Would the Cube fare better in the era?

[pRICE cUBE]

Looking over at my G4 Cube and wondering if the Cube would have fared better in this new era with more Mac users and intel quad core chip inside. Of all Apple products, it is still my favorite.

[davester]

The cube failed because it was overpriced. The later cube (the mac mini) was correctly priced and succeeded.

[freeradical]

I still think the mini is over priced.

[Will Collier]

freeradical wrote:
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.

[cbelt3]

But it's just sooooo pretty ! I'm thinking about tricking mine out with a little blue strip light underneath.

Of course the new Mini (when I get it) will be doing all the work.

Sometimes you just have to have something pretty sitting around that you can use as design inspiration. And maybe play music out of those cute little whiffle balls.

[C(-)ris]

Will Collier wrote:
[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.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....so this is everyone's opinion....SQUARED [not CUBED]....?????

[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.

[jdc]

Will Collier wrote:
[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.
Totally agree. $499 was the magic number. Yea, its the same price as an iPad, but its a different beast.

Im fine with the slow i5, minimal ram and small drive which all help it meet the price point.

[Paul F.]

I've said for a long time that if Apple had released a Mini with no optical drive, a very modest processor, adequate RAM but not a crazy amount... for under $400, they'd have sold a gazillion to education and low end home users.

Heck, I'd buy 10 TODAY for that, and this is a very tight budget year. Well, maybe 8, since we'd need monitors too.