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Mac Mini a good Value ?

The Cube did not sell because of its price. The Mac Mini is a good value at the 499.00 - 599.00 price.

The Impressive Value of the Mac mini
Dan Knight 2005.01.11

Apple really outdid themselves this time - they've build a whole Macintosh into a 6.5" square case that's just 2" high. And it looks stylish. And it's just US$499.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting anything this stylish in an entry-level headless Mac. I can hardly comprehend how they managed to squeeze a Combo drive, a hard drive, a motherboard, and even a tiny speaker into such a compact space. The Mac mini is a lot smaller than those "zero footprint" SCSI drives we used back in the Mac Plus era. Those generally measured 9.6" wide, over 10" deep, and at least 3" high.

What Apple has really invented here is the hand-holdable, transportable desktop computer. It weighs less than three pounds (plus the external power supply), works with any USB mouse or keyboard, and connects to any DVI or VGA display. With a $19 adapter, you can even connect it to most modern TVs using S-video.

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Go AAPL !!!