Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Cool Little MiniMate

Just came across the Mini Mate and felt like it was worth saying something about. I've been surfing tonight thinking about (a.) my next video editing machine for home and (b.) a replacement machine for the office that needs to do some light production work but still be affordable. The Mac mini keeps coming up in my head as a possibilities, but then I realize I'd need some additional storage and end up thinking along other lines.

This little add-on is a pretty interesting item. Not only does it look like it's a match for the Mac mini, but it a fairly reasonable price (250GB is $279) and it includes both a FireWire hub and a USB hub, so that you have a few more ports that the anemic little Mac mini offers you.

And I have to wonder if the fact that they're building knock-off peripherals for the Mac mini isn't a good thing -- it suggests this little guy might be here to stay for a while.

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