[gurkendoktor]

Notably, the Mac Mini does not have a stupid external power adapter, but just uses a standard cable that costs like $1. I did carry mine around for a while, and it was glorious! I'm not sure why Apple's competitors insist on including a brick that's almost as large as the PC itself.

[mulmen]

It would have been really cool if the portable profile concept caught on with iPods. Then we could just have a room full of Mac Minis and plug in our iPhones for (literally!) roaming profiles. But then the company would have to provide me with a iPhone/iPad. Sadly we got iCloud instead, which is radioactive from a corporate infosec perspective.

[nottorp]

> I'm not sure why Apple's competitors insist on including a brick that's almost as large as the PC itself.

It's more expensive to design an internal PSU than source a random power brick. Oh wait, i thought it was called "an Apple tax"...