Call me crazy, but I can't stand big things. Big is awkward, big eats space, and big often means more money too. Who needs big when I can store all my music on a 6 oz iPod, and do everything any student could ever need on a 12″ Powerbook? Perhaps that's the reason why I'm so psyched about this new Mac Mini. If you ask me, M&M is about as close to student computing nirvana as the iPod is to student audio nirvana. Why is M&M so perfect for the student life? Space M&M's portable enough to throw into a bag and bring down the hall, yet at a mere $479, it costs nearly 75% less than a laptop. Integration Mini's got both monitor and S-Video output, meaning you can both work on your computer's display, while pumping out a movie, your photos, your music, whatever to your TV across the room at the same time. Toss on the Bluetooth option and you could even pause your DVD from your cell phone. Silence M&M's so quiet you can actually sleep, rather waking up confused because you mistook your computer's fans for a 747 on approach to the local airport. Sleep is good. And you can save even more money by using a real hair dryer rather than standing in front of your floppy drive to style your hair in the morning. In the long run, perhaps the hair dryer's even a bit safer too.
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