I just heard back from my friend who I was computer shopping with yesterday, and she was telling me how excited she was about her new toy. That reminded me of the experience and seeing the Mac Mini, and thinking about it as a desktop machine. If you are mulling over the idea of picking up a new desktop machine, the Mac Mini could be allot of fun. Yes it's cute and would certainly be the center piece of many conversations when you have guests over, but also a major space saver. I wouldn't recommend it to someone who likes to experiment with allot of processor intensive software (photoshop CS) because I don't think it's built to handle that type of work load. But as a basic machine to write word docs, email, surf the net, watch/write/listen to DVD's and CD's and your every day computer chores, I think it's a great idea. I don't know to much about the OS (Safari) (Panther) but they all seem to act similar in the Mac world. After you get use to the differences from a Windows environment I think people tend to enjoy the Mac OS much better (once you go Mac you never go back). For $500 I may pick one up on general principal, this doesn't include a monitor but that's OK. The cost of laptops are reaching up to 3k; when searching for a desktop your choices are limited, all the machines seem to be offering the same old stuff and picking the best one is difficult, so be different and consider the Mini.

Update:I guess Safari is the browser. Thanks Paul [you dick].