Amidst the sea of chaos that only an iPhone 4 can bring, comes a little ripple entering the Apple pond – the Mac Mini. Although I have yet to delve fully into the Mac-World, there is just something about this Mac Mini that really appeals to me. Could it be? Are my PC days numbered?

Maybe it’s time for me to officially become a Mac.

Apple Mac Mini ($699) Specs:

Processor
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
3MB shared L2 cache
Option: 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory
2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Option: Up to 8GB

Hard drive
320GB Serial ATA, 5400 rpm
Option: 500GB

Optical drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 320M with 256MB of shared DDR3 SDRAM

Ports
Four USB 2.0 ports
One FireWire 800 port
One SD card slot

Audio
Built-in speaker
Combined optical digital audio output/headphone out
Combined optical digital audio input/audio line in

Video
HDMI port with HDMI to DVI adapter; Mini DisplayPort with support for DVI, dual-link DVI, and VGA video via adapters.
Connects to up to two external displays with digital resolution up to 2560 by 1600 pixels via Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter or 1920 by 1200 pixels via Mini DisplayPort, HDMI to DVI Adapter, or Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter. Analog resolution (VGA) up to 2048 by 1536 pixels using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter or Mini-DVI to VGA Adapter.

Ethernet
10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) with support for jumbo frames
Wireless AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (802.11n)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Included accessories
HDMI to DVI Adapter

Size (H x W x D)
1.4 x 7.7 x 7.7 inches
3.6 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm

Weight
3.0 pounds
1.37 kg