Mac Mini Now Available At Best Buy

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April 7th 2005

Mac Mini - now available in Best Buy

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If Apple was going to force the Mac Mini into the living room it had to make it widely available. They are doing just that with the news that Best Buy will now be stocking Apple's little box of tricks.

Apple's rigid pricing policy (discounting is a no no) has not always endeared it to the big retailers, but Best Buy becomes one of the first big electronics store to carry the Mac Mini. It will sell the product in 671 US stores.

Best Buy has been shifting iPods for some time and did dabble with selling Macs for a period last year. This move into selling the Mac Mini is seen as another example of Apple trying to exploit the 'halo' effect. People buy an iPod and then soon after buy a Mac to take full advantage of it.

Meanwhile, the open souce CenterStage Mac Media Center project that is generating a lot of attention, hasn't yet reached it 0.2 alpha version as was expected. The developers want more time to integrate the rather smart looking GUI that is mocked up on the website. We'll be taking a closer look at CenterStage in the future.

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