, some USB keyboards (like the M$ Natural Keyboard I'm typing on now) offer additional USB ports to "make up" for the one it uses. Plus, USB hubs are cheap.
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My biggest beef, it's not wireless out of the box. The Airport Extreme is "optional".]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
As far as the two USB slots - one can always use a cheap hub or a keyboard with additional slots to save 'em, right?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
I think Apple has finally jumped the shark with the mini and the shuffle. Form before function.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
and i totally agree with DustBunny re: the video card thing. then again, if you are buying a mac, you're not a hardcore pc gamer anyway.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
and i totally agree with DustBunny re: the video card thing. then again, if you are buying a mac, you're not a hardcore pc gamer anyway.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
Stuff of interest: They obviously are going for the multi-computer user market, as they're mentioning KVM switches a lot. I also wouldn't be surprised if they're using this as a springboard into media center contention...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Everyone sure that is a standard headset jack?

Just thinking it might be a combined mic/ear jack.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
why would anyone need a crappy 1/8" audio in? If you plan on doing anything serious with audio with this thing surely you'd be using a usb or firewire interface. Those USB audio interfaces are quite popular, and the pros who don't go as far as using pci cards have their M-boxs and MOTU 828s and Digi002s etc.

If you want a "killer portable studio" or whever, you'd really need to invest in a better interface no matter WHAT model mac you're using.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
Not as cheap as I thought. That sucks. Still really cool though.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
If Mom buys this, _I'll_ buy her the mous keyboard and video...it's worth that much to never have to support her Vaio again!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
My biggest beef, it's not wireless out of the box. The Airport Extreme is "optional".]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/Also interesting that there is a modem.

On the too bad side - too bad there isn't a front mounted IR receiver.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
Apple saw a entry point in all the iPod users switch from PC to Mac, this is a way to open that door a little wider. Of course that is going to piss off the hardcore gamerz like Dust Bunny that think every shiny new toy is meant for them.

]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/11/the-apple-mac-mini/
My usb keyboard has two usb ports on the back..if yours doesn't, then you can get a 4 port USB hub for less than $10 after rebate. Either way, it doesn't sound like Apple's problem.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM