How big will the Mini be?

[Mac Reporter]

Windows developer Alex Gorbatchev just bought his first Mac.

The Toronto resident said he has long wanted to see how the other side lives, but the iMac was "too expensive a toy."

"I've never had my hands on a Mac and I'm really curious to get my hands on one," Gorbatchev said in an e-mail.

Gorbatchev is just the kind of person Apple Computer hoped to appeal to by introducing its $499 Mac Mini. The company reasons that plenty of Windows users have been interested in a Mac but are turned off by the hefty price tag.

The Mac Mini is indeed cheap by Mac standards, though it's still pricier than bottom-of-the-line PCs. That said, analysts say it is just the kind of device that could spur PC-toting iPod owners and others to give the Mac a try--the so called "halo effect" Wall Street has been looking for.
The main question now is just how bright a halo the new machine will shine on its maker.

Needham analyst Charles Wolf said that he now estimates 11 percent of iPod-toting Windows users may buy a Mac now that the Mini is on the market. Before that, he assumed the rate would be closer to 4 percent.

Read more at CNET News.com.

[vicicasas]

This is the first MacMini carrying case I've seen, from bag manufacturer Tom Bihn. Very nice.

"Of course it fits into just about any daypack, briefcase or messenger bag you may have. Makes a sporty, albeit expensive, Bento Box as well."

[Polar Mac]

Originally posted by Mac Reporter
Windows developer Alex Gorbatchev just bought his first Mac.

hehe.... a potential mac switcher :lol: Windows developer pa!! take that Billy!!! :P

[CooLes]

Looks like Apple's gonna pull this one off. At that price point its much better than when they first launched the Cube, which is now a collector's item. If it reaches a similar success as the iPod, then am waiting for version two, preferably a G5, since G4 is already near its EOL in my opinion.

[Edited on 1-15-2005 by CooLes]

[hypersomniac]

I may probably wait for a future version. Hopefully with Superdrive standard, 64MB+ video, 120 Gig HD and up to 2 Gig RAM at about the same price. Maybe a year from now it will have Mac OS X (10.4.X), iLife '06 and free iWorks. Will there be a black or colored Mac minis ? Ill take a blue one please ...

Hmmm Maybe I cant wait for the next version. Anybody interested in a one year old eMac ? :lol: