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Intel's Mac Mini Look-Alike

jimsowden said:
Truer words have never been spoken in this forum.
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...and you can substitute Microsoft for Intel in that sentence and its still the same result.

Unfortunately, only about 3% of the population seem to care enough about style to actually buy a Mac.

But that's probably still more than care about ballet :p
 
taeclee99 said:
The only "mini" pc I would ever get it this one: The i8600 from Shuttle.
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We have a whole lab of Shuttle's over at the school. Actually bought the Shuttle cases, slightly smaller then what you have, and the our Tech Coordinator built them. They are all silver. The only bad thing is they run Windows, otherwise they are really nice little compact computers for a computer lab where space in an issue.
 
Copying Apple aye? Those shameless Intel guys...

The mac mini is 499$, windows costs really much, so they'll have to put Intel's Pentium 3 with 15GB HDD and 128MB RAM to mach this price ;)

But the whole idea Intel and product design is kinda weird to me. :p
 
And to think Apple didn't even start advertising (tv) the mini yet :eek:

It would be funny if Intels beat Apple at advertising the "mini." People will think Apple copied!

Now we know about what Apple and Intel were talking about last week :p
 
The only PC boxes that have got close to the Mac Mini are the nano-ITX based boxes like the wonderfully overdesigned solid aluminium Hoojum Nanode which was to use the yet to ship VIA Eden-N boards. Maybe those will never ship though what with the VIA C7 announcement. They've been 'about to ship' for way over a year.

http://hoojum.com/gallery/slideshow.php?set_albumName=nanode

Intel will be going some to even get the Pentium M cool enough in a case the size of the mini or Nanode.

The mini-ITX boxes over twice the size due to using normal sized PCI/AGP cards, large desktop processors, built in PSUs with fans and the almost ubiquitous nest of stupid legacy connectors PC manufacturers in Taiwan seem to think we still need.
 
puckhead193 said:
why does everyone try and copy apple, why doesn't apple get their lawyers on top of these things and not sue people over rumors. :p ;) :rolleyes:
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FWIW, Apple is not the first to offer a small PC like the Mac Mini.

For years, there has been some small PCs bascially the size of a CD-RW Drive, only a little longer.

Apple just packaged their concept very nicely.

Edit: For example:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000690024275/

Sushi
 
sushi said:
FWIW, Apple is not the first to offer a small PC like the Mac Mini.

For years, there has been some small PCs bascially the size of a CD-RW Drive, only a little longer.

Apple just packaged their concept very nicely.

Sushi
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Exactly, thanks for that Sushi. It's just like the people who say that MS ripped off Apple's OS back in the day. But we won't get into the whole Xerox discussion, now will we? ;)
 
everybody has the right to make small computers, but this isn't going to run Macosx so we shouldn't care in this forum
 
sushi said:
FWIW, Apple is not the first to offer a small PC like the Mac Mini.

For years, there has been some small PCs bascially the size of a CD-RW Drive, only a little longer.

Apple just packaged their concept very nicely.

Edit: For example:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000690024275/

Sushi
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Actually they did with the Cube G4 :p
Shuttle and company copnied the concept, when Apple came out with the Mini, people though that they copied the concept from the PC...amazing
 
Ahhh!! nothing like a good lawsuit to get you going in the morning. Introductions are in order. Apple lawyers meet Intel’s lawyers. Intel lawyers meet Apple lawyers. Now play nice. ;)
 
SiliconAddict said:
Ahhh!! nothing like a good lawsuit to get you going in the morning. Introductions are in order. Apple lawyers meet Intel’s lawyers. Intel lawyers meet Apple lawyers. Now play nice. ;)
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Maybe they've already been talking... :eek:
 
that intel design dejo posted looks like a paving tile, more akin to a patio than a desk!

i have always been fond of the shuttle cases and the desktop ones offered by lian-li, but to be honest i think the mini will prove a hard act to follow?

whats the chances of a g5 powermac cube? if one was released i would be so tempted to get one! :)
 
~Shard~ said:
Exactly, thanks for that Sushi. It's just like the people who say that MS ripped off Apple's OS back in the day. But we won't get into the whole Xerox discussion, now will we? ;)
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shhhhhhhhh, let us never speak of the subject again.
 
rowanhall said:
i have always been fond of the shuttle cases and the desktop ones offered by lian-li, but to be honest i think the mini will prove a hard act to follow?
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The Shuttle is a nice system.

As I mentioned before, mini pcs like this are available:

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000690024275/

They are pretty cool if you have limited computing needs.

The key with Apple, is that they take a concept, and not only implement it well design wise, they also have the software including iLife which makes items such as the Mac mini a very nice concept.

My earlier post was just to say that Apple is not always the first. While they are a tremendous industry leader and have introduced many firsts, at times they follow as well. Apple is an innovative company no doubt about it. But there are some cool things on the PC side of the house as well.

Sushi
 
sushi said:
The key with Apple, is that they take a concept, and not only implement it well design wise, they also have the software including iLife which makes items such as the Mac mini a very nice concept.

Sushi
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Good point - let us never forget about the software. Being able to run iLife and OS X give the Mini a huge advantage - the fact that they come free with the system - even better. :cool:
 
Well the goal is to build smaller PCs, so is anyone really copying anyone else? Its not like companies weren't heading in this direction in terms of size. Its just that Apple has the nicest little computer, that's all. The size was always going to get smaller eventually, whether Apple was around nor not.
 
iPoster said:
Ugh, at $419 bare bones, or three to four times the price of the mini depending on how you equip it; even worse graphics than the 9200 in the mini, and you have to choose between 11.b (sorry, no 11.g!) wireless and bluetooth, can't have both at once...

*walks off shaking his head*
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Heck, a Mac mini gets a lot more expensive if you go to 1.42Ghz, Superdrive, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, 802.11g and BT. That's not the point.

As I said in my original post, these are good if you have limited computing needs.

Also, now that the mini is such a success, you can bet that these types of computers will become more competitive as prices drop and features go up.

Please note, I am not saying that the Mac mini is bad. I like them very much. Just saying that there have been small PC options like the Mac mini before.

Sushi
 
brap said:
Trade-off with desktop [read: cheaper] components & upgradeability.
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They are about as easy to upgrade as a Mini according to the article. the advantages of it residing on Intel clone hardware are much less of an advantage.
 
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