Abit off topic, but there was a review of the mac mini in the new issue of sound on sound (music mag) - but basically the reviewer compared it to a G4 and a ibook, and his final thoughts was that it wasn't anything special for the money.
He said that the 256mb ram will need upgrading ASAP if you wish to do anything half fancy with it (which is expensive as you only have one dimm slot + it isnt easy to do yourself). And like others have said, as soon as you start to add options it can easily cost you a few quid short of a grand
- at which point it makes you wonder if its worth getting a powerful second hand G4 or a bottom end G5.
Also remember it only has 32mb of video ram, so graphics arnt going to be anything special. Plus video/music editing isn't too hot on them and the mac mini comes off worse than some apple ibooks
However, they are nice little machines which can be placed neatly out of the way and are a great introduction to the world of macs for computers users
And from personaly experience, i would recommend them for everything apart from gaming (as limited games are available). Plus the mac OS (9 and OS X) isnt as bad as windows people think and you get used to the one click mouse and apple key etc etc.
Although they arnt rock solid stable as people think though - ive managed to have a mac os9 go down on me a number of times. But i would agree that it was a once in a blue moon moment