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Intel's Mac Mini Look-Alike
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if its priced ok i want one next to my G5, beats VPC in performance and almost in price. Maybe i can stack a Mac mini and a Win mini later on. 
It will be interesting how they market it. The Mac Mini is an inexpensive way for Wintel users to move to Mac OS X in order to gain security and reliability. Wintel already had the price advantage with the cheap entry level PC's from Dell and others. Security and reliability will still suck on this new mini Wintel...so how are they going to market it?
I think it's just a gimmick to try and take some of the wind form Apple's sails.
I think it's just a gimmick to try and take some of the wind form Apple's sails.
Wow!
Unlike the one mentioned (in error?) by Wired, the Paradox machine really IS a complete Mac-Mini rip-off! If Intel asked for THAT then I'm amazed.
And this rip-off won't even be ready until fall I guess that's better than Intel's own clone, an empty shell full of air.
Thanks for the link. ( http://www.silentpcreview.com )
Unlike the one mentioned (in error?) by Wired, the Paradox machine really IS a complete Mac-Mini rip-off! If Intel asked for THAT then I'm amazed.
And this rip-off won't even be ready until fall
I guess that's better than Intel's own clone, an empty shell full of air.Thanks for the link. ( http://www.silentpcreview.com )
Think about it. Anyone in the market for this form factor PC will want to try out both platforms since they're almost identical on the outside. Then Apple will get a sale from someone who normally wouldn't consider Mac thanks to this PC maker pushing the mini-interest. You know what they say about karma? It's like I tell all my PC friends who ask redundant questions like, "Should I buy Dell or Gateway?" I tell them it doesn't matter because it's still a PC running windows. Now here comes a real contrast to compare and we all know what happens once someone is infected with Aqua! Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer. Here's the minutes from the Apple-Intel meeting, "Pretty please tell us how you did it!"
butt-ugly!
http://forum.macosx.nl/album_pic.php?pic_id=7058
I think it's butt ugly! ......I have a MacMini, I love it, so I know what I'm talking about
http://forum.macosx.nl/album_pic.php?pic_id=7058
I think it's butt ugly! ......I have a MacMini, I love it, so I know what I'm talking about
Sir said:http://forum.macosx.nl/album_pic.php?pic_id=7058
I think it's butt ugly! ......I have a MacMini, I love it, so I know what I'm talking about
I dont see how you have say its butt ugly. It looks almost exactly the same. The top is different and its a different color. The design though is basically the same thing. Even a dvi port, which I find surprising. Most media pc's, like HP doesn't even have a dvi port.
Sir said:http://forum.macosx.nl/album_pic.php?pic_id=7058
I think it's butt ugly! ......I have a MacMini, I love it, so I know what I'm talking about
Looks like a MacMini that's been sprayed silver to me
iPlm said:Holy apples! They've stoled a mini and put a Pentium M inside! This is a complete rip off! Expect Intel Inside Powerbooks look-alike soon!
Typical fanboy attitude. It's never gonna look any different; at the end of the day, they're both very-SFF computers, made of metal, with a slot-load drive. Why would they look anything BUT hugely similar?
andy.
_pb_boi said:
Well, all cars have four wheels and a motor. But they don't all look the same. I think it's a pity that these Wintel folks can't come up something original once in a while.
Complete rip... Let's hope Apple has patents and sues their ass because they deserve it. One more thing, ppl at the SilentPCReview forum are complaining that Macs are 'too expensive'. It will be interesting to see whether this Pentium M job comes out cheaper...
Wow. Hope the PC-mini folks budgeted for the impending suit over the intellectual property of the design. Seems a bit reckless, unless Apple licensed the design to them.
Wonderful
The photos were enough to grab my attention, could this BE any more of a rip off? Come on, there has been no trying lately by the "competition".
The photos were enough to grab my attention, could this BE any more of a rip off? Come on, there has been no trying lately by the "competition".
OH. MY. GOD. This is utterly tasteless. I really like the G5 crates blended with the mac mini form factor
..and the b-e-a-utiful sticker on the front totally is the sherry on the top!Please, gimme a break!
edit. wtf? the link should've had a picture of the pc mini
oh well.. whatever.xli_ne said:
Well, I find it ugly because I don't like copying great designs, like OUR Mini! So I then felt the immediate urge to say something negative about this ugly copy.....
what a rip off
does the PC world have any talent when it comes to designing their OWN computers? Apple had the first widescreen laptop, the first 17" laptop, the long forgotten cube, the first GUI based operating system and dozens of other designs which the PC world has so pathetically ripped off and claimed as their own. just cause they changed the color of the case and put a different MOBO and processor in it or in the case of windoze move the icons from the right of the screen to the left, it doesn't make it THEIR idea. are PC designers so pathetic that they must resort to stealing the designs of a truly innovative company or are they just jealous? my fellow mac afficianados, there is a revolution at hand, will you join me to wage war against the PC world. long live APPLE!
does the PC world have any talent when it comes to designing their OWN computers? Apple had the first widescreen laptop, the first 17" laptop, the long forgotten cube, the first GUI based operating system and dozens of other designs which the PC world has so pathetically ripped off and claimed as their own. just cause they changed the color of the case and put a different MOBO and processor in it or in the case of windoze move the icons from the right of the screen to the left, it doesn't make it THEIR idea. are PC designers so pathetic that they must resort to stealing the designs of a truly innovative company or are they just jealous? my fellow mac afficianados, there is a revolution at hand, will you join me to wage war against the PC world. long live APPLE!
isn't it great that everyone loves the mini so much they feel the need to copy it? i feel that this is a true testament to a good piece of machinery, yet at the same time, it is an outrage, what do they hope to do? convince mac mini shoppers that theres IS the mac mini? i dun get it
_pb_boi said:
Why did people admire the mac mini when they first saw it? Was it because of the really nice design which differed from almost anything else on the market? I have not seen any other computer with that particular shape, with every detail positioned just like the mini. I am not the only person who thinks this AOpen Paradox is a copy of the mac mini.
Guess most PC manufacturers have much lack of innovation.
Sir said:Well, I find it ugly because I don't like copying great designs, like OUR Mini! So I then felt the immediate urge to say something negative about this ugly copy.....
Well I can understand that I'm surprised that no one has ripped off the ipod like this. I remember seeing a shuttle rip-off, but not a total ipod rip
_pb_boi said:
While the name-calling is an effective argument, if all small computers look alike, then why didn't the Mini look like the ones before it? Show me one that looks like as much like the Mini as this new one does--even with a tray-load drive.
All boxes of a certain size and color with a slot look alike? I guess "shape" and "details" are not part of design or trade dress then?
Part of the beauty of Apple minimalist design is simplification to the point where it seems obvious in hindsight. The Mac Mini, iMac G5, iPod, PowerBook, iBook, and Cinema Displays are all great examples. And yet somehow nobody but Apple came up with those designs...