I hate adaptors , why not fit the proper connector in first place and i do not need a powerhouse if i would need one i would buy a proper desktop computer like a macpro
i bought a dell zino because it offers all the things the mini is missing
HDMI port , eSata port , sd card reader,blue ray drive (i might need it one day)
and its far easier to open and upgrade and costs far less then a used mini
But most of the time it will sit under (cant really see it because its black )the tv and will play some HD movies and occasional someone might surf around the internet or read a email
so and for these reasons the 1.8ghz amd processor inside is nearly overkill already ... ,but first thing i did was getting rid of this windows 7 ...
then linux mint on it , changed it a bit ,so now it looks at least like osx leopard .. until i find a way to hackintosh it ,
orif i would find a mini on ebay like i would find it in ebay united states , if i lived there i would very likely have bought a intel Mac mini instead , but not here in overpriced united kingdom , where you just get a basic 1.5 core solo for the same price you pay in the us for a 2.0 core2duo and had all the disc's of the OS installed (means complete how people got it from apple)
so apple please bring back the 1.66 core duo as thats actually enough processing power for a computer thats only streaming videos to the tv , fit the proper ports and don't force people to hunt around for adaptors , i did only only want a proper hdmi port, sd card reader and a esata port , but a esata harddrive inside would be nice too
ok for those of you who can not afford a macpro .. apple could you fit a i7 inside the mini and all the appropriate ports of a modern computer ,
because if i need adaptors for everything thats now standard in pc -world , then it means i do not have the right ports simple is that, even these nettops nowadays have more ports then the mini and are smaller too and can be used for hd videos , i only say ZOTAC, really enough for watching movies in hd if you got them on a harddrive
i might buy a G4 mini as they are coming down to a realistic price for a 5 year old computer ... i prefer the true Macs with ppc architecture anyway , so i keep on to spend my money in old Mac's.. just bought another eMac g4 1.42