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You can always throw Boot Camp on the Mac Mini and load up Windows XP, as well, but that's a separate discussion. That means you're stuck with the integrated Intel 950 GMA graphics chip, so 3D gaming is obviously out, and you shouldn't expect outstanding video quality either, although video is certainly watchable.Īs always, it's hard to make apples-to-apples comparisons between Macs and Windows PCs, but we have a few tests that give us a good idea. Aside from the hard drive, the only other internal hardware you can customize on the Mac Mini is the memory (not a bad idea, with only 512MB of 667GHz DDR2 in the 1.66GHz base model, 64MB of which it must share with the graphics subsystem). That same limitation applies to upgradability, a common criticism even of the Apple PCs you can get inside, such as the Mac Pro. eMachines doesn't even offer a hard drive that's smaller than 100GB. That explains why the 1.66GHz Mac Mini only has a 60GB hard drive to start and also why it costs $50 to go from 60GB to 80GB. Due to the constraints of size and heat management, Apple has to use smaller, slower, more expensive 5,400rpm notebook hard drives in the Mac Mini, compared to the full-size 7,200rpm drives in the midtowers. Those are the major differences that aren't due to the compromises made by the Mac Mini's small case. Apple offers its SuperDrive DVD burner in the 1.83GHz Mac Mini, but not here. You can get the 1.66GHz Mac Mini only with a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive. Against it is the fact that those systems all offer a DVD burner or the option to add one. You can add it to the Cyberpower Back to School 2006, but neither Dell, eMachines, nor Gateway offers a Wi-Fi option in their lower-end PCs. Simply put, no other $600 desktop that we know of comes with wireless networking included like the Mac Mini does. Other PCs have better specs and more room to grow, so the 1.66GHz Mac Mini is not the best traditional desktop around, but for what it does, its value and utility can't be beat. These advantages, combined with iLife, Front Row, and the Apple remote, make the Mac Mini an outstanding desktop for sending media files to your living room.

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It's also the only budget PC that can send or receive data wirelessly right out of the box. The problem is that those are midtower desktops, and the Mac Mini is, well, the Mac Mini it's the only PC in its price class that's small and attractive enough to fit anywhere in your home. For comparison, we've included the Cyberpower Back to School 2006, and the eMachines T5212 on our performance charts since both PCs are in the same price ballpark.

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