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QUOTE (Tree Leopard @ Jan 13 2005, 17:38) The Mini Mac appears to be a market testing exercise - its features are more like a home entertainment processor hub, which puts it head to head with a large array of PC-based "mini" products - cute, but... cute but enough for most non game, non heavy processing stuff, that is home, students and office… Not so a niche… Add the switchers… Apple sold +24% computers on Q4 2004  There's a shift on the way since summer. The iPod/virus combination. QUOTE ... what many of us have been dreaming about is a similar device for semi-mobile pro audio/video production. I imagine a unit about double the size of the current Mini Mac, packed with G5 processor punch and hi-bandwidth i/o on all slots. A unit that is compact, quiet, that can sit 1U in a 19in rack, controlled from your existing G4 Powerbook. Another way of looking at it is like a mini hi-speed Audio & Video Data Processor / Server. :  I was thinking of it as soon as i've seen the Mini. We need node G5 computers: G5, enough RAM in (it can be soldered), small yet reasonably fast HD, Ethernet GB, no CD/DVD drive, stackable. And a separate power supply to power a number of these. Market: logic users, any software in audio, video, 3D, DTP that needs bit crushing so editors have to follow in xgrid. QUOTE If we want these sorts of devices -and my guess is that there must be a lot of people who do - then we need to "remind" Apple about the things we want - constantly. At the end of the day they are realistically the only company who can fullfill these sorts of "user desires". If the market response is strong enough for this "babe" then there might be hope for pro users yet!  We're one step closer! SURE! There are eyes reading around
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 news Mac Mini, a mini mac for $499 Wed 12 Jan 2005, 04:02 tunepoet Man, THAT is a cool idea! I wish I had a need for ... Wed 12 Jan 2005, 04:02 soif This Mac Mini is a killer product for most people ... Wed 12 Jan 2005, 12:08 ourmanflinty aww it's so cute and it's tiny tiny tiny... Wed 12 Jan 2005, 14:18 soif It shoud also be the quiestest destkop mac ever do... Wed 12 Jan 2005, 14:30 swilder So to recap:
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2. iLife ... Wed 12 Jan 2005, 17:00 rounik Does the mac mini come with iLife too?!?!
... Wed 12 Jan 2005, 20:18 lepetitmartien Here I am (the guy who touched the thing -save the... Thu 13 Jan 2005, 04:35 mhohman Any idea what kind of hard drive this thing has in... Thu 13 Jan 2005, 08:05 ourmanflinty it's a laptop drive unless dr who designed the... Thu 13 Jan 2005, 13:17 Tree Leopard The Mini Mac appears to be a market testing exerci... Thu 13 Jan 2005, 17:38 soif QUOTE (Tree Leopard @ Jan 13 2005, 17:38)If w... Thu 13 Jan 2005, 18:16 iShawn QUOTE (rounik @ Jan 12 2005, 13:18)Does the m... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 02:49 swilder QUOTE (Tree Leopard @ Jan 13 2005, 16:38)... ... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 03:59 fastlanephil An article on Maccentral says the Mac Mini HD is a... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 06:01 ourmanflinty I'm with you scott, pipe dreamers...suddenly t... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 14:24 CShelCShore I have a question...
The Mac mini is the answer I... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 23:48 don says mac damn... and to think how happy i was when my gf go... Sat 15 Jan 2005, 00:13 Tree Leopard QUOTE (swilder @ Jan 14 2005, 02:59)I find it... Sat 15 Jan 2005, 01:38 Blockrockinbeats QUOTE (CShelCShore @ Jan 14 2005, 22:48)I hav... Sat 15 Jan 2005, 14:46 Jibril i think its great to new mac users
most mac owner... Sun 16 Jan 2005, 21:56 Drippingsoul13 I was thinking bout getting a iMac next year but n... Sun 16 Jan 2005, 22:17
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