Just works 1: Canon EOS 350D and Motorola RAZR

My bet is that one of the most important arguments for buying a Mac is that external devices "just work". This is what Apple's marketing machine throws on you, and my own curiosity was almost painful. I don't have that much external devices to test with my new Mini, but those I have were not without problems on my PC-laptop. My digital camera Canon EOS 350D (known as Digital Rebel XT overseas) was not easy to start working on Windows computer without installing special driver, and my Motorola RAZR worked only on one of my two Windows computers, despite the fact that I installed phone software from the same CD into identical Windows systems.

And Mini passed the test, should I say! EOS camer was instantly recognized and both Image Capture and iPhoto were happy to deliver my photos to Mac without ny need to install anything. RAZR phone was a little bit more tricky, because Mac OS has two different programs to access data in the Phone, one for browsing contents, and another to sync contacts and calendar. But Bluetooth wizardry worked fine, and iSync succesfully copied updated contacts back and forth between Mac and phone. This was as exciting as installation of Mac OS X itself which recognized everything that was plugged into computer, and building WiFi network using Mini and Airport Express box.

This positive experience alone (Mac succeeded doing things that were unstable on Windows)
could become a concrete foundation for the house of Mac zealotry...