Digital Trends

The Intel-based Mac Mini is a sub-compact (smaller than Small Form Factor) desktop computer worthy of the Apple name and completely devoid of the sub-compact stigma.  No other computer manufacturer could have brought such a tiny powerhouse to the world with as much style and appeal as Apple did.  The Mac Mini is a marvel.  From the outside, it looks small, unassuming, minimalist and possibly even austere.  Visitors to Apple stores have commented to me that the Mini doesn't look like a computer - that it looks more like a metallic CD case or an external DVD player.  This is a ploy, a Jedi mind trick, for inside the Mini is a high-tech, turbo-charged, sharp-toothed monster ready to take on any computing challenge.