Hi, my name is John, and I'm an Apple hater. Well at least that's what they make me say at Apple haters anonymous. You see, I have a problem. I've been hating Apple since 1982, the year my beloved Commodore 64 came out (may it rest in peace). That's a long time. A habit practiced that long becomes a part of you. But I am working on it. A few years ago I started a 12 step program, and I'm slowly making progress. I'm on step 6, and in this program it requires me to face the thing I hate head on.
After months of agonizing deliberation I found myself at the Apple store asking an overly cheerful associate to bring me the cheapest Mac they sold. At the mention of the word 'cheap' I saw a momentary crack in the facade as a sneer flashed across his face. But it was gone almost as soon as it had come, and he happily trotted of towards the back off the store. Before I knew it he was back and although there wasn't a cash register in sight my card was swiped, and a receipt was produced from thin air as if by magic. When my head cleared I found my self standing back in the mall holding a small white box with Apple logos on it.
I took the Mac mini home with some apprehension. After an hour or so into the relationship, it was clear we were not going to get along. I criticized its OS, it said something about my mother, I called Steve Jobs a name, and it refused to output anymore video. Check mate. The next day I went back to the Apple store and swapped it for one that wasn't set to evil. I got off to a rocky start with this mac too, but after a while we called a truce. Now it sits quietly on my desk, and through the magic of VNC, it happily serves up its bouncy GUI to whatever PC I happen to be using - at home or away. It doesn't complain that is is surrounded by PCs or that it is connected to Microsoft products. I no longer tense up when I look at it. I call it Minime.
So am I converted? No, far from it, but I am learning tolerance and that is real progress. Soon I hope to be ready for step 7. Hi, my name is John, and I'm trying real hard not to be an Apple hater.
Be careful: step 7 is paying Apple's retail price for extra RAM. No one is ready for step 7.
Pic?
http://images.apple.com/macmini/gallery/images/gallery1img20060228.jpg
You just don't want to show a picture of your mini because it's likely trapped in some Silence of the Lambs pit in your basement.
..."It puts the lotion.jpg on its hard drive"...
You just don't believe that I actually have one. I suppose you'll be wanting me to take a photo of it with today's paper?
There are you happy? You can clearly see that it is still alive and well, and if you want it to stay that way you'll...
I'm surprised that you didn't have the 360 ON TOP of the mini :-)
ZOMG look at all the cables!
I thought you'd notice that. It is only the beginning. You can't see the rest of the cables behind the monitor or the mammoth pile of cables under the desk. I have two PCs a mac and a 360 connected to that monitor through a switch box plus various audio and spdif fibers back there. Luckily the wires are confined to the neither regions for the most part as I use a wireless mouse, keyboard, and headphones.