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Beyond price, one concern would be how slow that 5400rpm drive is (I'd put in a SSD), and whether or not the small fan has to turn at high RPM to cool those components properly considering the lack of airflow.]]>Jun 16th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
I hate Apple, they should be sued for stealing money from consumers by making attractive and sexy products.]]>Jun 16th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
When Steve Jobs takes a dump he charges the water company.

:D]]>Jun 16th 2010 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
When Steve Jobs takes a dump he sues the water company for stealing his intellectual property.]]>Jun 17th 2010 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/LOL... Inexpensive laptop parts and proprietary pico board in one sentence :-S. Laptop parts aren't inexpensive, they're expensive. Designing a proprietaty pico-itx board: even more so. The unibody enclosure and the cooling system didn't design themselves either. And what on earth did you expect that they put in there, some kind of alien technology unknown to mankind? I think you should just get over the fact that you don't like their price point or business strategy, and don't make nonsensical comments like this. If someone had put the exact same hardware in one of these netbooks you appear to love so much, you'd be drooling all over it. Except if it was Apple who did it, of course...]]>Jun 17th 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
The thing that's ironci about this is the cost of it to save electricity. Not only does it's cost outweigh it's already outdated technology lifecycle worth of power savings, but any moon with enough money to buy this probably doesn't care about saving $2 a month in electricity.

Especially since apple is bending you over with a core 2 and a weak graphics card.]]>Jun 17th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
I think what's more important is why he doesn't like their price point as opposed to whether or not he likes their price point.

For this price, you can get a core i7 14" laptop pc that performs all the dames functions, but faster, and you have the option to disconnect it from the monitor and, uh oh, take it with you.]]>Jun 17th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/How does Apple make you bend over because there's a C2D and a notebook-grade GPU in there? I agree that they are asking just a wee bit too much money for this thing, but specs-wise there is nothing wrong with it. You don't buy a Mac Mini for gaming, and there is no room to put a full-size video card in it anyway, which is why they put the same GPU in it that you'll find in many notebooks. As for the CPU: just because you now have i3, i5 and i7 doesn't mean a C2D is a slow CPU or 'yesterdays tech', in fact it's still a great CPU that will easily handle everything this machine was intended for, for the coming 3 to 5 years. An i3 is not much faster, and an i5 or i7 would probably have major cooling issues in a case like this.

The typical usage pattern for a small form factor PC like this is for typical home or office desktop use, or as an HTPC. For that, the specs are a good compromise that allows to get all this in such a small case in the first place. If you want to discount this Mac Mini on anything, it should be the price point, not the specifications.]]>Jun 17th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
You think that explains the price? I'm not so sure why people care about the size of a desktop.]]>Jun 17th 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
It doesn't even look like all those components would even fit in that box from the photo.]]>Jun 16th 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
Most metals greatly reduce WiFi signal strength.]]>Jun 16th 2010 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Im pretty sure they put the wireless radio in/under the plastic apple logo, hence the "getting creative antenna placement".
I hate apple, but thats one hot piece of hardware]]>Jun 16th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
With as much aluminium as Apple uses, I'm sure they've become fairly good at placing antennas in functional places.

MacBook, iPad, first gen iPhone, the iPod Touches--few if any of them have notably bad wireless signal reception. WOW I lost three feet worth of reception. As long as they product is solid feeling, durable, and secksy, I'll make the trade-off.]]>Jun 16th 2010 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
If the problem was as big as commenters are making it out to be, do you really think over a million units would have moved?]]>Jun 17th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
If you have to dismantle your entire machine and remove the motherboard to replace your hard drive, you blew it.]]>Jun 17th 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
I always prefer the whole package as one... Much sexier. ]]>Jun 16th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
Good point! I've thought a women was hot and then dissected her so see just how sexy she really is.

...though I do like to revisit the bodies from time to time. :\]]>Jun 16th 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/and it would be called revo, have plastic casing, lower memory, none of this attention grabbing asthetics and engineering, low space etc etc]]>Jun 16th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
Face it dude, apple has premium pricing.]]>Jun 16th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Yup, I would get two of them without even thinking about it at that price. Even 599 woudl be a hit]]>Jun 16th 2010 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
Remember Foxconn employees have to be paid a decent wage or else.]]>Jun 17th 2010 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/
Well there isn't actually much of anything special with it. I will give it to them that it is pretty competitive pricing when you compare it to something similar, like the ASUS eeeBox. If they were to put the same hardware in they'd be around the $600-$650 mark. But they of course had to make their own PCB, put a cooling system in place (I wouldn't go so far as to say either Apple or ASUS "engineered" a cooling system) and cram it all into something that is a tad bit smaller than the MacMini. Both systems are pretty impressive but Apple is able to put the better parts in because their customer base will actually spend $700 on something so small. ASUS is selling to a completely different market thus the lower performance parts and of course the much cheaper price. I also think that statement about being the most energy effecient desktop isn't considering the eeeBox. I believe the eeeBox doesn't idle quite as low, but it's load is 19W which is pretty impressive. Though the eeeBox is a bit more noisey as well so lots of pro's and con's to both.

Though I daresay that Apple build quality is actually middle at best. They get away with "quality" because they use the aluminum, not because there is any actual quality designing put in. And their parts fail (especially the screens for some reason...) just like other companies.

But in all, it is definitely priced right for what it has in it, though I wouldn't say it's priced quite right for the application/use.]]>Jun 17th 2010 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 17th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/unibody-mac-mini-meets-ifixit-gets-a-delicate-teardown-expose/Jun 16th 2010 8:26PM