Yeah, but it is so easy to pull apart the PC-crud-box and add memory and optical drives, etc. But, you cannot [easily, anyway] crack the case of the Mac mini. And, you'd void the Apple warranty if you did. --Steve At 2:14 AM -0800 1/13/05, Laurie A Duncan wrote: >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.