> Plus, the mini is TINY!!! It still blows my mind that my MOUSE (a
> TurboMouse Pro) is nearly the same size as the whole computer
>
> I guess I shouldn't be so surprised because most of the space and
> weight in my PowerBook G3 (2000) is taken up by battery, keyboard and
> screen. That whole package could easily have been fit into a device as
> small as, if not SMALLER than the Mac mini FIVE YEARS AGO!!!!
>
> The only real difference between my Pismo and the Mac mini is that the
> Mac mini is a little faster (400 MHz vs 1.25 GHz), has more powerful
> GPU (8 MB vs 32 MB) and a slightly more advanced USB controller chip
> in order to handle USB2.0 (vs. 1.1). R&D costs for Apple ought to have
> been minimal since they've been recycling the same design since the
> B&W tower and Lombard G3 in 1999 (good planning on their part :-).
Arguably, Apple's only really been recycling the laptop design since
the Pismo. The Lombard still had the SCSI port and felt like a
"transitional" laptop (_all_ the current laptops use the same design
as the Pismo... they've just been speed bumped and received extra
RAM/VRAM or some snazzy features like BT or lit keyboards).
Eric.
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