What if a Mac mini docking station existed—would it look like this? Lester Ward mocked up this unit, with the idea that it could be used to add additional hard drive capacity (via FireWire) and standard video outs (like component Y/Pb/Pr). It would even offer an LCD display and IR remote port. It’s not an awful idea, really, but it does sort of ruin half the appeal of the Mac mini, which is obviously its size. I wouldn’t expect this from Apple, of course, but it might be an interesting project for a 3rd party peripherals vendor.
Of course, the G5 Xserves are a convenient rack-mountable 19-inches wide…
Concept for Mac mini A/V dock [Asteroid]
