$799 Pegasos II ODW; 200-Euro Peg I to Peg II upgrade offer

[zacman]

>For the same $799, I could build a hell of a PC,
>or even buy a top-end Mac Mini which may still
>run a G4, but has modern USB and other modern
>stuff.

Ok, let's compare the macmini offer to the ODW
offer.

While you are right, that the mac mini has in some
areas the more modern hardware you can easily find
out, that it hasn't in other areas.

At the Apple site the "high tech" mac mini costs
599usd. In this configuration the mac mini neither
has 512mb ram nor a SuperDrive. If you want to
have a superdrive and 512mb ram you have to pay
749USD at the official Apple web store.

However in that configuration the mac mini still
has no 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive (only 4x Single
Layer), still has no gigabit ethernet port, and
only has a 32MB Radeon 9200 graphics card
while the ODW uses a 128MB Radeon 9250 card. Also
you have to wait up to 8 business days for
shipping while the ODW is available right now.

[zacman]

>Yes, but the Mac Mini has an OS used by millions

The ODW is designed for Linux development. Those
that buy the ODW aren't interested in MacOS.
They only compare the machines by its specs and the
fact if Linux is actively supported on it. And
obviously the ODW has a better standing there than
the macmini.