{"id":2,"date":"2005-02-04T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2005-02-04T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2"},"modified":"2005-02-04T15:30:51","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T15:30:51","slug":"mac-mini-the-emperors-new-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/2005\/02\/04\/mac-mini-the-emperors-new-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Mini: The Emperor&#8217;s New Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divisiontwo.com\/articles\/MacMini2.html\" target=\"_blanl\">Mac Mini: The Emperor&#8217;s New Computer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is one of the funniest things I have read in a while<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <em>you believe Apple\u2019s marketing department, the new Mini is \u201csmaller than most packs of gum\u201d and weighs \u201cless than four quarters\u201d.\u00a0 Well, we received our test unit from Apple yesterday, and let me say right off the bat that those claims are a wee bit of an exaggeration.\u00a0 Far from being Trident-sized, the Mini actually measures about 6.5\u201dx6.5\u201dx2\u201d, about the size of two wonderbread cheese sandwiches stacked on top of each other, or about 50 packs of Bubble Yum.\u00a0 As for the weight, it feels about three pounds.\u00a0 Hold a Mini in one hand and four quarters in the other and tell me which one feels heavier.\u00a0 You could perform this experiment yourself at an Apple store.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <em>But since its sleek look comes at the expense of the parallel port, serial ports, the PS\/2 ports and the drive bays, potential Mac mini buyers should ask themselves just how much utility they\u2019re willing to sacrifice for style.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Poor standards compliance: Apple&#8217;s Safari web browser often fails to render MSN properly<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>had me howling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mac Mini: The Emperor&#8217;s New Computer This is one of the funniest things I have read in a while you believe Apple\u2019s marketing department, the new Mini is \u201csmaller than most packs of gum\u201d and weighs \u201cless than four quarters\u201d.\u00a0 Well, we received our test unit from Apple yesterday, and let me say right off &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/2005\/02\/04\/mac-mini-the-emperors-new-computer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mac Mini: The Emperor&#8217;s New Computer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}