Come on, Apple!!

I've had my eye on a new Mac mini, but I've been waiting for Apple to update the machine (hopefully with a Core 2 Duo and a better graphics sub-system). Actually, I've often thought a sweet spot for geeks would be a "Midi" that has a single slot for a video board and a 3.5" drive bay and a case that's easy to open. If they built the machine like they did with the Intel Mini's so the CPU could be swapped out, I think they'd have a gamer's dream machine. (In the Mini's the CPU's not soldered in place like it is in the MacBooks and MacBookPro's.)

Ah, but what do I know. I'm just a software developer. The current boxes are so fast, even a Mini is overkill when it comes to web and application development. Now, if I were in the Windows world... different story. (Different post too.)

I guess I could always buy a Mini, yank the innards out of the case and drop it into a larger, more mod-worthy case, but you still can't do the video card upgrades that way...

Come on, Apple, throw us geeks a bone!! :)