Star Does the Mac Mini Stack Up?: A Comparison
Linked by Brian "eXtra heavy" Czarski on Wed 19th Jan 2005 17:41 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems 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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One benefit
by mark on Wed 19th Jan 2005 18:29 UTC

One benefit of the MiniMac is that prices are going to come way down on used power macs.
People are going to ask the question of why should I buy a 900 mhz G4 for 700 bucks? I can get a new one for 500.

And you really can't make a comparison between a cheap put together x86 box and the mini mac.
I can point to eleventy different combinations of x86 components that will hit the price mark, or any other point I select to compete against, but this is a complete system.
With operating system.

So lets play a number game, if a copy of OS X cost 139 dollars, and a copy of Windows XP cost 139 dollars, in reality that means the minimac only cost 380 dollars.
Put together an x86 box for the same functionality and price.

Figures don't lie, but liars figure.