Sounds good.

I'll probably get laughed at for this but here goes: Does Apple ever do any promos, sales, coupons, things of that nature? Maybe I see something around Black Friday that turns my head? Etc. ?

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Nice!

And now I have to ask this: I've looked around a bit and shy of DIY options, this Mac Mini seems like a fairly unique product in the market. The only other thing I've seen like it off the top of my head was the Dell Zino, which gets a lot of mixed feedback. Am I seeing that right?

If you mean it's a computer with a small footprint and the Zino is the only other one out there with a similar footprint then I think you are seeing this right.

You mean take the innards from a laptop, package them in a small form factor case, and charge a premium for them, then yes

If you mean a small form factor computer that just works, then you are wrong because the Dell does not fit that description.

You mean take the innards from a laptop, package them in a small form factor case, and charge a premium for them, then yes

^^ I chuckled.

If you mean a small form factor computer that just works, then you are wrong because the Dell does not fit that description.

Zino definitely has a mixed track record. I wouldn't get it myself.

If I do it this is what I'd be doing it for myself. An Ipod touch I take it? All Apple?

Yes, iPod Touch. There's an app that makes it easily control iTunes on a Mac via wifi. Is it just called Remote? I think there's a couple of options there. There's several people here that use it that way, I'm sure they can help.

You can control it with the remote app or go all out and use one of the VNC apps like iteleport. The VNC app is kind of overkill unless you already have it for other purposes. They haven't updated the remote app since it was released but it works fine.

Zino definitely has a mixed track record. I wouldn't get it myself.

perhaps a Zotac ZBOX / MAG?

perhaps a Zotac ZBOX / MAG?

Hadn't paid close attention to those. Compelling.

Didn't MSI used to have a small desktop, too? I know HP did, but it was high-end, so the price was not comparable.

Yeah, MSI Nettop, Windbox, and others. HP was the Firebird.

But I don't think any of those are still on the market, per se (I.E. anything but old stock being sold).

Didn't MSI used to have a small desktop, too? I know HP did, but it was high-end, so the price was not comparable.

Yeah, MSI Nettop, Windbox, and others. HP was the Firebird.

But I don't think any of those are still on the market, per se (I.E. anything but old stock being sold).

There's some of those and then there's this: fit-PC2 <- That's unbelievable!

I don't want to derail a Mac thread obviously but it's pretty clear to me at least there's a lot of options out there to do what I might want to do here at some point.

Speaking of small footprint computers, I've always wanted one of these for some reason.

A friend of ours has one and is still using it.

Wasn't sure if this belongs in the iPhone thread or Mac thread, heh.

A Mac CD shredder? My daugther shreds all my CDs so I wouldn't have much use for it. But it looks cool, with that big waste basket to collect the pieces.

Speaking of small footprint computers, I've always wanted one of these for some reason.

A friend of ours has one and is still using it.

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My guess was a camera card adaptor but honestly I have no effing idea.

I just downloaded the demo of tagalicious and so far it seems like a nice little app. Maybe a little rough around the edges, but could be useful.

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