And that was a huge mistake, as that rev 1a machine died 2 years later. I definitely got sucked into the sexiness of that machine, and certainly lost some of my expected value on that $499 purchase. Lesson learned, and here is how I grew since that poor decision in 2005: Alum iMac came out in August. I bought in October, after watching for 3 months how they performed, seeing them in the stores, researching the issues, and getting a sense that the bugs were worked out. I did not order it the day of the keynote - no way. And what do you know - it showed up and exceeded my expectations. Oh, and one more thing: this time I bought Applecare.
You will note that after that experience with the Mac Mini, I did not go on a 6-month cry baby-tantrum ranting all over the web forums bitching about everything Apple does like you. I understand that software wise, Apple has always exceeded my expectations, and hardware wise, my G4 PowerMac, G4 Powerbook, MacBook Pro and 24" iMac have all greatly exceeded my expectations. I am batting 800 with hardware and 1000 with software. I wish I could have that mini back and be at 1000 with hardware, but I am not so naive and ignorant as to expect that everything will always be perfect with hardware, especially in this day and age of tech where everything is outsources to China and quality is dropping like a brick across all sectors of products.
But if you want to act like a cry baby for the next 5 years over a bad buy, that you did not properly research, and ordered based on just what you saw at the keynote, go ahead. It is your life. I would hate to be going through life so angry. I'll take partial personal responsibility for my bad decisions. You whine and cry over them like a baby in front of 300 million people and blame everyone but yourself. Get a clue.
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And I see that you ignored my post about how you are full of BS on your back-claiming that Apple screwed you on the color depth.
