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Skriven 2005-01-27 09:15:38 av Thees Peereboom (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 2183 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Ah the beauty of an open architecture...
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From: "Thees Peereboom" <theesp@barkto.com>

Mike,

And not an unlikely viewpoint at all. Jobs did it with music, created a market
that everybody took as very, very difficult. Now he's very likely to show that
he can do it again with an even more difficult segment, supported by the
success with the music market as a businesscase.

Thanks, BTW, for the recommendation of J. Rivers's Mediacenter. I like it very
much and have bought a copy. It's a very flexible app, too, by allowing to let
you create your own fields and views.

- Thees Peereboom


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:29:41 -0500, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:04:48 -0500, "John Oellrich" <john@oellrich.us>
> wrote:
>
>> Adam,
>>
>> Unfortunately the HDD and RAM aren't exactly standard. The HDD uses a
>> slightly different physical connection, and the DRAM has to have very
>> particular timings. The RAM can be bought on the open market, but
>> because of the timing requirements it is more expensive than faster PC
>> DRAM.
>>
>> I think one article I read summed it up best: "This is the cheapest way
>> to get an OS X platform." And even that is not necessarily correct.
>> Once you throw in all the other stuff you need, like monitor, keyboard
>> and mouse, you're in the same range as the eMac.
>>
>> However I think I would still go with the Mac Mini (and I am tempted by
>> it), its style/size and combined with an LCD monitor would make it
>> sweet.
>>
>> I just wish Apple would come up with one that had full VIVO, a tuner,
>> and some dedicated MPEG encode/decode hardware. What a great setup it
>> would be for a home theater PC!
>
>
> A viewpoint.
> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050120.html
>
> ===
> ...Everyone seems to think the Mini is a media PC, and it has the basic
> characteristics of one. Though the box has no TV tuner, Apple does offer
> an
> analog adapter. And you can burn DVDs with it if you get the optional DVD
> burner. Still, there were hints in that MacWorld presentation of
> something
> bigger to come, and the Mac Mini is a big part of that.
>
> Here's my thinking, and it is just thinking -- I have no insider
> knowledge of
> Apple's plans, I haven't been diving in any Cupertino dumpsters, and
> nobody
> who knows the truth has told me a darned thing. I think the Mac Mini is a
> fixed component in a system that will extend iTunes to selling and
> distributing movies....
> ===
>
>  /m

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