[dennisw]

You wanted to upgrade the That Mac Mini comes with a 2.0GHz Intel® Core 2 Duo (P7350), 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB, 2GB of fast DDR3 RAM of 1066MHz RAM, 320GB HD, Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256MB of shared DDR3 SDRAM, 8X DVD-RW Dual layer, Bluetooth, Wireless B,G, and N, Gigabit Ethernet, the complete install of OSX. This Mac Mini ($799) plus the Samsung monitor purchased from Dell ($210) plus keyboard and mouse ($50) totals $1059.

The expired Dell from yesterday came to $530 is half the price of the Apple combo you mention. 

1. it gets a free Windows 7 upgrade
2. it has 250gb hard drive
3. It comes with just a 16x DVD but even today you get can get a samsung 20x DVD burner shipped to you free for total cost of $17
4. If you are too inept to swap a DVD drive then pay Dell another $32 for a DVD burner
5. If you really want wireless connectivity then $15 USB adapter will take care of that

Your fail is to keep pushing bells and whistles that Joe average consumer could care less about
He can get along just fine at half the price with the Dell desktop and honkin' LCD monitor
He doesn't need 9400m graphics. Latest Intel graphics are just fine
bluetooth? not needed or get a usb dongle for $10
320gb hard drive? not needed... 250gb will do just fine
P7350 processor? overkill!  E5300 will do just fine

So your Apple is a bit less than twice as expensive as the Dell+LCD
Your Apple configuration is overkill
The consumer can get a very good Dell for 55% the Apple price
The Dell is inferior in some respects but none that count for the average consumer
So Dell is still the way to get a more than adequate computer cheaper than Apple

[Swordmaker]

The expired Dell from yesterday came to $530 is half the price of the Apple combo you mention. . . So Dell is still the way to get a more than adequate computer cheaper than Apple

And a Nissan Accent G5 is a more than adequate car that is cheaper than a BMW. They both will get you from point A to point B.

You can also get by eating only at McDonalds...