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mobrien_12:
Interesting.

The base model:  

http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html

Processor     1.25GHz PowerPC G4     

Memory    256MB of PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SRAM

Graphics    ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM with AGP 4X support

Hard drive1    40GB Ultra ATA1    80GB Ultra ATA1

Optical drive    Slot-loading Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)

Ports    One FireWire 400 port; two USB 2.0 ports; DVI output; VGA output (adapter included)
Networking    Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem3

Plus you get OSX 10.3 and Appleworks.  

I wonder how they got the price down so low.... what would a comparable Linux x86 box go for?

Fett101:
Maybe getting rid of a display, keyboard, mouse, and case materials.

M51DPS:
Can anyone reccomend a decent, and really cheap, monitor I could get for my Mac mini? It would be nice to get a display from Apple, but at $999, that is more than the cost of the computer I want to get.

Fett101:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1751694,00.asp

Hmmmm

M51DPS:

quote:Originally posted by Fett101:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1751694,00.asp

Hmmmm
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Yeah, Macs are still more expensive than their pc counterparts (and they will probably always be), but Mac OS X makes up for that any day. Not your thing? Then go ahead and get your cheap dell computer and load up on Linux. I am just saying you should give it a try and see if you like the Mac world.

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