[solitas]

Oh yeah, of course. It was just a hell of a jump from $75 for 512. Swordmaker updated me earlier, said Apple dropped $150 off the price of the gig previously. I only saw the prices on their website...

Does anyone know if the thing uses standard drives? From the size of the 'half cube', the harddrives would HAVE to be laptop drives; but I wonder if the CD/DVD is a standard size for anything - not that many use slot-loaders.

[TheBattman]

Not too many different sizes of slot-load drives. When I replaced the slot-load in my buddy's iMac (the old CRT model), I found that the slot-load drive is quite small as compared to a standard tray-load.

I am imagining that the drive in the MacMini is similar in size - But I don't know that from experience.

The HD in the Mini is, in fact, a notebook drive - 2.5 inch IDE. In that regard, it is "normal" drive - should be replaceable with any 2.5 inch drive.

[antiRepublicrat]

but I wonder if the CD/DVD is a standard size for anything - not that many use slot-loaders.

I'm betting it's the slim slot-load design Apple has been using in its Powerbooks for years.