The plural of anecdote is not data. As a Mac user, I've exposed a number of people to Macs who otherwise never would have bothered looking at one. Many of those people are interested in trying out a Mac if they can find the combination of price and features they like.

Many in the Mac community have heralded the concept of a headless Mac, now known as the Mac mini, as Apple's one needed giant step toward attracting switchers. Now that the product is out there and Windows users have had a chance to digest the information, I intend to provide a series of case studies where I question potential switchers I'm acquainted with in an attempt to discover their thoughts about the Mac mini. What I present is anecdotal evidence at best, taken from a small but, I believe, valid cross-section of computer users who represent potential switchers. As I have no way to collect actual, verifiable data, anecdotes will have to do.

My first case study is Scott, a long-time Windows-using friend of mine who I spoke to first about a possible Mac mini purchase. Below I state my thesis, and then present Scott's circumstances, options, and opinions, and leave the comparison between my thesis and Scott's situation up to the reader.

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