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[Will Collier]

C(-)ris wrote:
[quote=Will Collier]
[quote=freeradical]
I still think the mini is over priced.

It is now, for sure. The original couple of waves of Minis were in a good price point for that time. Not so much any more.
How do you figure? No more overpriced than anything else Apple. It starts at $599. i5 processors and Thunderbolt. For $799 you can get a graphics chip. The iMac starts at $1199, $600 more, and that gets you quad core processors and a 21.5" screen.

I don't see any PCs with similar specs for less than what the Mini costs. All the cheap, sub $600 PCs don't have any high speed I/O (Not even Firewire) or have a form factor close to what the mini has.
I think that's an entirely fair point if an i5 is where you want to be for a low-end computer. But the original Mini was meant to be an entry-priced Mac that would compete with the top of the bottom end of the PC market (if that makes any sense). I think Apple lost sight of that over the years, and if I had my druthers, they'd back off on the specs to get the price down (aka, go to an A5 chip or even just a fast Core2Duo instead of the i series for the Mini)--although internal competition with iPad is probably a huge consideration in Mini specs and pricing.