What's better the Mac Mini or iMac?

[CreekDog]

any thoughts on this?

[MrScorpio]

1. The iMac

I want another one

[kentauros]

2. The Mary-Mac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDtjq0mGVSQ

:P

[bif]

3. Depends

If you already have a decent monitor, keyboard, and mouse, I'd go for the Mac Mini. But if you don't, then go for the iMac. They're both great machines. I got a Mini just before Christmas because I had recently purchased a flat screen and my old mac was slowly dying. Plus, it was too slow to run the newer version of OSX.

[deucemagnet]

4. The Mactini

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noe3kR8KqJc

[baldguy]

5. Mac & cheese

[blockhead]

14. only if it's made from scratch,

or so I've heard.

[billyoc]

6. The Macarena.

[rug]

7. BK Burger Shots

[begin_within]

8. I think the Mac Mini was a brilliant marketing move

for people who want to make the switch to Mac but not have to buy a new monitor, keyboard and mouse. In most cases you can just use the monitor you already have. Plus it's a design marvel - so much in there and still so compact. One of the best decisions they made. But I didn't buy one because I've always had full-blown Macs. If you're starting from nothing, I would say go with the iMac because it's all you need in one package. Except for maybe a printer, but who prints anything any more?

[HopeHoops]

9. CAUTION: The Mac Mini requires a USB mouse and USB keyboard.

I found USB adapter that works with the mouse and keyboard for like $30 at Best Buy. I also tried two KVM switches and neither would let the keyboard or mouse through - although both did pass on the video.

On a positive note, it comes with the video adapter that will let you use a standard PC monitor. I had bought one ahead of time and ended up returning it after I found one in the Mac Mini box.

Also of note: the newer model is apparently a little faster (graphics in particular) than the ancient one I got all of two months ago. It also has support for a second monitor, which mine does not.

It is a really slick machine with a small footprint and it is fairly quiet too.

[gmoney]

13. Shop around and you could get a new USB keyboard/mouse for $30 or so. (eom)

http://www.buy.com/prod/logitech-deluxe-660-cordless-desktop-logitech-deluxe-660-cordless/q/loc/101/205114865.html

No need for an adapter

[NOW tense]

10. iMac n/t

[madinmaryland]

11. Bob McAdoo??

[mwooldri]

12. A Hackint0sh.

Really, Apple should let us PC users run their additions to BSD on any hardware we so choose, instead of suing the pants off the companies (so far only one) that want to make Mac compatible machines.

Mark.