Mac add-on for PCs [OT?]

[Dan Shafer]

I agree with Chipp about the memory footprint, but I'm not concerned 
about configuring the beast with a wireless keyboard/mouse from Apple. 
You can buy those goodies far less expensively from other 
manufacturers. A friend of mine called me yesterday and told me that 
he'd configured a new Mac Mini with a monitor, keyboard and mouse and 
brought the whole package in for just over $600.

What this does,l I think, is allow people to get the elegance of OS X 
without paying excessively for Apple's (superior?) industrial design.

Dan

On Jan 15, 2005, at 12:54 AM, Chipp Walters wrote:

> Andy,
>
> Nothing a can of SprayMount and hammer with a good size nail can't fix 
> ;-)
>
> (just kidding for you too serious Mac-heads out there- and I mean you 
> Jerry!)
>
> One thing about the miniMac. I went to the Apple website and 
> configured the elCheapo ($499 - 1.25GHz) version how I'd like it:
>
> I added 256 Mb RAM to get to 512, then added the wireless and 
> bluetooth option along with a wireless keyboard/mouse and now it's 
> over $800! Dang that was quick. And still no display. Heck for a 
> couple hundred more I can get an iBook.
>
> I can't figure out why it doesn't come standard with 512. If in fact, 
> Apple is trying to woo users away from PC's, it would seem they would 
> want to have a bit more snappy profile than 256. C'est la vie.
>
> -Chipp
>
> yoy wrote:
>> If only Apple had molded a picture frame into the top surface and a 
>> small
>> recessed hole in the bottom surface, I could put a picture of my dear 
>> old
>> Grandma in the picture frame, put a nail in the wall and then hang 
>> the mini
>> mac on the wall.
>
>
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