I have always loved macs. We have a Performa 575 (about 10-11 yrs.old), that still works fine (OS 7.5). It's just slow. How many have 10-11 yr old pc's that still work fine? We also have a blueberry iMac (about 5 yrs. old), that my wife still does graphics work on (OS 8.6). The only thing I have against the new macs is OSX! I don't like OSX! When we can get a new mac, I will put OS 9.2.2 on it too.
I wanted to learn more about pc's, so I had one custom built for me. MSI motherboard, AMD 2400 processor, 512 mb ram, 40 gb and 120 gb HD, dvd rom drive, LiteOn DVD dual format R/RW DL burner, Gforce FX 5200 128 mb DDR video card, Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Ed. audio card, 19" CRT monitor and XP Home Ed. OS....
I do like XP much better than earlier OS'. I run AdAware 6.0, Spybot S&D, AVG anti-virus and Norton Anti-virus, about once a week to week and a half. I use Norton's Speed Disk (De Frag) and Norton Disk Doctor about once a month. I use Mozilla 1.6 and Mozilla's built in mail, instead of IE and Outlook Express, so virus' don't search me out as bad. I've really not had any problems with the pc. Have had it almost a year. It doesn't even scare me to go into the registry, like it does a lot of people. When I uninstall something, I go into the registry, to make sure I get it all. With having no problems with the pc, and learning a lot about it, I still prefer the mac OS......... up through OS 9.2.2.
Yes, the macs tend to cost a little more, although, I think if you compare the features and expandability and hardware of the eMac, with a pc with the same, the eMac may be a little cheaper. If you'd rather have a Jaguar XJ instead of a Volkswagen Beetle, you're willing to pay a little more to get it!
You asked for our thoughts on this, and these are mine.............not the Mini mac specifically, but the macs and pcs, overall.
