I think the Mac Mini is an interesting stab at the more cost aware market which Apple always seems to pass by.
I mean, it it just so small you can carry it around with you! (not that it would do you that much good unless everywhere you go you have a monitor/keyboard/etc… but that is the case for many).
The $499 Mac mini has a 1.25-gigahertz PowerPC G4 processor, 256 megabytes of RAM, 40-gigabyte hard drive, combo DVD/CD-RW drive, ATI Radeon 9200 graphics processor with 32 megabytes of video memory, one FireWire port, two USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet port and an internal modem. Internal adapters for WiFi and Bluetooth wireless networking are options available through Apple’s build-to-order online store. A step-up model at $599 has a 1.42-gigahertz G4 and 80-gigabyte hard drive, and is otherwise identical.
And then there is the iPod Shuffle. I am not really sure what to think about that one. Sure it is small, and cheaper at $99 bucks… but not really revolutionary. But, I may be the wrong market. I want an MP3 player which is that small, and have 200GB of space, and allows me to get online, and make calls, and ….
My biggest question for Apple right now:
WHERE IS MY JDK 1.5!
(and what about getting a damn G5 into a laptop already.)
