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Check out this Mac Mini ripoff
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Evesham Mini sports Mac Mini looks, Media Center 2005
Seemingly separated from the Mac Mini at birth, Evesham's new Mini media PC runs Windows XP Media Center 2005 at a strikingly small footprint in a brushed aluminum finish.
Launched to much fanfare earlier this year, disappointments ran high over the inability of Apple's Mac Mini to function as a media center despite its suitable specifications, small size and attractive looks. Enter the Evesham Mini, a media PC which runs Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center edition yet manages to look every bit as attractive as the Mac Mini.
Measuring a petite 165 x 165 x 50 mm, the Evesham Mini is considerably smaller than recent Media Center entrants such as the Shuttle XPC M 1000. Available in two configurations, the most modest of which includes an Intel Celeron M 360 processor running at 1.4 GHz, 512 MB of 533 MHz DDR2 RAM and an Intel 915 GMA chipset for graphics. Also included is a 40 GB hard drive spinning at 5,400 RPM, Dual Layer DVD drive and a selection of connectors including two USB 2.0; FireWire; Gigabit Ethernet; S-Video and DVI for video; and, lastly, microphone in and speaker out jacks.
Quite similar to this, the other version of the Mini features the exact same setup with the exception of an Intel Pentium M 760 processor running at 2 GHz and an 80 GB hard drive; both solutions are powered by Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
Optionals include among others Wi-Fi 802.11b/g for £50 GBP, or €75 EUR, and a hybrid analogue/digital tuner for £70 GBP, or €105 EUR.
Available immediately in the UK, the Evesham Mini sells in two configurations as mentioned above for £500 and £700, or €750 EUR and €1,050 EUR.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/6358.html
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it was only a matter of time. i think Apple needs to release the new media mini ASAP (jan) before the Windows boxes take over the market.
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Originally Posted by f1000
...yet manages to look every bit as attractive as the Mac Mini.
Maybe because it IS the Mac Mini.
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Originally Posted by iREZ
i think Apple needs to release the new media mini ASAP (jan) before the Windows boxes take over the market.
I hope so.
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At least they fixed one deficiency of the Mac mini (gigabit ethernet), but still using those 2.5" drives.
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They really have to get their butts in gear with a media edition of the Mini, would be great if they released an update for those of us that already shelled out $$$ for the first rev Minis.
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These things cost a lot more than mini's.
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The gadget in the picture is no competition to the Mini. It's less attractive as a media box than the Shuttle machines mentioned in the article (either esthetically or technically), and there's no mention of how loud the thing is. At least the Shuttle boxes have an interesting and effective heat management system that keeps them quiet.
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This rip offs are getting rediculous. That looks like crap anyways.
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Originally Posted by theTechyDork
This rip offs are getting rediculous. That looks like crap anyways.
To me it looks a lot like a mimi, except for the slightly different proportions. That, the apparently dimpled or perforated top, and the eject button for the drive are the only glaring visual differences. I mentioned that I didn't care for the esthetics of this thing-that's not saying that I though it looked horrible (or like crap). It's slightly different, and the blue power button just looks out of place, not awful. What makes it "look like crap" to you?
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This is coming from someone who owns several windows machines (servers and workstations) and programs web apps using asp.net, so I'm not a windows hater by any means. But I don't see this cutting into mac sales any because it's still running windows media edition. Big deal. Who cares what's on the ourside if the inside doesn't match?
I have no problem with people trying to make windows boxes more attractive as we all know none of the PC makers have any sense of style and probably never will. If one of them is trying to improve on that, so much the better. Apple's the only computer company that seems to get it in that regard. But to blatantly rip off the mini's looks and not come up with something more original is kind of sad.
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well it just goes to show you " those that can't.... copy"....LoL
And the price point is higher than a mini....... nice try anyways....
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not sticking up for windows machines. but companies have made every type of box currently out at one point or another. or they have toyed with the idea. Lets not forget mac is the greatest at everything, they idea for the dashboard got them into a law suit because it was basicly a copy of a windows based program.
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