Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

On 25 mai 07, at 20:47, Nils Holland wrote:
> my impression has been this: People, especially long time PC users,  
> don't want an iMac. They don't want a machine where the screen is  
> built in.

Interesting comment. But I think it is a very closed way to look at  
the machine.

Considering the size of current laptops, one could easily imagine  
having next generation iMacs less than 1 inch thick. Then what would  
be the material _point_ having the computing part and the display  
part separated ? If would be a total waste of space. Who wants that ?  
Nostalgic of the "desktop+CRT" combo ?

See how the designs evolve now: most of the commodity machines on the  
Japanese market have integrated displays, an evolution that is led by  
laptops that more and more replace desktops _because_ they are  
integrated (not because they are laptops).

It is like when you get a car: you can change the wheels, but you  
can't really be serious if you say you want to be able to change the  
windshield to get a bigger one...

JC Helary