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Something too prevalent in the marketplace today is the complete lack of innovation which seems to plague some companies. On the one hand, you have companies like Apple and Nintendo which truly bring something new to the table; from product packaging to human-electronic interfaces. On the other hand, you have companies like Dell and Sony who just keep pushing out more of the same. Yet, the latter seem more likely to hold big press events and tout their “next big thing.” It seems as if they don’t even know that their products are “me too’s” instead of market leaders.

I’ve been running the Mac Mini for more than 6 months now. Its time to check in for a 6-month review of all the quirks and perks.

Read on for a full account of what its like to use a Mac Mini as your Media PC for 6 months!

I just got the I-Mate SP5m, one of the smallest new Windows Mobile 5 Smartphones. I was very curious as to how far along Windows Mobile has come. My only prior experience was with an Ipaq a few years ago, which is now collecting dust on my shelf as I really don’t use most of [...]

Last weekend I bought some extra memory for my Mac Mini. Apple really runs a scam: They charge 4x the price for memory than you can get almost anywhere else. However, if you open the computer yourself and try to install it, Apple will no longer honor your warranty. Well, screw that. So, of course, [...]

At first, I thought that my brand new Mac Mini was really slow. The web browser took a while to come up, and it was pretty sluggish. i installed Firefox, and that was about the same. It felt like a Windows PC running on maybe a Pentium II. Then I realized that I’ve been running [...]

After spending a great deal of time doing my research, I decided to ditch my current PC (don’t worry — I have another one acting as a server in my closet), get a Mac Mini duo, and stick it behind my LCD TV on the wall. This is to be the ultimate MythTV front-end. I [...]