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Old Jun 7, 2005 | 4:49 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Marketing talk...

For $399 this afternoon Dell will sell me:
a 3.0GHz machine (around 3 times more powerful than the slow G4 in the cheapest Mini)
512Mb memory
80Gb HDD
DVD-R drive

Plus they will throw in a 15" Flat panel LCD monitor. Sure, it doesn't look as cute, but money talks.
But...it doesn't look like a kitchen appliance! It doesn't have a halo! People want design!
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