Apple came out and announced the Intel-based Mac Mini together with some iPod add-ons. Not a day after I sang Apple's praises they release three brain dead products. How so?

• The new Mac Mini may be 4x-5x faster in a straight line, but they ditched ATI ok graphics in favor of Intel's on-board crap. Thats like taking an ok car, replacing the engine with decent V8 block and attaching it to the transmission from a Pinto. tsk tsk
• On a related note: Steve! Don't tease me by letting me hook the Mini up to my TV if you're not going to put a tuner card or some kind of video input on there. I can put it in my living room and hook it up to my TV ... OK, I get it ... but what use it? To replace my DVD player? er... I'm not confident I could do that given the crappy graphics support. Music? I guess, but its easier to just plug my iPod in for that, cos that doesn't require the TV to control it. If its going to be my new media hub its going to need to let me record TV too! Ho hum.
• iPod Hi-Fo? Whats up with that? That thing looks like a bread basket. I don't care if it sounds great - Hi-Fi equipment comes in black and no, you can't give it a cheap plastic exterior. Sorry Steve.
• Finally, whats up with the leather iPod case that doesn't let you get to the controls? Hello?

I'm not sure if Disney's acquisition of Pixar distracted Steve for a while there, but it sure is interesting to see that even Apple has a brain fart from time to time.

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1 Comments:

I agree about the tuner card. I would have bought one today had it had some DVR capabilities. But I suppose if it could record and play back TV shows, why would we buy them on iTunes? Self preservation I suppose.
	By dukemeiser, at 2/28/2006 4:35 PM

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