Why kill the Mac Mini?
I am seriously considering the Mac Mini. Not for myself but for my family members. While I am now an avid Mac user, I had kept an old Windows XP machine. It had been giving me some headaches lately. Frequent BSODs. Virus infection. Sound card erratic. It became a pain to maintain. A month ago, the machine was working fine; now, all of a sudden, the sound card isn’t working, someone installed two Sony Ericsson suites, there is this Photo Gallery installation routine launching that consistently searches for a CD-ROM, and Yahoo Messenger crashes for no apparent reason. I get incessant requests from family members to check on the machine.
I now want to replace the machine. The Mac seems to be the platform that marries both security and convinience. For the computer novice, Linux can seem to be daunting. A Mac, with its colorful and intuitive GUI, is more suited for people who want to spend less time learning about the computer and spend more time getting their work done. But an iMac will be an over-kill, especially since my LCD monitor, keyboard, and mouse are still working fine. My sights are aimed firmly on the Mac Mini.
But I found out from Apple Insider that it is now reaching its end-of-life. I wish Apple doesn’t kill off the Mac Mini line. I am pretty sure that there are a number of people that are facing a problem similar to mine. I want to replace my computer, but I don’t want the same Windows experience to haunt me months down the road. The Mac Mini seems perfect for people who want a new experience, not just a new computer.
So dear Steve Jobs, or whoever is in charge of the Mac Mini line, please don’t kill the Mac Mini. Apple Macs are now gaining in market share. The Mac Mini still gives other users a cheaper opportunity to switch.
October 17 2007 02:28 pm | Hardware
