Apple Mac mini gives one in the eye to Win MCE
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Yesterday's launch of Apple's Intel-powered Mac mini brings to market a truly tiny media-centre computer that makes many PCs based on Windows Media Center Edition look exactly what they are - too big, too noisy, too expensive and too badly thought out.
However, the Mac mini isn't the outright MCE-killer it might have been.
The most obvious problem is that the mini lacks a TV tuner and with it the personal video recorder functionality that makes MCE PCs so appealing. Apple may well argue that there is a number of third-party Mac-compatible USB TV tuners available but that's not the point - and does mean extra expense. The mini is also compromised to an extent by having to share main system RAM with the graphics processor - a less-than-state-of-the-art Intel GMA950.
Check out this HEXUS.headline, then share you thoughts on the minis' feature-sets and how these tiddlers look to compare with MCE PCs you've used.