Hi friends, some minutes ago I found a link to the first Xbench-data of our new "cube" http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/merge.xhtml?doc2=90960 As most of us will remark, the Macmini is not yet a real cube-killer, - compared with an upgraded cube!! In fact, the mini is quite fast, compared with my 1.5 GHz GigaDesign-Cube. The only weak point is the harddisk. But that might change, when faster 2.5' HDs will come. How fast will it be together with an external FW-HD??? At 500 $ it is a real alternative, yes.... And a real attractive media-computer if not too loud. Stefan