Mac mini rip-off

[Gomi]

after the 'super shuffle' now we have this...

story here...

reposting photos...



[Edited on 6-1-2005 by HAL9000]

[booblanco]

Who knows? Maybe AOpen is the OEM who manufactures the Mac Mini. Asus makes the Powerbooks after all. If AOpen isn't Apple's OEM, you can count on Apple to file a lawsuit - no problem there.

Don't worry, as long as it doesn't run Mac OS, it's not a Mac.

[Maccess]

I'm just wondering about the pricing.

None of the compact PC solutions have a price anywhere near the Mac Mini's P3OT.

Even the local distributor of Shuttle PCs for more than a Mac Mini (if you include the price of the OS License).

[randytamayo]

in that case, id like a g5 rip-off including the 30" cinema display - for my sister

[Gomi]

Originally posted by Maccess
I'm just wondering about the pricing.

None of the compact PC solutions have a price anywhere near the Mac Mini's P3OT.

Even the local distributor of Shuttle PCs for more than a Mac Mini (if you include the price of the OS License).

my thoughts exactly... considering also that this rip-off is running on a pentium-m, which is easily trounced by the mini's g4

here's an interesting read from wired...

"The Pentium M and Windows XP are pretty expensive components. It would be hard to hit the Mac mini's $499 price point with that combo," wrote IDC's Kay.

Ken Huang, vice president of systems R&D at Shuttle, a Taiwanese manufacturer that sells around 50,000 small PCs every month, said diminutive computers including the Mac mini lose significant flexibility in order to squeeze into a small package. As a result, consumers can't easily upgrade their machines, making them fundamentally less desirable.

"The PC is more powerful and popular than Apple systems because of its open architecture -- you can upgrade it. When the PC gets similar to the Mac mini, you have no space to upgrade, and you will lose this advantage," he said.

[booblanco]

It's the Mini's Tiger + iLife 05 bundle that makes it a winner for me. Subtract the cost of these from the package and you're looking at a Mac that costs about P15T.

[zagu]

Originally posted by booblanco
Who knows? Maybe AOpen is the OEM who manufactures the Mac Mini. Asus makes the Powerbooks after all. If AOpen isn't Apple's OEM, you can count on Apple to file a lawsuit - no problem there.

Don't worry, as long as it doesn't run Mac OS, it's not a Mac.

just wondering does asus have laptops that looks like powerbookS? wala naman diba hehe i was just wondering

[booblanco]

I admire Asus since they have a huge factory here that employs many of our countrymen. Here's a model that has some PBook elements:

http://usa.asus.com/products/notebook/w1series/w1000n/w1000n_overview.htm

[mistermoya]

Originally posted by HAL9000

Originally posted by Maccess
I'm just wondering about the pricing.

None of the compact PC solutions have a price anywhere near the Mac Mini's P3OT.

Even the local distributor of Shuttle PCs for more than a Mac Mini (if you include the price of the OS License).

my thoughts exactly... considering also that this rip-off is running on a pentium-m, which is easily trounced by the mini's g4

here's an interesting read from wired...

"The Pentium M and Windows XP are pretty expensive components. It would be hard to hit the Mac mini's $499 price point with that combo," wrote IDC's Kay.

Ken Huang, vice president of systems R&D at Shuttle, a Taiwanese manufacturer that sells around 50,000 small PCs every month, said diminutive computers including the Mac mini lose significant flexibility in order to squeeze into a small package. As a result, consumers can't easily upgrade their machines, making them fundamentally less desirable.

"The PC is more powerful and popular than Apple systems because of its open architecture -- you can upgrade it. When the PC gets similar to the Mac mini, you have no space to upgrade, and you will lose this advantage," he said.

Read this is Wired as well, as much as Wintel machines are more popular I think the whole upgrade philosophy of why Wintels are better than Macs is just so overused and really IMHO not that important. I think bottomline is people just want machines that work really well and not machines they can tinker with which sometimes leads to affecting the overall performance of the machine as well.

[booblanco]

Not to generalize Mac users as bare-bone folks who just want something that works well, some Dual G5 Powermac users have been known to upgrade/overclock their machines too. If something doesn't work, it's part of the territory. Enthusiasts talaga.