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The whole PC market has been a disaster. It's been like 6 years and PC makers still can't come up with a decent Mac Mini clone! When they do, it's more expens
by chubot 13y ago
The whole PC market has been a disaster. It's been like 6 years and PC makers still can't come up with a decent Mac Mini clone! When they do, it's more expensive, and then is discontinued in 18 months.
I think all those years of churning out bland clones made them lose their expertise. They can't execute on something like a Mac Mini or a high end laptop. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it appears that these are difficult problems that take competence.
- makomk 13y agoIt's not clear there's enough of a market for a Mac Mini clone unless - like Apple - you can control the entire market to make sure there are no competing desktop machines, SFF or otherwise.
- yareally 13y agohttp://www.asus.com/Eee_Box_PCs/ http://www.asus.com/Eee_Box_PCs/ Don't own one, but just linking to give an example that there is a pretty decent looking PC Mac Mini clone out there.
- veemjeem 13y agoThose boxes are small, but not exactly good looking. There's a plethora of companies releasing these compact form factor PCs. They also all look practically identical. Newegg has a category specifically for these form factor machines: http://www.newegg.com/Mini-Booksize-Barebone-PCs/SubCategory/ID-309 http://www.newegg.com/Mini-Booksize-Barebone-PCs/SubCategory... All of these "mac mini" style machines target the low end market. They all have low end processors & video cards. I have yet to see a premium machine like the mac mini that is available in a small form factor.
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- eliasmacpherson 13y agoCan you critique the Dell Zino HD - I was under the impression it competed well against mac mini - particularly on price.