Reply #174: umm, buy a pc gaming machine?

[NuttyFluffers]

seriously, there's plenty of itty bitty pc gaming machines optimized for ultimate lan-party gaming. and they can be easily bought atop this minimac (i just love this name better, mac mini... like stop/go traffic it is) for around the price of a primo imac.

maybe it isn't fair for me to comment. living next door to silicon valley probably leaves me with a slanted view of the personal computing market. most homes i know have at least 2 machines, usually more. throw in some gamers i chill with and you get pc specializers (compared to console specializers), and then you have a slew of computer options and toys. it's almost odd to imagine someone who doesn't literally overflow with electronics in their home. and plenty of people looking to simplify the spaghetti that their home has become, along with irritating upgrades, patches, etc, people are looking into machines that provide multimedia machines with simple aesthetics. well-integrated software from apple just cinches the deal. if only they could make it cheaper and get rid of the extraneous components... oh wait, they just did.