Not for me
While I can't say that this thing works for my needs, I can probably name off 4 or 5 family members that this thing would far exceede there needs.
So while I can understand where people are coming from when they are 'underwhelmed' I can also see this being great for my mother in law who surfs the web, checks e-mail, and well... not much else.
Throw in the lack of spam and viruses targeted at the platform and this thing starts to pick up steam.
Again, sure, the specs seem a little light for the mid-level budding power user, but for other users what it offers is on par with any low cost PC/Windows offering out there. Throw in the iLife suite (which does not come in any flavor with a PC) and I would say the value of this offering is now running away from the competition.
Apple has certainly entered into the main stream markets now. Now we just need Apple to create some DVR software and a remote interface and I could see this on my rack.
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