Comments on: Five hundred dollar piece of junk http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/ software princess Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:53:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Tyson http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-104 Tyson Mon, 25 Apr 2005 05:55:29 +0000 http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-104 I couldn't agree with you more Zab ... why can't they dress up a POS mini-Mac-me instead of leaving it crappy beige? Plus no firewire OR wireless? Whatup with that? I couldn’t agree with you more Zab … why can’t they dress up a POS mini-Mac-me instead of leaving it crappy beige? Plus no firewire OR wireless? Whatup with that?

]]> By: zab http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-42 zab Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:37:06 +0000 http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-42 <blockquote>Aren't you forgetting a LEGAL copy of windows xp?</blockquote> No, and maybe I should have made that more clear. Due to a host of historical accidents I'm most effective in front of a Linux box. That's the point; if I'm going to be a dork and just put Linux on this nice Mini mac, how much Linux could I get by buying different hardware? That's the difference between Deb's comparison and mine. She's operating in the market that the Mini mac is intended for. I'm judging it in an environment that it wasn't positioned for.

Aren’t you forgetting a LEGAL copy of windows xp?

No, and maybe I should have made that more clear. Due to a host of historical accidents I’m most effective in front of a Linux box. That’s the point; if I’m going to be a dork and just put Linux on this nice Mini mac, how much Linux could I get by buying different hardware?

That’s the difference between Deb’s comparison and mine. She’s operating in the market that the Mini mac is intended for. I’m judging it in an environment that it wasn’t positioned for.

]]> By: K!P http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-41 K!P Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:40:43 +0000 http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-41 arent you forgetting a LEGAL copy of windows xp? and perhaps some software to replace the ilfe suit? i think the macmini is cheap, for a mac, sure there are cheaper contraptions available; but than you have to settle with windows...and noise arent you forgetting a LEGAL copy of windows xp? and perhaps some software to replace the ilfe suit? i think the macmini is cheap, for a mac, sure there are cheaper contraptions available; but than you have to settle with windows…and noise

]]> By: zab http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-40 zab Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:44:21 +0000 http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-40 The Tech Report posted a build, again from newegg, where they aligned the capability rather than the cost. http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/7857 I wonder how much of the hardware premium is subsidising software and support. It would be interesting to see if one could get a Mac mini without any software and with no promises for support, save maybe RMA agreements for DOA hardware. The Tech Report posted a build, again from newegg, where they aligned the capability rather than the cost. http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/7857

I wonder how much of the hardware premium is subsidising software and support. It would be interesting to see if one could get a Mac mini without any software and with no promises for support, save maybe RMA agreements for DOA hardware.

]]> By: graydon http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-39 graydon Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:11:10 +0000 http://www.zabbo.net/post/five-hundred-dollar-piece-of-junk/#comment-39 imac minis cost $649 canadian. my local white box guy sells a machine with the same storage and memory capacity, a faster cpu, faster memory, plus keyboard, mouse, and speakers, for $349 canadian. if apple is competing on price with anyone, perhaps it's dell; but they both charge a 100% premium over the white box market. maybe it's worth it for the industrial design. their machines are much nicer looking than dell machines, and I like "small and quiet" in general. but the psychological threshold of "sub thousand dollar" machine which apple has now passed was passed 7 years ago in the white box market. imac minis cost $649 canadian. my local white box guy sells a machine with the same storage and memory capacity, a faster cpu, faster memory, plus keyboard, mouse, and speakers, for $349 canadian.

if apple is competing on price with anyone, perhaps it’s dell; but they both charge a 100% premium over the white box market. maybe it’s worth it for the industrial design. their machines are much nicer looking than dell machines, and I like “small and quiet” in general. but the psychological threshold of “sub thousand dollar” machine which apple has now passed was passed 7 years ago in the white box market.

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