Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini

[Nils Holland]

On 25.05.2007, at 14:47, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:

> 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 ?

Well, no doubt about that! If I hadn't gone all-notebook quite some  
time ago, I'd certainly go with an iMac! And I might actually get one  
when my girlfriend and I move to a less space-constrained location.  
However, it's my impression that for some reasons I've never  
understood, some (hardcore?) PC users don't consider an all-in-one  
machine a real computer. There are the folks who like tinkering with  
the hardware side of their machine more than actually using the  
machine. Those aren't easily convinced of the quality of an iMac. And  
I've even had someone tell me that he won't get an iMac because he  
can't do "case-modding" with it. Gosh, already the thought of blue  
fluorescent lights in an iMac (or any other Apple machine for that  
matter) makes me want to puke. ;-)

So, I might not like it, but I'm sure a tower-based "old school"  
desktop computer for an affordable price would bring Apple quite a  
few new customers. Not sure if I wanted to have those customers if I  
were Apple, however. ;-)

Greetings,
Nils