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It's a shame to have 'goatse' associated with an asshole like that.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Haggar How about Firewire 3200? The official spec has been out for a while now. Unfortunately official specs do not necessarily translate into third-party support or shipping products. (I suspect Firewire will f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sequitur How will the Mini server software be upgraded without another Mac with an optical drive or an external optical drive? If you bought one of these as a server, you most likely also have a client machine avail…
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Scanning other forums, I think the consensus is that the Mini is now overpriced. This is not just from the usual PC fans looking for an opportunity to shout 'Apple Tax!', but also from true Apple fans who are disappointed with the increase. I predic…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pridon Higher component costs likely justify such a price. If by 'component' you mean 'machined aluminum enclosure' then yes. But everything else inside has dropped in price over the years.
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I don't think the Mac Mini at the previous or original price make it a great HTPC. Even if it had HDMI from the start and had BackRow over the anemic and rotting FrontRow. It's $500 for a waste of a PC, IMO. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Obviously, Apple thinks that the number of people wanting (and willing to pay for ) what you are requesting is not large enough to make it worthwhile. Until you can demonstrate that your abilities to succeed i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lorre The smaller Apple makes their products, the smaller they can make the boxes. The smaller the boxes, the cheaper it is to ship them. I can assure you, as someone who has had experience in metal fabrication and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Smiles77 I believe that would be the green "power on" light. It is far too small to be an IR port, or even a paper clip hole--as some have suggested. The IR receiver is the gap at the edge of the slot. The server mo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta BTW, That Inspiron is over twice the size of the Mini - miniaturization costs money. I think that's what people have a problem with. Apple prioritized miniaturization, but for a stationary machine that seem…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism ...maybe we're the ones looking at this wrong. Maybe Apple is focusing these on a different user. That much is clear. I don't think most people here are clamoring for a return to the 90's when Apple cra…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jetlaw I truly believe that the typical user hardly ever uses their optical drive. It definitely strikes me as a component that takes up much more space than it is worth in a portable device. It's not as if Apple h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp If you want a cheap computer buy a Dell. You just don't get it do you. You know, it is possible to be a long-time Apple customer and yet still not agree with the price. At this point, the entry point for M…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I can't imagine many would pay for the Blu-ray drive that would fit into that machine. It's one Blu-ray drive away from replacing a lot of people's BD living room component and consolidating all that crap …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Some things to note:Same footprint as AppleTV it includes an HDMI-to-DVI adapter, which is uncommon from Apple these days No IR port The case is milled aluminium and looks like the bottom aluminium is part of…
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HDMI, but still no Blu-ray drive? C'mon, Apple - now you're just being needlessly stubborn. Add it as a goddam option and get it over with.
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Quote: Originally Posted by WaywardPondering What got me the most was the bloggers who didn't turn off there wifi when asked and then continued to blog about how they're still going, such a juvenile attitude. I'm torn on that one. I followed t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dksmidtx Steve Jobs keynotes are industry media blowouts - so why in heavens name don't they just webcast them instead... Given that these will become the 'official history' of that event, Apple prefers to run them …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MikieV As soon as people found out [and you know they would find out] there would be a free-for-all of Steve-bashing... for his "lying" about the capabilities of the device & software. Asserting that Steve was admi…
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I can think of two potential solutions to this in the future: 1) Use a local Bluetooth transmitter for network access (although that might suffer the same interference issues.) 2) Hack the demo units to get their network access from the same c…