Compare.
A Mini with only the the 2.7 option costs $900.
The 27" iMac costs $1700
For
$200 less than the cost of the 27" thunderbolt screen, you get two more
REAL 2.7ghz CPU cores,
drastically faster graphics power, keyboard, mouse, an extra thunderbolt port
AND a 27" screen.
Get close to parity (KB, mouse, optical drive and 27" display) and you're
PAYING $400 to lose two CPU cores, half the graphical power and a TB port!!!
Add the SSD+HD and the difference jumps to $550!
That configuration Mini costs $2,845.00
For
only $50 more, you can get the 27" iMac with 3.4GHz quad core and 6970M with 2GB vRAM. A machine that would absolutely wipe the floor with the Mini in every possible aspect.
Where is the Mini's value?