If you’re any kind of geek at all you know it’s Mac World and Jobs is pulling his usual last minute surprises out. Pretty neat stuff: a flash-based (non-skipping) tiny iPod, and a screenless computer (tiny little enclosed white box). You gotta love’em for the cool factor of their designs!
Mac Mini
iPod Shuffle
January 11th, 2005 at 1:42 pm
2 Responses to “Apple’s latest toys”
the iPod Shuffle is a good procut and was well overdue.
the Mac-mini OTOH is a great marketing gimmick. In terms of ‘computer power’ it does not compete with similary priced PCs. its a generation old now. Its a good way to get people to ’switch’ though. And if you just ‘have’ to have a Mac in your home.
January 12, 2005 @ 9:59 amI agree. The mini isn’t anything state of the art, but if Apple wants to expand their market share, it’s a great entry item. A person who’s contemplating a Mac will probably have extra monitors, keyboards, mice, etc. and for just a few hundred dollars can have a decent Mac. Try out the software, etc. I’ve thought before, it’d be cool to see what it’s like having one, but I’m never going to pay that much for a computer I might not use all the time.
January 12, 2005 @ 11:15 am