I ordered one of the new Mac Mini's the other day. It should arrive on Wednesday. It is taking so long since I wanted 4gig's of RAM so it was a special order. I got the stock HDD and Processor since I don't think I needed more than what it came with. Now I will agree I have a few computers so why would I want another one? Good question. No real good answer. I don't "need" anything. However with this new Mini I can use HDMI naitivly so my hopes for a media center machine are once again alive. I don't know if this Mac will have the same HDMI issues as my other ones have with the adapters to HDMI, or if the native cable will "just work". If this doesn't work I am sure it is my TV that is the problem. Well I am already pretty sure it is my TV that is messed up but we will see Wednesday.
If the media center doesn't work out I mainly bought this new one because my 20" iMac is slowly going. Not sure why since it is only 2 years old but I don't have Apple Care and the screen has lighter colored vertical bars here and there (in regular intervals) that make me think it is the back-lights. That was an issue for a while but now I am not even able to put most DVD's into the drive. It starts making really bad sounds and wont spit them out. I know I use the iMac as a server mainly to host up my iTunes video library but I do want it to work. If the DVD drive goes I may end up just moving it to my bedroom to use as a TV or streaming host for videos that I wanted to do a while back and use the new Mini to host my iTunes collection. In the end the Mini will be used as some sort of media center. If it plugs into my TV or an extra monitor on my desk is really all that is up in the air.