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Mac Mini vs. Microsoft Media Center: Round 1

Crave Mini is no bigger than a Bible (indeed some Mac fans will consider it thus), and capable of running full 1080i high-definition video. Mini is as fast as a dedicated hard-drive PVR, and records live TV seamlessly.

Tags: microsoft, mini, remote control, fans

10 March 2006, 12:20

Photos: Hands-on with the HP Mini-Note 2133

Crave Here's the Mini-Note 2133 next to a remote control we found lying around, for scale. We've just got our hands on the first HP Mini-Note 2133 in the UK, and we thought we'd share it with you in these gorgeous pictures.

21 May 2008, 12:54

Evesham Mini PC: Core 2 media dwarf

Crave Crave loves the Mac Mini -- who wouldn't? Pandering to the desires of UK-based Windows lovers, Evesham has recently launched the follow-up to its Mini PC -- also titled Mini PC. Whereas the original borrowed heavily from the Mac Mini, this baby bad...

Tags: evesham, core, mini, duo

20 November 2006, 11:07

Evesham Mini PC: Beauty is thin deep

Crave The Mac Mini caused something of a stir when it was first unveiled, prompting Apple-loving fanboys to mock PC users relentlessly for months on end. They yearned deeply for their own PC-flavoured Mac Mini with the sort of passion that only manifests...

Tags: evesham technology, mini, wi fi, processor

14 December 2005, 11:21

PURE Digital One Mini: Outdoor DAB bargain

Crave And it's just released its new One Mini -- an affordable and portable version of the popular PURE One. The One Mini will come in black, white and pink when it goes in sale towards the end of July. If the Digital Radio Working Group has its way we...

Tags: pure digital, mini, radio, portable

25 June 2008, 12:05

O2's XDA Mini S venture

Crave Enter the XDA Mini S from 02 -- one of the smallest PDA phones with a Qwerty keyboard. It's around the same size (108 by 58 by 18mm) as the XDA II Mini but somehow its designers have managed to integrate a full Qwerty keyboard that slides out from...

Tags: o2, mini, keyboard, qwerty

21 November 2005, 14:00

O2 XDA Mini S touches down

Crave The 02 XDA Mini S landed on our laps this morning and instead of causing us to double up in pain like most hefty smart phones would, it touched down fairly gently -- narrowly missing our tenderest parts.

Tags: o2, mini, microsoft word, port

30 November 2005, 10:59

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave HP 2133 Mini-Note (Read full review) It's hardly surprising that the world's biggest laptop manufacturer has dipped its toes into the mini market. Find out more in our full HP 2133 Mini-Note review. In at number 10 is the Packard Bell EasyNote XS...

6 June 2008, 17:48

Photos: HP 2133 'Eee killer' mini laptop is official

Crave HP has just announced its 2133 mini laptop -- its alternative to machines such as the 8.9-inch Asus Eee PC, Packard Bell EasyNote XS and that OLPC thingy. Update: Read our full HP 2133 Mini-Note PC review.

9 April 2008, 9:43

iPhone 3G vs Netbooks: Who's the mobile Internet daddy?

Crave We've lined up the iPhone 3G against mini laptops in an effort to find out if you're better off being a netbook ninja or an iPhone 3G thrasher. The cheapest mini laptop is currently the RM Asus miniBook, which costs £162.

5 August 2008, 15:13

Fresh fruit: New Apple iBook G4 and Mac Minis

Crave The original Mini embodied the ideals of modern gadget erotica: it was small, fast and fun to ogle. The new Mini doesn't stray far from the winning formula, although this time its performance is bolstered by a base install of 512MB RAM.

Tags: apple uk, ram, install, mini

28 July 2005, 11:59

Mini goes double decker

Crave No, you fool -- it's one Mac Mini stacked on a 400GB MicroNet external hard disk. If you were worried about sullying the clean lines of your Mac Mini with a brick-like external hard disk, the MicroNet keeps to the Apple dress code.

Tags: mini, hard disk, disk, mac mini

26 April 2005, 10:03

Flying gadgets: PicooZ & Mini Bi-Plane in aerial assault

Crave We've already damaged eardrums with the USB guitar, so now we've decided to dive-bomb our workmates with the PicooZ Micro Helicopter (£24.95) and the Mini Bi-Plane (£24.99). The Mini Bi-Plane hurtles towards our hapless editorial team.

30 April 2007, 13:21

Salvation 1: That mini helicopter off the telly

Crave We had a ball with the Picooz (or the rofl-copter as we like to call it), bombed our co-workers with the Mini Bi-Plane (the lol-plane), and now our buddies at iwantoneofthose.com have sent us the Salvation 1.

Tags: plane, salvation, night, rotate

20 June 2007, 11:59

Soup up your Mini

Crave We're reluctant to sully the studied minimalism of the Mac Mini, but if you absolutely must have more storage space, Macpower's M9-Mini Pod is the best looking external drive for the Mini we've seen yet.

Tags: apple uk, apple, mini, pod

27 June 2005, 11:43