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Unless I'm reading Apple's website wrong, the S-video adapter is NOT included, but rather an item sold separately.

im rpetty sure you are right mrm-- and that adapter is i believe $20

which is not a bad cost at all, but they may be confused because it comes with the DVI to VGA adapter (and i just happen to have an old VGA to RGB adapter that came with my iBook

other than that, i am seriously pondering the Mac mini (and in fact, hooking it up to a TV)

TRO

I would love to buy a mini and hook it up to my TV and Stereo and use it as a media server for my house. I hope that someone works on an inexpensive add on with a TV tuner and the neccessities to use it as a dvr that fits the same footprint.

The iMac Mini is a good idea, but I won't buy one until they add a G5 processor, improve the video card, include more memory (512 MB minimum), and include a bigger hard drive (120 GB). A slot to add an internal card (like the old LCs used to have) is also a necessity, otherwise the machine is very difficult to expand. If Apple can do this with the next revision for the same (or even lower) price, then I'll bite. Otherwise, no.

Guest,

I'm totally with you on that specs thing. I can't believe they're not selling this with all possible accessories, 2 GB of RAM, 1TB of hard drive space and dual 2.3 Ghz G7s!

Until they do, and lower the price to $37.50, my wallet is closed!

You obviously are not the targeted audience.
What you want is a Powermac G5.
And you want it for under 1000$.
And Apple sucks because they don't have this machine in their product lineup.
You are the guy who should buy a 500$ PC with a butt-ugly case and a total mess of cables inside connecting the cheapest electronic parts to find on the market.
You obviously are not the audience Apple is targeting...
You are part of DELLs targeted audience. Enjoy!

This is the first iteration. It will evolve. There are two evolutionary path:

1) Into an entertainment server with big harddisk capacity of at least 200 GBytes.

2) Into a desktop alternative to iMac and eMac.

For 1), the server will be connected to a LCD TV or to a broadband outlet. This model will likely be called Xserve mini or Eserve. Expect to come with iLife server edition.

For 2), either the CPU and GPU will be upgraded or optical drive will be downgraded. The models will likely be called iMac mini and eMac mini respectively. iMac mini will satisfy prosumers and eMac mini will satisfy education industry.

This is only the first salvo. Let's wait for Apple Expo. Peter Mehring, head of Mac hardware engineering will not disappoint us.

The Mac mini means I will now buy a new Mac this year, when I almost certainly would not have done so - in Australia, everything Apple is very expensive.

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The iMac Mini is a good idea, but I won't buy one until they add a G5 processor, improve the video card, include more memory (512 MB minimum), and include a bigger hard drive (120 GB). A slot to add an internal card (like the old LCs used to have) is also a necessity, otherwise the machine is very difficult to expand. If Apple can do this with the next revision for the same (or even lower) price, then I'll bite. Otherwise, no.

Does this adapter allow use of the mac mini with your TV? That would be great!