Re: FN-FORUM: new mac [OT]

date posted 13th January 2005 16:37

Looks very similar in layout to mini-itx boards, and about the same
price if not slightly cheaper than building one

On 13 Jan 2005 16:44:29 -0000, Jamie Wilson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> On 13 Jan 2005, at 14:26, Dave Edwards wrote:
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> > On 11 Jan 2005 21:45:40 -0000, chris greenway [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> >> had to happen
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> >> http://www.apple.com/uk/macmini/
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> > http://www.macnews.de/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=16&page=2
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> gah - look where the dimm slot is - right on the side. they could have
> put some sort of side panel on to make it user accessible for upgrade.
> the side panel, of course, would have damaged the aesthetic integrity
> of the case though. :)
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> i guess their logic with the mini's (and ipods) is you're buying an
> appliance and you don't need to know how it works and you should be
> keeping your grubby little mitts out of it...
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> still, look how efficient they've been with the use of space on the
> mobo - erm, logic board. vertically mounted cmos batteries and all. i
> know mr ives gets all the credit, but i hope apple's hardware design
> engineers get a gift basket of cookies from time to time as well. the
> cooling systems on the g5s and g5 xserves are really pretty clever too.
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> ...j
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