One of the conference rooms here in the English dept of SCSU is pretty friggin' awesome. It's a huge wall-mounted flat panel and a Mac mini, attached to a wireless keyboard with a laptop-style touch pad built in. It's truly a wonder, and I love using it. I really love the concept of a Mac Mini in general; if you haven't seen them, it's one of those "wow!" moments when you realize how much they've packed into such a small box.
That said, I'll always be a desktop man. Give me a big honking tower and lots of gadgets and cards to stuff into it and I'm a happy camper. I just can't get used to the idea of a laptop as my main, though I see why Bill enjoys them. I hope, though, that the qualifier "if you're a gamer" will ever apply to me, though. :P I don't care what anyone says, a device of ANY sort that can run kick-ass games is probably more than enough to handle any OTHER application or need you might have, so you might as well always go for the best.
One of the conference rooms here in the English dept of SCSU is pretty friggin' awesome. It's a huge wall-mounted flat panel and a Mac mini, attached to a wireless keyboard with a laptop-style touch pad built in. It's truly a wonder, and I love using it. I really love the concept of a Mac Mini in general; if you haven't seen them, it's one of those "wow!" moments when you realize how much they've packed into such a small box.
That said, I'll always be a desktop man. Give me a big honking tower and lots of gadgets and cards to stuff into it and I'm a happy camper. I just can't get used to the idea of a laptop as my main, though I see why Bill enjoys them. I hope, though, that the qualifier "if you're a gamer" will ever apply to me, though. :P I don't care what anyone says, a device of ANY sort that can run kick-ass games is probably more than enough to handle any OTHER application or need you might have, so you might as well always go for the best.
Matt Barton, Managing Editor
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Email: matt@armchairarcade.com