On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:03:38 -0500, Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Mayor of R'lyeh wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 11:23:43 -0500, Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Mayor of R'lyeh wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 14:57:49 -0700, George Graves
>>>> <gmgraves2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:18:23 -0700, ZnU wrote
>>>>> (in article <znu-5B168E.16182312052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <0001HW.C44DEAC5000BFDC2F01846D8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>>> George Graves <gmgraves2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 23:23:00 -0700, ZnU wrote
>>>>>>> (in article <znu-12A819.02230012052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I rather suspect most people who call for OS X on generic x86
hardware
>>>>>>>> just haven't considered the logistics of sup****ting generic
hardware vs.
>>>>>>>> simply selling cheaper Macs. The rest are simply people who
believe
>>>>>>>> multi-vendor hardware platforms are inherently good, usually for
some
>>>>>>>> reason that isn't relevant to most users or to current market
conditions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You're right. It would cost them a lot more to sup****t OSX on
generic
>>>>>>> Winboxes than it would probably cost them to make a really cheap
Mac (and
>>>>>>> even sell it as a loss-leader). But I don't see them ever doing
that,
>>>>>>> either.
>>>>>>> Its just not Apple's style and let's face it, they don't have to
despite
>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>> resident Windroids' protestations to the contrary. But, certainly
they
>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>> if they wanted to. Look at the Apple TV. Its "almost" a complete
computer
>>>>>>> with HDD and memory, and it sells for less than US$250.
>>>>>> Sure. Keep in mind, Apple already has relation****ps with the same
>>>>>> Taiwanese manufacturing companies that make computers for companies
like
>>>>>> Dell -- in some cases Macs are already made in the very same
factories.
>>>>>> Apple might even be able to come in a little below Dell's prices,
for
>>>>>> equivalent hardware, because they wouldn't be paying an external
>>>>>> supplier for their OS and because they'd probably focus on one or
two
>>>>>> models rather than having many models and a complex build-to-order
>>>>>> system.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Will they do it? I don't see them having much interest, at the
moment.
>>>>>> But who anticipated the Mac mini, introduced as a $500 Mac when the
>>>>>> cheapest Mac was previously nearly twice that price, or the Xserve,
a
>>>>>> product targeted at a market in which Apple had previously shown no
>>>>>> interest at all?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> The thing is that any computer designed to compete in that space
would have
>>>>> to be more computer than the Mini. Let's face it, for the cost of a
Mini one
>>>>> can buy or build a Windows box with near Mac tower performance and
>>>>> capability. Not that the Mini isn't useful, it certainly is, it just
doesn't
>>>>> stack-up, hardware wise, very well against similar priced Winbox
offerings.
>>>>> It's main appeal is that it runs OSX. This makes it worthwhile to
those who
>>>>> value OSX, but to our local Windroids and Wins*** here, many of
which have
>>>>> never even seen, much less used OSX (Edwin), the Mini merely looks
>>>>> overpriced.
>>>> Mac user (at work anyway) here to say that the Mini is grossly
>>>> overpriced for what it is. If the higher end Mini were priced at $500
>>>> and the lower end one at $300 they'd be flying out the doors.
>>> IOW, if Edwin had bought a Mac Mini, he would have found his
*****sment
>>> of it too generous. He would have had made a $600-$800 mistake.
>>> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com
**
>>
>> That depends entirely upon how much this Edwin of which you speak
>> values the things the Mini does offer. If he puts a premium on the
>> form factor then he might have found it a great bargain. However if he
>> were basing his judgement on the machine's specs then he would have
>> been greatly disappointed.
>
>Who is the form factor im****tant to, and why?
No one that I know of. As to why you'll have to ask Steve Jobs that.
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