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Ok, I'm got a fetish for small footprint computers. I mean a serioius unhealthy fetish. At one point, I owned 7 so-called "book PCs" that all were the size of a world encyclopedia. The truth is that I still own 4 of them. And I would love to acquire 3 more. But I can just can't rationalize them.
A long time ago, the good folks came out with a cube sized machine that I went ga-ga over. Unfortunately it was a Macintosh which meant that it cost a fortune and wasn't all that expandable. Now they have done it again. The Mac Mini is out and for about the cost of a decent run-of-the-mill Dell or Gateway desktop, youc an get a Mac.
Did they think this was a good idea. I know that Steve Jobs thinks that the world revolves around everything that he does. And he is hellabrilliant in some areas. But round two of the machine that can't be upgraded but yet costs as much as one that does just doesn't seem very wise.
But then again, Mac enthusiasts will get all moist in the pants over it and claim its a success.
The only really good thing about it is that it runs a variant of UNIX. at least they got that right.
*sigh*
A long time ago, the good folks came out with a cube sized machine that I went ga-ga over. Unfortunately it was a Macintosh which meant that it cost a fortune and wasn't all that expandable. Now they have done it again. The Mac Mini is out and for about the cost of a decent run-of-the-mill Dell or Gateway desktop, youc an get a Mac.
Did they think this was a good idea. I know that Steve Jobs thinks that the world revolves around everything that he does. And he is hellabrilliant in some areas. But round two of the machine that can't be upgraded but yet costs as much as one that does just doesn't seem very wise.
But then again, Mac enthusiasts will get all moist in the pants over it and claim its a success.
The only really good thing about it is that it runs a variant of UNIX. at least they got that right.
*sigh*
