Last week my Dad bought a Gateway Laptop for home use and for my brother to take to school. I tried to make them get a mac mini instead but for the same price as of the mac mini they got a laptop with a 15" screen, better graphic card, more ram and HDD space, It is not hard to see that the gateway was better than the mac mini although it has a serious flaw... it came with Vista.
We need a new MacMini that doesnt feel like such a huge compromise. The base model should come with at least 1GB, larger 80GB HDD, a better video card, and a super drive and with a price starting at $499 . If it comes out I would proudly get one for my parents.