Mac Mini Disappointment
Well, looks like the new Mac Mini’s are out, and they suck. Up $100 from the G4 for a single-core Intel, and no TV tuner. They don’t even brag about 802.11g, but it looks like it has this and Bluetooth on board, meaning they must have realized people were neglecting the Bluetooth and saving money, so they’re hiding this “forced upgrade” behind the Intel push. Good marketing. Nice pseudo bait-and-switch.
This is an interesting instance of hardware feature creep: slowly making trivial, expensive features “standard” and hiding behind a high-profile “upgrade” (or so their numbers say).