 I'm really liking the new Mac Mini
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http://www.apple.com/macmini/design.htmlHDMI, SD card slot, no more power brick, easy-access memory slot... There's just nothing wrong with this little computer. 
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Re: I'm really liking the new Mac Mini
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axiomite
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One of my friends said that I should check it out as a HT PC.
Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
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Re: I'm really liking the new Mac Mini
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connoisseur
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There's just nothing wrong with this little computer. Except they start at $700. If I were looking for a mini-PC that would also be suited for HTPC use I'd start with Zotac's ZBOX platform. It's $250 for the motherboard, CPU, video, power supply (yeah, it's external), and case. You just add RAM (up to a 4 GB DDR2 SO-DIMM), and a hard disk. It too has an SD slot. But no optical drive.  I was building machines with the motherboard out of this ZBOX, but in a case which had space for a laptop optical drive (was using Pioneer's slot loading one).
Pioneer PDP-5020FD, Marantz SR6011
Axiom M5HP, VP160HP, QS8
Sony PS4, surround backs
-Chris
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Re: I'm really liking the new Mac Mini
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connoisseur
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Yeah, I like it too. It's like headless Macbook.
I actually just replaced my still working PPC Mac Mini w/ a used 2 GHz Core 2 Duo w/ 2GB of RAM. Fortunately, I only paid $425 w/ cables, adapters, and a remote so I don't have too much remorse...
Though I do like that form factor.
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