Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini

[Matt Johnston]

On 28 May 2007, at 15:54, Shawn Erickson wrote:
> I was originally thinking a dual PCIe mini-tower would be a great  
> thing for Apple to do ... but after what you stated above I also  
> now feel it would make sense for a single PCIe (16x lane ideally)  
> mini-tower with embedded graphics (using desktop class chipset),  
> one drive bay, one optical bay, 2 DIMM slots (maybe 4), and single  
> socket dual core (possibly quad core

I think it's entirely about placement in the market.

I think there's a market for the mini. But then there's also a market  
for people who want a desktop Mac but don't want a built-in screen.  
Or need a PCIe. And can't justify the costs of a Mac Pro (the size  
and weight of the Mac Pro rules it out for me. I just gave mine away  
to one of the other guys in the office)

For that single PCIe some may need/want/lust-for a kick-ass graphics  
card. Boom. You just got sell through to the gamer market.

Heck, make it a pizza box model a la the LC, and I'd buy tomorrow.