[Coco] Mac mini

Jim Cox jimcox at miba51.com
Sat Jan 22 18:56:25 EST 2005


Allen:

These are as good looking as the Mini, but they're pretty 
small:

http://sys.us.shuttle.com/

Jim

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:42:54 -0600
  Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> As some of you may know, Apple released (officially) 
>their new $499 Mac mini today.  Firewire, USB, VGA, hard 
>drive, wireless/bluetooth support, etc. in a TINY 2.9lb 
>package.  It's the closest thing to a modern CoCo I've 
>seen -- just tiny.  Plug up your existing keyboard, mouse 
>(USB, else with an adpater) and monitor and go.  A $500 
>Unix-based machine with a slick GUI.  Elegant.
> 
> The $500 PCs have always been ugly to me -- huge boxes, 
>ugly plastic, etc. usually taking up more space than a 
>CoCo setup!
> 
> I saw one in person today -- very impressive little 
>machine.  (I have a 20" iMac G5 at home, and a 2003 
>series PowerBook I am using right now.)  I just love the 
>form factor.
> 
> Does anyone know of any other tiny and cheap machines 
>(i.e. in the price range of a CoCo with disk drive -- 
>$500) out there?
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