Mac Mini doesnt count, no. Can you network it? not really. Same with an iMac, not easily networked. Just ask my 100 pissed off videographers when some genius thought they should all get brand new iMacs. And they call me at least once a week because it dropped the network again and i have to reinstall Tiger. And they cant run Leopard, or SnowLeopard. We tried, and failed. so they lobbied for PCs when their upgrade time comes around, and they are going to be getting Lenovo ThinkPads, possibly, Dell Latitude E6400s. With docking stations of course.
If you just need a computer that surfs the web and plays an occassional game, have at it, spend too much for a Mac, or an AlienWare Laptop. more power to ya. But no one should pay over $1000 for a computer for ANY reason at this stage of the game. I paid exactly $548 for my Dell Inspiron 530 21 months ago. It came with a 1TB had drive, 3GB SD-Ram, 1800 DuoCore Processor, 256MB nVidia card, a 21" monitor, Office 2007 Pro, NetGear N Router and some crappy speakers, which I have upgraded. And I am thinking about getting new, but dont really need to. But if i did, it would be a Gateway with a QuadCore 2k processor, 1TB again, upgraded vide card again, all for $400! Why, why why would you pay $1000 because "good enough" isnt "good enough" when in fact "good enough" is BETTER than your $1500 computer?
http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.htmlLook at teh Specs! My Gateway NETBOOK has better ram, processor and memory than that!