In article <9vbn24hgijvrrrjn5oncad6vk4tbmkkled@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:58:50 -0400, ZnU <znu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
[snip]
> > Apple could make the
> > thing a fair bit cheaper by just making it a bit larger, so it
wouldn't
> > have to use laptop RAM and optical & hard drives.
>
> The 'parts are expensive' excuse for Apple's pricing has been blown
> out of the water more times than the French Navy. Its especially hard
> to justify this now that everybody uses the same parts. There are PC
> laptops with similar features to the Mini for less money which makes
> your argument obviously not true.
As I said, the Mac mini is not particularly competitive at the moment
because it hasn't been refreshed in a long time.
[snip]
--
"More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War
coming
out any other way."
--George W. Bush in Martinsburg, W. Va., July 4,
2007


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