Linked by Brian "eXtra heavy" Czarski on Wed 19th Jan 2005 17:41 UTC
I have been an omni-platform user, Windows, OS X and Linux user for some time now. I love different things about each platform and loathe just as much as I like about all three. The release of the Mac Mini at MacWorld really made me wonder if Apple made good move in jumping into the low range market. I decided the best way to see was to compare the Mini to my primary box, a similar system in specifications and price.
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When the G5 came out, everyone said "Yeah, but I could build a dually for less that was (maybe) faster!!" Are we seriously back to this again? I think it's safe to say that the macmini won't be stealing many customers from the cheapass BYO market. However, contrasting a BYO box with the minimac ignores on crucial fact: that BYO box doesn't, and won't ever run OS X.
I don't think you even need to go there. According to this review, the machines are, hardware-wise, pretty comparable. They have a similar feature set and similar price. (not quite the same, but neither system is blowing the other out-of-the-water)
This is good news for the mini, since if you stack a Mac mini with OSX and iLife against a BYO with Mandrake, assuming they're otherwise comparable machines, it's pretty clear which setup most consumers will choose. So I don't think he's Mac-bashing at all.