[Cube] Mac mini take apart clues

[Laurie A Duncan]

Hi Bill :)

The Mac mini is the answer to all those Windows-using friends of yours who
balk at the price of a shiny new iMac G5 and then tell you that they are
perfectly fine with the monitor they already have and they can walk into
Wal-Mart and buy a $500 barebones PC.  Well now they can walk into the
nearest Apple Retail store and buy a $500 Mac. And I'll bet you that after
not too long of having that attractive Mac on their desk next to their
not-as-attractive Dell monitor, they are going to start thinking maybe a
Cinema Display would look really sweet next to their $500 bargain basement
Mac and their stylish iPods.

There's your market. And that's one damn big market.

The Mac mini is not a Cube-killer by a long shot. But it's a bold, brave and
very very smart move by Apple to make inroads in a space they never stood a
chance in previously.

Laurie
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On 1/12/05 12:38 PM, "Bill Fox" <wfoxjr at earthlink.net> wrote:

> You're right and that's exactly what Apple wants you to think. The Mac
> mini is only economically viable as a base, non-upgraded (or very
> minimally upgraded), entry-level computer.
> 
> On Jan 12, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote:
> 
>> Ah, so!  And one visible DIMM slot.  For all that it would take to
>> bring it up to fighting trim, one could almost buy the G5 iMac.
>> --Steve
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