Re: 5 Things AppleTV needs to be a MUST BUY by Apple Gazette

[Kevin Callahan]

On Apr 7, 2007, at 4:36 PM, Matt Johnston wrote:

>
> On 8 Apr 2007, at 00:14, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>> I'm holding out for an updated mini (been waiting since Fall - LOL!)
>
> Sales of the Mini have been poor so while I think its demise is not  
> yet upon us, it's usefulness is a question.

i just did a price comparison of a decked out Mac mini vs an iMac 17

the iMac 17 wins, hands down, and it's only 100 bucks more -:
(but we're well over a grand at this point)

MINI:

Subtotal
1,497.00

Specifications

1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
160GB Serial ATA drive
SuperDrive 8x (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Apple Wireless Keyboard & wireless Mighty Mouse
Mac OS X - U.S. English
AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac mini (w/or w/o Display) - Auto-enroll
Intel GMA 950 graphics
Accessory kit


iMac 17:
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Subtotal
1,603.00

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2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
160GB Serial ATA drive
SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Apple Wireless Keyboard & wireless Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X - U.S.  
English
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac - Auto-enroll
ATI Radeon X1600 128MB SDRAM
17-inch widescreen LCD
AirPort Extreme
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR


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> The movement of other lines to Core 2 have been justified in terms  
> of processing speeds, power savings and 802.11n (which is a chipset  
> thing). Mini is not designed to address these markets.
>
> Apple's strategy is clear here. Transition everyone who would have  
> bought a mini as a media centre to an Apple TV. Get them to encode  
> their assets in iTunes compatible formats and no-one then needs to  
> hack the AppleTV.
>
> That said if they replaced the current mini with a bookcase edition  
> Mac mini which had one PCI-express slot for your choice (quad  
> ethernet? kick-ass graphics card?) as well as the usual GigE, USB,  
> FW, DVI with integrated graphics

yeah