http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/ Engadget Comments for DosPara's Super Mini 2 -- take that, Apple 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/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
Does the Mac Mini run Windows? Does it run OS X? Yup, no messing around. Windows disk in and 'boom'.

Sorry to brag, but i've just had the oppertunity to try this and it Worked.]]>Sep 16th 2006 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
OSx86 is far from a "hacked mess of a project"- if you've got the right hardware it runs absolutely natively. Not terribly surprising when Macs use ordinary PC hardware these days. I've done it myself and everything worked fine, but unfortunately I couldn't put up with the OS functionally - I'm too used to having a proper taskbar, being able to maximise a window properly, and being able to click by tapping the touchpad on my laptop.

So, sorry to brag, but I've just had the opportunity to try this and it worked - but I didn't like it.]]>Sep 16th 2006 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 19th 2006 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Smells like a PEECEE
Runs Microcrap Winshit

Result = no where near Apple.

This overpriced thing should stay with its maker.]]>Sep 16th 2006 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
Can't have it BOTH ways, guys. :)]]>Sep 16th 2006 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
Your logic is like a one-bladed propeller.]]>Sep 16th 2006 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Take that, Paul Miller]]>Sep 16th 2006 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/I guess it's time to return to basics: beefy stuff. The Macs are spec-juicy, yeah, but you can't configure a Mac to have the same specs than a MIDDLE-RANGE PC (which of course you'll be able to UPDATE later) and still have a good pricepoint.
That said, I'm waiting for a display-less, upgradeable-graphics, high-storage capacity, Core 2 Duo, mid-end Mac. Something like a Mac Pro, but less-Pro. And the iMac just can't gimme that.
Maybe when ATi drops an external Graphics Unit, we'll see what we can do then.
BTW the pricepoint of a Mac in Argentina (and pretty much all latinamerica) is as much as buying a server-class computer. Take that, freakin' stupid priciest, non-appealing Mac Distributors.]]>Sep 16th 2006 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
If you take away that crap in the middle of the unit, it looks like a shorter Mac Mini. I wonder what those patents granted to Apple for the design of the Mac Mini will have on this unit. That is something I always wonder about these look-a-likes. Especially since Apple has the right to refuse the sales of anything looking like the Mac Mini in the U.S.]]>Sep 16th 2006 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
Also, this would make a GREAT pc to install in your car with a touchscreen display, like on www.mp3car.com. Again, I'd prefer the mini for that due to iTunes and front row, but damn, I like this little thing! They just need to lower the price some.

And Boolean, I totally hear ya on the midrange mac. I'm currently running an old G3 blue and white tower and I would love to get a new desktop mac, but I dont want an iMac because I have a screen already. I dont need or want to spend so much on a MacPro, and... well, I wouldnt mind a mini, but I want to be able to throw in a few BIG hard drives.]]>Sep 17th 2006 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/whats with all the apple fanboys here??]]>Sep 16th 2006 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/]]>Sep 16th 2006 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/Sep 16th 2006 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
Windows fanboys would be do well to get a Mac Mini and install WinXP (though I seriously can't imagine anyone who has spent a realistic time using OSX to prefer WinXP.]]>Sep 19th 2006 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
Really? Quite a few of my friends have Apple notebooks, and tapping to click doesn't work on them either. I also couldn't find such an option anywhere in the settings. Maybe I'm just being slow, but anyway, that was the smallest of my gripes with OSX. I just plain didn't like it. I use an OSX theme on XP anyway, so for me, the "real" OSX was just a less functional version of what I'm used to. I really didn't see what the fuss is about.]]>Sep 17th 2006 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
My money's on the Mini... just look at the optical slot... there must be a paper-thin sheet of metal/plastic between the drive and the outside world.

Miniaturization is great, but durability is important too.]]>Sep 17th 2006 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/dosparas-super-mini-2-take-that-apple/
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