February 6, 2005

Mac Mini is Wack

Posted at February 6, 2005 10:29 PM

Division Two says the Mac Mini is another triumph of hype over substance for Apple. I'm still wondering how they could release this thing without an audio input on it?

Apple is a master at hype, everyone knows this. Its founder, Steve Jobs, is well-known throughout the industry for possessing a “reality distortion field” which makes people crave Apple computers and one-button mice despite their exorbitant price and in the face of all rational logic. Both the Apple hype machine and Jobs' reality distortion field have kicked into overdrive this year with the recent release of the bold, innovative and affordable G4 Cube...oops I mean the Mac mini...

...Don’t get me wrong, I am an admirer of Apple’s iPod and I applaud the company for doing things right when it does. I am glad to see that they have found a way to cut corners where they can to bring the price of their computers out of the stratosphere and somewhat closer to the price of a Windows PC. By leaving out a USB keyboard and monitor, two things you may already have if you have an old Mac, Apple can shave some money off the price of its system components and the size and weight of its packaging. By using cheap Asian child labor to assemble the units, costs have been reduced even further. I would like to see them continue this trend, possibly strike a deal with China to use inmates to assemble the Mini for even less, like Lenovo does. Think about it, a Mac mini for $299. Now that would be an easier price to swallow given the system’s limitations. $499 sounds like a decent price at first, but consumers need to be aware that once they add on the basics like a keyboard, monitor and mouse, plus shell out for some antivirus software, the Mac mini price is scraping the ceiling of $1600, hardly a “computer for the rest of us.”

So is the mini a maxi value? For me, clearly, no...

...But will Apple's famous marketing team be able to sell the the emperor an invisible computer anyway and turn the mini into a maxi hit? That’s the question that remains to be answered.

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Comments

You obviously have no imagination, and should stick to playing solitaire on your computer.
I don't know any computer that has a decent audio INPUT, without having a seperate card for the A to D conversion. There are plenty of great USB and Firewire audio interfaces if that's what you need to do with it.
For the A/V enthusiast, you could add this smartly on a aux input on your TV/stereo system. Now with a wireless card (or cabled if you prefer) and wireless keyboard/mouse, you can do a P in P on your large screen and surf the net while watching a game. You could also have your iTunes library available there, or even play a DVD.
This MAC is clearly not for everyone....as you have proved.

Posted by: Craig Jackson at February 7, 2005 7:44 PM

Gee, I wonder where the stereotype comes from that Mac users are smug elitist jerks, who think their preference for a corporate brand makes them intellectually superior? We're certainly not seeing that here.

I've been editing digital audio and distributing it online, as well as airing it on the radio, for 8 years now. You don't know the subject as well as you think you do.

Posted by: Jay Smooth at February 7, 2005 8:08 PM

That division two article is one hilarious piece of satire.

Posted by: Jim DiGriz at February 8, 2005 1:01 AM

A tempest in a teapot. Go here for some cheap gratification:

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/

This inexpensive and sublime piece of gadgetry will get you what you want. It is usb to digital and simply works. Input and output. It's as simple as going to your System prefs in OS X and choosing the imic as the sound input or output. No drivers, it just works.

Posted by: Ceedee at February 8, 2005 11:23 AM

I gota disagree on this one Jay... I got a mac mini at the crib n I love it. I got the 512 RAM versionwith superdrive, airport, and Bluetooth. and it was only like 1000. keyboard n all tht included... and that's for the near top of the line model.. and the space it saves???? That's where it sold me... less clutter, less wires, more space!!! as far as anti virus software... I kno this is a slightly ignorant statement but I've been on mac for bout 10 years now. never had a virus b4.. coz 99.9999 % of them are written for P.C!! and I'm not using the built in 1/8" jack audio-in on ANY computer... unless I'm desperate... You can't compare this to that disaster called the cube... its like less than a third of the size! I'd reccomend this to ANYone lookin for a entry level mac if they're a casual user switchin from a p.c. or a mac user who just needs the basics for home use...

Posted by: jb (yes that one) at March 1, 2005 1:28 PM


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