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Kristen - Mar 20, 2005 7:04:50 pm PST #5387 of 10001

Yes, I do. I thought I could use one mini as like a little server for all the files I don't need to carry around on the Shiny!PowerBook!of!Fabulousness! I've been trying to get a free one but I still need two more people.

And byodkm.net is a mac mini fansite. They post all the latest mac mini stories. There's a bunch of people who have put them in their cars. And there was a story the other day about a company that is doing custom coloring of the cases.

I think one of my imaginary mac minis is pink.

Kat - Mar 20, 2005 7:13:13 pm PST #5388 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

You can by a pink skin for one at skinit. I probably will.

Okay, but why put them in a car? Why attach it to a plasma TV? What's the benefit?

§ ita § - Mar 20, 2005 7:14:19 pm PST #5389 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Why attach it to a plasma TV?

Media server, kinda TiVoish.

Don't get the car thing, though, unless it's a music server.

Kristen - Mar 20, 2005 7:20:16 pm PST #5390 of 10001

Don't get the car thing, though, unless it's a music server.

Some of them are. Some of them aren't.

I mean, I could put my entire CD collection on a mini and load it into my car. That's even better than PhatNoise.

And, see, this is why I need to stay away from that site. I turn into an episode of Pimp My Ride.

Kat - Mar 20, 2005 7:22:16 pm PST #5391 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

An 80G mini, Kristen? Cause otherwise, why not just get an iPod?

Huh.

Kristen - Mar 20, 2005 7:24:55 pm PST #5392 of 10001

Oh sure. Be practical.

DCJensen - Mar 20, 2005 7:26:50 pm PST #5393 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

An 80G mini, Kristen? Cause otherwise, why not just get an iPod?

Because an iPod can't be loaded with a DVD filled with even more MP3s, or a casual CD here and there on the fly.

ETA: Quote for context

§ ita § - Mar 20, 2005 7:32:39 pm PST #5394 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

a casual CD here and there on the fly.

They have these cool things that they'll install in the factories in most cars these days. I think they call them CD players.

Why would I want more intelligence in my car? GPS and directions and mapping with a link to the current traffic and weather conditions -- that'd be nice. Tapping my phone into my car's electronics (pausing the music when it rang, etc) would be good. Hooking the PDA somehow so it'd remind me (even when I'm not in the car) to make an appointment to get my oil changed would save my brain cells too.

Kat - Mar 20, 2005 7:39:29 pm PST #5395 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

The thing about my car is.... well, even though I spend a damn lot of time in it, I honestly don't want to be loading CDs on the fly while I'm driving down the freeway.

DavidS - Mar 20, 2005 7:39:51 pm PST #5396 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Badfinger was another unlucky band.

I was going to mention them. Those sensitive Power Pop boys go right under: Badfinger, Material Issue, Gin Blossoms - songwriter suicides all of 'em.

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