My dear Mac ...

Oh how sexy you looked all in white and gray, purring at the slightest touch. My dear Mac Mini, cut down in your prime, I'll always remember you... you can never be replaced.

I can still remember the day --- 27th december 2006 when you arrived all nice and snug in my brother's suitcase. You travelled the seven seas, past the stringent security just waiting to throw you overboard, but you survived, you were always a survivor. You came home all beaming in white, along with a nice little remote control. As soon as i connected you to my monitor, suddenly a half eaten apple appeared on the screen as if to show that u've been eating it all along. Yes, you had life.

Now, 2 and 1/4 years later you suddenly stopped responding to my questions, as though u never wanted to speak to me again. As though you were mad at me for not being there for you.

No, I've not lost my mind ( not completely ). To be honest, i m never buying a Mac again. The reason you may ask is because no matter how silly it sounds ... you can get emotionally attached to a Mac.

There are many pros and cons to having a Mac Mini. ( you'll find more cons here )

Advantages:

1) Compact size ( portability )
2) Its a Mac OS ( No viruses, never installed it or formatted it ever in 2 1/4 years. Something that would be a regular thing if i had a PC )
3) You can use windows ( bootcamp ) as well for those most needed applications that dont work in the Mac OSx. ( Obviously not as stable as the Mac )

Disadvantages :
1) Too pricey. Waaay too costly for what it provides ( Rs. 30,000/- excluding the monitor .... i wish they gave a 3 year warranty for that cost .. )
2) Heat dissipation - Bad ! ( The reason for my Mac to die ) .... Ok, i m kinda pissed off at the apple people for making it so damn small that the one small fan inside cant even remove a little bit of heat. All that aluminium body with extra heat releasing capabilities is just BS ! Always needs a constant cool environment. So as long as you're living in a cool area or using your air conditioning to the fullest buy a mac. Dont venture if you are keeping it in room temperature.
3) You're stuck with the same configuration for all eternity. You can't mess around with the parts. I need to keep updating my computer every year let it be the RAM or the HDD.
The RAM will cost you a liver because the Mac Mini uses a DDR2 laptop RAM. The HDD is a 2 1/2" SATA laptop HDD which costs twice as much as a 3 1/2" PC SATA HDD.

YOU CANT CHANGE THE PROCESSOR BECAUSE ITS FRIGGIN STUCK TO THE MOTHERBOARD. When i asked the istore people what it would cost me to change the processor he gave me a grim smile ( as though already saying that i could'nt afford it ) and said "only 28,000 sir". The same processor and motherboard configuration in a PC would cost me around 9000 with twice the speed and efficiency of the Mac.

I could go on and on about how PISSED i am at the apple corporation, but it would'nt get back my Mac.

"Why do you still feel bad about that piece of shit ? " you may ask. Maybe its the friendly feel of a Mac ... for example the GUI just makes you feel at home all warm and cozy.

I hope that one day there would be a PC-MAC. A device that mixes the warm and cozy ( safe ) GUI of the Mac OS and retains the versatile nature of the PC. For the time being i m done buying desktops.

MAC BAD >>> PC GOOD